Optimization

Abstract

The core component of EWave is constituted by a receding horizon optimal control algorithm that is implemented in the EWave optimization module (EWave-OPT). EWave-OPT is made up of two major components, the discrete optimization module, which is responsible for computing optimal discrete switching decisions on the basis of a quasi-stationary approximation of the physical reality, and the continuous optimization module (EWave-NOPT) that, in a second step, computes optimal values for the continuous control variables subject to fixed discrete controls and an instationary, highly accurate pipeflow model.