Inventors:
Thomas C. Hanson - Buffalo NY
Dante P. Bonaquist - Grand Island NY
Michael D. Jordan - Williamsville NY
Assignee:
Praxair Technology, Inc. - Danbury CT
International Classification:
G06F 1546, G05B 1304
Abstract:
A method for producing two or more products from a production site such as an air separation plant to satisfy a given demand for each of the products in which energy consumption and the rate of product production are correlated so that product production may be determined from a conventional mixed integer linear programming model the solution of which will provide an optimum production schedule for producing product to meet total product demand at minimum energy cost over a given time horizon.