PETROLEUM REFINERY OPERATIONS SCHEDULING. CHAP. VI. CRACKING, RECYCLING, AND BLENDING AN INTEGRATED REFINERY PROBLEM,

Abstract

This paper is concerned with a simplified version of a hypothetical representative thermal cracking refinery scheduling problem. It was possible to convert into the language of linear programming an engineering analysis that had originally involved numerous non-linearities. The mathematical analysis does not eliminate the fundamental uncertainties facing an oil company but the scheduling calculations do enable the refinery people to present the executive group with a detailed program for dealing with each of several possible contingencies.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1954
Accession Number
AD0604309

Entities

People

  • A. S. Manne

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blending
  • Computer Programming
  • Engineering
  • Executives
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Language
  • Linear Programming
  • Linearity
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Petroleum
  • Refineries
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Systems Science
  • Uncertainty

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