Optimizing in Real Time

摘要

Kingsport,Tenn.-based Eastman Chemical Co.is using the realtime optimization portion of a software suite to calculate the most cost-effective way to operate its system."We have lots of choices about how we produce power because of the complexity of our system,"said Lemuel Mixon,a technical associate at Eastman."We can make or buy electricity.Most companies do this,but they have simple systems.Ours had gotten so complicated that it took too long to calculate the best way to operate."