Scheduling of Crude Oil Operations in Refinery without Sufficient Charging Tanks Using Petri Nets

A short-term schedule for crude oil operations in a refinery should define and sequence the activities in detail. Each activity involves both discrete-event and continuous variables. The combinatorial nature of the scheduling problem makes it difficult to solve. For such a scheduling problem, chargi...

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Main Authors: Yan An, NaiQi Wu, Chi Tin Hon, ZhiWu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-05-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/6/564