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Error analysis and model adaptivity for flows in gas networks
In the simulation and optimization of natural gas flow in a pipeline network, a hierarchy of models is used that employs different formulations of the Euler equations. While the optimization is performed on piecewise linear models, the flow simulation is based on the one to three dimensional Euler equations including the temperature distributions. To decide which model class in the hierarchy is adequate to achieve a desired accuracy, this paper presents an error and perturbation analysis for a two level model hierarchy including the isothermal Euler equations in semilinear form and the stationary Euler equations in purely algebraic form. The focus of the work is on the effect of data uncertainty, discretization, and rounding errors in the numerical simulation of these models and their interaction. Two simple discretization schemes for the semilinear model are compared with respect to their conditioning and temporal stepsizes are determined for which a well-conditioned problem is obtained. The results are based on new componentwise relative condition numbers for the solution of nonlinear systems of equations. More- over, the model error between the semilinear and the algebraic model is computed, the maximum pipeline length is determined for which the algebraic model can be used safely, and a condition is derived for which the isothermal model is adequate.DFG, TRR 154, Mathematische Modellierung, Simulation und Optimierung am Beispiel von Gasnetzwerke
Diseño para operabilidad: Una revisión de enfoques y estrategias de solución
In the last decades the chemical engineering scientific research community has largely addressed the design-foroperability problem. Such an interest responds to the fact that the operability quality of a process is determined by design, becoming evident the convenience of considering operability issues in early design stages rather than later when the impact of modifications is less effective and more expensive. The necessity of integrating design and operability is dictated by the increasing complexity of the processes as result of progressively stringent economic, quality, safety and environmental constraints. Although the design-for-operability problem concerns to practically every technical discipline, it has achieved a particular identity within the chemical engineering field due to the economic magnitude of the involved processes. The work on design and analysis for operability in chemical engineering is really vast and a complete review in terms of papers is beyond the scope of this contribution. Instead, two major approaches will be addressed and those papers that in our belief had the most significance to the development of the field will be described in some detail.En las últimas décadas, la comunidad científica de ingeniería química ha abordado intensamente el problema de diseño-para-operabilidad. Tal interés responde al hecho de que la calidad operativa de un proceso esta determinada por diseño, resultando evidente la conveniencia de considerar aspectos operativos en las etapas tempranas del diseño y no luego, cuando el impacto de las modificaciones es menos efectivo y más costoso. La necesidad de integrar diseño y operabilidad esta dictada por la creciente complejidad de los procesos como resultado de las cada vez mayores restricciones económicas, de calidad de seguridad y medioambientales. Aunque el problema de diseño para operabilidad concierne a prácticamente toda disciplina, ha adquirido una identidad particular dentro de la ingeniería química debido a la magnitud económica de los procesos involucrados. El trabajo sobre diseño y análisis para operabilidad es realmente vasto y una revisión completa en términos de artículos supera los alcances de este trabajo. En su lugar, se discutirán los dos enfoques principales y aquellos artículos que en nuestra opinión han tenido mayor impacto para el desarrollo de la disciplina serán descriptos con cierto detalle.Fil: Blanco, Anibal Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química; ArgentinaFil: Bandoni, Jose Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química; Argentin
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Mathematical and Algorithmic Aspects of Atmosphere-Ocean Data Assimilation
The nomenclature “data assimilation” arises from applications in the geosciences where complex mathematical models are interfaced with observational data in order to improve model forecasts. Mathematically, data assimilation is closely related to filtering and smoothing on the one hand and inverse problems and statistical inference on the other. Key challenges of data assimilation arise from the high-dimensionality of the underlying models, combined with systematic spatio-temporal model errors, pure model uncertainty quantifications and relatively sparse observation networks. Advances in the field of data assimilation will require combination of a broad range of mathematical techniques from differential equations, statistics, probability, scientific computing and mathematical modelling, together with insights from practitioners in the field. The workshop brought together a collection of scientists representing this broad spectrum of research strands
Optimizing Nonlinear Dynamics in Energy System Planning and Control
Understanding the physical dynamics underlying energy systems is
essential in achieving stable operations, and reasoning about
restoration and expansion planning. The mathematics governing
energy system dynamics are often described by high-order
differential equations. Optimizing over these equations can be a
computationally challenging exercise. To overcome these
challenges, early studies focused on reduced / linearized models
failing to capture system dynamics accurately. This thesis
considers generalizing and improving existing optimization
methods in energy systems to accurately represent these dynamics.
We revisit three applications in power transmission and gas
pipeline systems.
Our first application focuses on power system restoration
planning. We examine transient effects in power restoration and
generalize the Restoration Ordering Problem formulation with
standing phase angle and voltage difference constraints to
enhance transient stability. Our new proposal can reduce rotor
swings of synchronous generators by over 50\% and have negligible
impacts on the blackout size, which is optimized holistically.
Our second application focuses on transmission line switching in
power system operations. We propose an automatic routine actively
considering transient stability during optimization. Our main
contribution is a nonlinear optimization model using trapezoidal
discretization over the 2-axis generator model with an automatic
voltage regulator (AVR). We show that congestion can lead to
rotor instability, and variables controlling set-points of
automatic voltage regulators are critical to ensure oscillation
stability. Our results were validated against PowerWorld
simulations and exhibit an average error in the order of 0.001
degrees for rotor angles.
Our third contribution focuses on natural gas compressor
optimization in natural gas pipeline systems. We consider the
Dynamic Optimal Gas Flow problem, which generalizes the Optimal
Gas Flow Problem to capture natural gas dynamics in a pipeline
network. Our main contribution is a computationally efficient
method to minimize gas compression costs under dynamic conditions
where deliveries to customers are described by time-dependent
mass flows. The scheme yields solutions that are feasible for the
continuous problem and practical from an operational standpoint.
Scalability of the scheme is demonstrated using realistic
benchmark data
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