Abstract:
This paper presents a discrete event simulation based Decision Support System to evaluate tank farm operations. The Decision Support System was developed in order to redu...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
This paper presents a discrete event simulation based Decision Support System to evaluate tank farm operations. The Decision Support System was developed in order to reduce capital expenditures and assist in decision making for assessing the impact of different improvement opportunities. The simulation based framework captures tank farm dynamics and can be easily scaled for additional products and different tank assignments/configurations. The model was successfully used to evaluate existing tank farm operations at a Freeport site of Dow Chemical company. In this paper, we discuss the general approach used for modeling tank farm operations and different output metrics generated by the Decision Support System.
Date of Conference: 13-16 December 2009
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 11 March 2010
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