Determinación de la mezcla optima de carbón para disminuir la contaminación ambiental en la planta “electric coop” mediante programación lineal.

Abstract

The objective of this work is to determine the optimal mixture of pulverized coal to reduce environmental pollution in the "Electric Coop" plant, and to comply with the parameters of sulfur dioxide discharge and chimney smoke, established in the Environmental Protection Agency Standard. For this purpose, the Graphical method and Simplex method were used to determine the amount of pulverized coal C1 and C2 required in the mixture, which will generate the maximum amount of turbine steam for the Electric Coop plant. Under the Graphical method, three feasible points were obtained: point A (0;0), point B (5.13; 10.26), point C (9.52; 0), being point B the best result, because the mixture of 5.13 C1 and 10.26 of C2, generate 153900 pounds of steam per hour. While, applying the Simplex method, the mixture of 5.12 of C1 and 10.24 of C2, produces 153600 pounds of steam per hour.