[APDIO] Palestra do Prof. João Lauro Facó no INESC Porto

[aviana <aviana@inescporto.pt>]

Bom dia,



Na próxima 3ª feira, 20 de Julho, pelas 13h, o Professor João Lauro Facó da 
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro fará uma apresentação no 
Auditório do INESC Porto intitulada "Nonlinear optimization models for crude oil scheduling on ports and refineries" (ver resumo abaixo).

Todos os interessados estão convidados a assistir.


Cumprimentos,


Ana Viana


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* Title: Nonlinear optimization models for crude oil scheduling on ports and refineries
* Type: invited talk
* Author: João Lauro Dorneles Facó, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
* Date: Tuesday, 20th July 2010, 13h00 
* Abstract: 

A novel nonlinear optimal control model for crude oil scheduling will be presented. 
We consider the schedule to be a dynamic system which must operate under certain constraints. Transfer operations are carried out by flows from a source equipment (e.g. tank, tanker, pipeline or process unit) to a destination equipment (e.g. tank, tanker,pipeline or process unit). Such flows are mapped as control variables, whereas equipment contents (volume and properties) are mapped as state variables. Yes/No decisions are modeled with complementarity constraints, thus allowing a continuous nonlinear model.
We illustrate this approach with computational examples, which are solved to local optimality employing efficient nonlinear programming solvers in reasonable computational time.


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