In this paper, the problem of flow maximization in pipeline systems for transmission of natural gas is addressed. We extend previously suggested models by incorporating the variation in pipeline flow capacities with gas specific gravity and compressibility. Flow capacities are modeled as...

The pooling problem is a well-studied global optimization problem with applications in oil refining and petrochemical industry. Despite the strong NP-hardness of the problem, which is proved formally in this paper, most instances from the literature have recently been solved efficiently by use...

The pooling problem is an extension of the minimum cost network flow problem where the composition of the flow depends on the sources from which it originates. At each source, the composition is known. In all other nodes, the proportion of any component is given as a weighted average of its...