Bottleneck analysis of the minimum cost network
Jin Yi-hui · Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology) · 2003
Previous bottleneck analysis studies could not evaluate the process system, or design or select schemes for improving the system. In this paper, bottleneck analysis was studied for the minimum cost network (MCN). The restrict definitions of bottleneck were given to map the bottleneck capacity variation to the minimum cost variation. The principle for constructing bottlenecks was given based on the MCN optimization conditions. And then bottleneck movement and bottleneck margin were studied. The characteristics of 3 types of bottlenecks were shown by an example. The results show that bottlenecks can support process system evaluations and scheme design and selection.