废物转化为生物甲的物流问题:一个数学优化方法
Víctor Blanco1,2, Yolanda Hinojosa3,4, Victor M Zavala5,6
1Institute of Mathematics (IMAG), Universidad de Granada, Granada 18001, Spain.
概括
本研究介绍了一种用于设计废物转化为生物甲物流系统的数学优化工具. 它有效地确定工厂位置和产品分配,以实现最佳的生物气生产.
科学领域:
- 运营研究 运营研究
- 环境工程 环境工程
- 生物技术是生物技术.
背景情况:
- 设计复杂的物流系统,用于废物转化为生物气的生产是具有挑战性的.
- 现有的方法可能缺乏灵活性来优化工厂安置和产品分销.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种新的数学优化方法,用于优化废物转化为生物气的物流系统的最佳设计.
- 创建一个灵活的决策辅助工具,用于定位预处理,无氧消化和生物甲液化工厂和管道.
- 在供应链中优化从废物到生物甲产品的分配.
主要方法:
- 制定一个数学优化模型.
- 模型变量和约束的分析和缩小.
- 使用计算实验解决真实大小的实例.
主要成果:
- 拟议的模型可以在合理的CPU时间 (<2小时) 内高效地解决大规模的合成实例 (高达500个农场).
- 一个现实世界的案例研究证明了该模型的有效性,得到的解决方案在2分钟至6小时之间.
- 解决时间受预算限制和生物甲注入要求的影响.
结论:
- 开发的数学优化方法为设计废物转化为生物气的物流系统提供了有效和多功能工具.
- 该方法可适应各种废物转化场景.
- 该工具可以为工厂位置和产品分销提供最佳决策,促进高效的生物气生产.
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