In long-distance parallel pipelines, compressor stations
are built
together, and connecting pipes and cut-off valves are arranged between
pipelines, which makes it possible for different stations to operate
jointly or independently. In order to reduce pipeline energy consumption,
this paper considers the valve switch state, deeply analyzes the station
operation mode, and establishes the optimal model of minimum energy
consumption of a parallel pipeline. Taking the second and third parallel
pipelines of China’s west-east gas transmission as an example,
the phasor particle swarm optimization algorithm is used to solve
the model. The results show that after optimization, the internal
flow was redistributed and energy consumption was reduced by 15.54%.