%0 Journal Article %@ 18125654 %A Yusoff, N. %A Ramasamy, M. %D 2009 %F scholars:711 %J Journal of Applied Sciences %K Integrated frameworks; Integrated scheduling; Natural gas liquids; Optimal trajectories; Proportional integral controllers; Real-time optimization; Sequential quadratic programming algorithm; Steady-state models, Gas plants; Model predictive control; Optimization; Predictive control systems, Scheduling %N 17 %P 3027-3033 %R 10.3923/jas.2009.3027.3033 %T Integrated scheduling and RTO of RGP with MPC and PI controllers %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/711/ %V 9 %X This study proposes an integrated framework of scheduling and Real-Time Optimization (RTO) of a Refrigerated Gas Plant (RGP). At the top layer, a high fidelity dynamic model of RGP is subjected to scheduling of plant operating mode from natural gas liquids to sales gas and vice-versa. Set points from mode scheduling are passed down to the steady-state RTO layer. Modeling mismatch is minimized by rigorously exchanging values of key variables between dynamic and steady-state models. Optimal trajectories of set points are obtained using sequential quadratic programming algorithm with constraints. These trajectories are disjointedly implemented by Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme and Proportional-Integral (PI) controllers for comparison. Four case studies for each mode scheduling are performed to illustrate efficacy of the proposed approach. %Z cited By 0