Identification of gas pipelines hydraulic efficiency coefficients
This study investigates the identification of non-measureable parameters of the gas transmission system (gas pipelines hydraulic efficiency coefficients). The problem statement and solution procedure are presented. The original problem is divided into two interrelated components: the nonlinear optimization problem and the temperature calculation. The nonlinear optimization problem is solved using the Successive Linear Programming (SLP) method. The problems of insufficiency of measurements and multiplicity of solutions are described, and appropriate approaches are proposed (introduction of additional subcriteria and uniting gas pipelines into groups). Identification of gas pipelines hydraulic efficiency coefficients for gas transmission systems of various complexity has been performed using the given algorithm.