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Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο (ΕΜΠ)

ΠΡΟΣΟΜΟΙΩΣΗ ΔΙΥΛΙΣΤΗΡΙΟΥ ΠΕΤΡΕΛΑΙΟΥ ΜΕ ΣΤΟΧΟ ΤΗ ΒΕΛΤΙΣΤΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΗΣ ΤΟΥ

Abstract

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THE COMPLEXITY OF TODAY'S REFINERIES, THE UNCERTAIN AND CONSTANTLY CHANGING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT AND THE HARD COMPETITION IN THIS SECTOR MAKE IT NECESSARY TO HAVE A FLEXIBLE TOOL FOR QUICK DECISIONS FOR REFINERY OPERATIONS OPTIMIZATION, SHORT AND LONG TERM SCHEDULING AND INVESTMENT EVALUATION. THE TARGET OF THIS DISSERTATION WAS THE SIMULATION OF A PETROLEUM REFINERY TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SOLVING OF PROBLEMS OF REFINERY OPERATIONAL AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT. THE DEVELOPED PETROLEUM REFINERY SIMULATIONMODEL (PRSM) IS BASED ON LINEAR PROGRAMMING OPTIMIZATION OF ALL INTERRELATED PRODUCTION VARIABLES. THE MAIN FEATURES OF PRSM ARE THE FOLLOWING: - INNOVATIVE MODULAR STRUCTURE FOR EASY ADAPTIONS AND MODIFICATION, - SHORT VOLUME AND EASY-TO-MANAGE DATA FILES, - FAST SOLUTION ALGORITHM USING MINIMUM MEMORY SPACE, - DATA DRIVEN MATRIX GENERATOR, - CONSISTENT AND FRIENDLY TO USER MATRIX NOMENCLATURE, - INCORPORATED SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF OPTIMAL SOLUTION, - LARGE SELECTIONOF SUMMARY REPORTS. THE ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF PRSM WAS TESTED BY PREDICTION OF RESULTS FOR AN ACTUAL OPERATING YEAR OF HELLENIC ASPROPYRGOS REFINERY WITH VERY GOOD APPROXIMATION OF THE REAL RESULTS. THE FLEXIBILITY OF PRSM WAS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH ITS APPLICATION FOR THE SOLUTION OF REFINERY PROBLEMS, USUALLY FACED BY THE BUSINESS ANALYSIS ENGINEERS, SUCH AS: PRODUCTS BLENDING, CRUDE OIL EVALUATION, PRODUCTION SCHEDULING AND INVESTMENT EVALUATION. IN CONCLUSION, THE INNOVATIVE STRUCTURE OF BOTH PROGRAM AND DATA FILES, THE ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF ITS RESULTS AND THE LARGE NUMBER OF ITS APPLICATIONS MAKE THE DEVELOPED PRSM A FRIENDLY TO USER QUICK AND RELIABLE TOOL FOR SOLVING A VARIETY OF PROBLEMS OF REFINERY OPERATIONAL AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT.

Degree

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Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο (ΕΜΠ)
Year dc:date
1988

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Μαγουλάς, Κωνσταντίνος

Subjects

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Rights

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0692
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0692

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2026-07-24
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citation

Μαγουλάς, Κωνσταντίνος. ΠΡΟΣΟΜΟΙΩΣΗ ΔΙΥΛΙΣΤΗΡΙΟΥ ΠΕΤΡΕΛΑΙΟΥ ΜΕ ΣΤΟΧΟ ΤΗ ΒΕΛΤΙΣΤΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΗΣ ΤΟΥ. Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο (ΕΜΠ), 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0692