This book addresses a seemingly simple question: Can a certain amount of gas be transported through a pipeline network? The question is difficult, however, when asked in relation to a meshed nationwide gas transportation network and when taking into account the technical details and discrete decisions, as well as regulations, contracts, and varying demands, involved. This book provides an introduction to the field of gas transportation planning and
•discusses in detail the advantages and disadvantages of several mathematical models that address gas transport within the context of its technical and regulatory framework,
•shows how to solve the models using sophisticated mathematical optimization algorithms, and
•includes examples of large-scale applications of mathematical optimization to this real-world industrial problem.
Readers will also find a glossary of gas transport terms, tables listing the physical and technical quantities and constants used throughout the book, and a reference list of regulation and gas business literature.
Author(s): Thorsten Koch et al. (eds.)
Series: MOS-SIAM Series on optimization
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 369
Cover......Page 1
Copyrights......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Table 1. Physical and technical quantities.......Page 17
Table 2. Constants with standard values.......Page 18
Chapter 1 Introduction......Page 19
Chapter 2 Physical and technical fundamentals of gas networks......Page 33
Chapter 3 Regulatory rules for gas markets in Germany and other European countries......Page 60
Chapter 4 State of the art in evaluating gas network capacities......Page 80
Chapter 5 Mathematical optimization for evaluating gas network capacities......Page 100
Chapter 6 The MILP-relaxation approach......Page 116
Chapter 7 The specialized MINLP approach......Page 136
Chapter 8 The reduced NLP heuristic......Page 157
Chapter 9 An MPEC based heuristic......Page 175
Chapter 10 The precise NLP model......Page 192
Chapter 11 What does “feasible” mean......Page 222
Chapter 12 Computational results for validation of nominations......Page 244
Chapter 13 Empirical observations and statistical analysis of gas demand data......Page 282
Chapter 14 Methods for verifying booked capacities......Page 300
Chapter 15 Perspectives......Page 325
Appendix Background on gasmarket regulation......Page 332
Acronyms......Page 338
Glossary......Page 339
Regulation and gas businessliterature......Page 345
Bibliography......Page 350
Index......Page 366
