International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
(IJISSCM), Volume 5, Issue 1. 22 pages.
Managing Distribution in Refined Products
Pipelines Using Discrete-Event Simulation
M. Fernanda Gleizes (INTEC (CONICET-UNL),
Argentina), Germán Herrero (INTEC (CONICET-UNL), Argentina), Diego C. Cafaro
(INTEC (CONICET-UNL), Argentina), Carlos A. Méndez (INTEC (CONICET-UNL),
Argentina) and Jaime Cerdá (INTEC (CONICET-UNL), Argentina)
Abstract
Management of oil-product pipelines is critical
in the daily operation of petroleum supply chains. This calls for efficient
computational tools to schedule pipeline operations in a reliable and
cost-effective manner. Authors present a
novel discrete event simulation system for the detailed scheduling of a multiproduct
pipeline consisting of a sequence of pipes that connects a single input station
to several receiving terminals.
The pipeline is modeled as a non-traditional
multi-server queuing system involving a number of servers at every pipe end
that perform their tasks in a synchronized manner. The model decides which server should
dispatch the entity waiting for service to the associated depot, using
alternative priority rules.The proposed simulation technique makes it possible
to easily manage real-world pipelines operations with low computational effort.
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