Otimização do arranjo físico de equipamentos e módulos da planta de processo de um FPSO

Abstract

A computational approach is presented to the problem of process plant layout optimization of an FPSO, aiming to obtain lower capital expenditure as well as comply with operability, maintainability and safety requirements. This approach comprises three stages: divide the plant into modules, optimization of the layout of equipment within each module and optimization of the layout of modules. For some of these stages, mixed integer linear programming (MILP) models are presented and implemented using real data from FPSOs, as case studies. The optimization models showed good results and the obtained layouts presented lower costs compared to the layouts adopted in the FPSOs.