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514. The reorganization of the natural gas transport network in Belgium following the cessation of gas deliveries from the Netherlands.
Invited abstract in session TA-19: OR in Gas Networks , stream OR in Energy.
Tuesday, 8:30-10:00Room: 44 (building: 116)
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Daniel De Wolf
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| TVES & CORE -UCL, Université du Littoral |
Abstract
The Belgian gas transport network is divided into two separate networks: the low calorific gas network from the Netherlands and the high calorific network with gas arriving from other producers. The Netherlands has announced the gradual cessation of the delivery of Dutch gas to Belgium. It is necessary to reorganize the transport of gas. Compared to the existing model for the Belgian network, two important changes must be modeled: on the one hand, the disappearance of the historic supplier will imply significant changes in gas flows in the single network merger of the two old ones. This involves possibly resizing of gas pipelines, reversing the direction of use of compression stations or creating new ones.
The other important change in the model is the objective function. Historically, a single company purchased the gas and transported it. Its main objective was therefore to minimize its gas purchasing costs. This no longer corresponds to the current situation where the commercial function is separated from the transport function. We take into account the new situation: namely the minimization of gas transport costs.
We present real data of the new Belgian network and the new formulation to provide a case study for all future developments in the field of gas network operations, an activity particularly subject to variations in recent years in Europe.
Keywords
- Engineering Optimization
- Network Flows
- OR in Energy
Status: accepted
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