Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.48, No.1, 463-482, 2009
Integrated Model for Refinery Planning, Oil Procuring, and Product Distribution
Refinery production planning is usually performed using the refinery battery limit constraints. Two associated problems are the oil uploading and product distribution problems. These problems have traditionally been solved separately, and they have constraints that could render the solution of the planning problem infeasible or less profitable. The goal of this paper is to explore the benefits of the integration of production planning with these two models.