Scheduling of a mixed batch/continuous sugar milling plant using Petri nets

Scheduling of processes in mixed batch/continuous plants, due to their hybrid nature can become very complex. This paper presents the Timed Hybrid Petri net (THPN) as a suitable tool for modelling and scheduling of hybrid systems. One of the major benefits over traditional methods is a significant reduction in complexity during problem formulation. A sugar milling plant containing both batch and continuous processing units is considered as a case study by which the application of the proposed scheduling algorithm is illustrated.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: CCE
• Authors: Mahsa Ghaeli, Parisa A. Bahri, Peter L. Lee
• Keywords: CCE 2008, Hybrid Nature, Software Engineering, Sugar Milling Plant, Timed Hybrid Petri