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Multipurpose plant is used to manufacture three products A, B and C from raw materials Y and Z.
Amount of raw materials required, batch times and profits per batch are shown as below. Determine
number of batches to be processed for each product to mazimize the profit. Plant is operating for
150 hours per week. Raw material available per week is Y : 216 units and Z : 200 units.

Product
A
B
C

Profit per Batch

Optimal number of Batches

Objective Function
Maximum Profit
Constraints
Available Time per Week
Raw Material Y
Raw Material Z

Raw material per

Batch

(hrs)
5
10
20

30
8
15

Decision Variables

1
2
3

Plant time per batch

Y
18
12
5

Batches for each product

XA
XB

Z
20
5
10

XC

8
30
302

4
8

2
15

5
18
20

10
12
5

20
5
10

Actual
120
202
200

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low. Determine
perating for

150
216
200

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Refinery Scheduling
A refinery has four type of crude oils available that have the yields shown in the following table.
Because of maximum demand, production of gasoline, heating oil, jet fuel and lube oil must be
limited as shown in the table. Find the optimum weekly requirment of crude oils to maximize the
refinery profit.

Products/ Crudes
Gasoline
Heating Oil
Jet Fuel
Lube Oil
Losses
Crude Cost
$/bbl
Operating Cost $/bbl
Crude Supply
kbbl/wk
Profit

Crude
Crude
Crude
Crude
Crude

Decision Variables
Crude Oil Required
Objective Function
Maximum Profit

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Constraints
Gasoline Limit
Heating Oil Limit
Jet Fuel Limit
Lube Oil Limit
Crude 1 Supply
Crude 2 Supply
Crude 3 Supply
Crude 4 Supply

1
2
3
4
4

1
0.6
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.1
15
5
100

Product Yield bbl / bbl crude

Fuel Process
2
3
4
0.5
0.3
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
15
15
25
8.5
7.5
3
100
100
200

14.5 k$
8 k$
4.5 k$
2 k$
8.5 k$

Lube
4 (5)
0.4
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.1
25
2.5

Product
Value
$/bbl
45
30
15
60
-

(For Lube production)

Weekly requirement of each crude Oil

X1
X2
X3
X4
100
100
66.67
0
14.5
8
4.5
2
3400
k$/ wk

X5
100
8.5

Actual
0.6
0.2
0.1
0.0
1

0.5
0.2
0.2
0.0

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.0

0.4
0.3
0.2
0.0

0.4
0.1
0.2
0.2

1
1

170
70
70
20
100
100
66.67
100

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e the

Maximum
Demand
kbbl/wk
170
85
85
20
-

170
85
85
20
100
100
100
200