Publication detail

Heuristic Approximation and Optimization for Waste-to-Energy Capacity Expansion Problem

JANOŠŤÁK, F. PAVLAS, M. PUTNA, O. ŠOMPLÁK, R. POPELA, P.

English title

Heuristic Approximation and Optimization for Waste-to-Energy Capacity Expansion Problem

Type

Scopus Article

Language

en

Original abstract

The following paper is devoted to the construction of new waste-to-energy plants in a territory where is already another fossil-fuel power station built. The aim is to create a mathematical model and show that those two devices are able to cooperate effectively. The related mathematical programs are developed, linked, and implemented in GAMS. For computational purposes a specific heuristic that optimizes unknown approximated profit function relating IRR and plant capacity is considered. The built models focus on operational policies and can be characterised as non-linear integer programs. The optimization software GAMS is used for their calculation. Because of the model complexity the solution process starting in a certain initial point may end in a local optima or not found any at all. So, the paper also focuses on the elimination of nonlinear terms by using binary variables in such a way that the transformed optimization program can be solved within acceptable time limits and the suboptimal solution is reached.

Keywords in English

Waste management, Pricing, Heuristic algorithm, Two-stage programming, Waste-to-Energy Plant

Released

2016-06-08

Publisher

VUT

Location

Brno

ISSN

1803-3814

Journal

Mendel Journal series

Volume

2016

Number

1

Pages from–to

123–130

Pages count

6

BIBTEX


@article{BUT131071,
  author="František {Janošťák} and Martin {Pavlas} and Ondřej {Putna} and Radovan {Šomplák} and Pavel {Popela}",
  title="Heuristic Approximation and Optimization for Waste-to-Energy Capacity Expansion Problem",
  journal="Mendel Journal series",
  year="2016",
  volume="2016",
  number="1",
  pages="123--130",
  issn="1803-3814"
}