Sunco oil has three different processes that can be used to manufacture various types of gasoline. Each process involves blending oils in the company's catalytic cracker.
Running process 1 for an hour costs $5 and requires 2 barrels of crude oil 1 and 3 barrels of crude oil 2. The output from running process 1 for an hour is 2 barrels of gas 1 and 1 barrel of gas 2.
Running process 2 for an hour costs $4 and requires 1 barrel of crude 1 and 3 barrels of crude 2. The output from process 2 for an hour is 3 barrels of gas 2.
Running process 3 for an hour costs $1 and requires 2 barrels of crude 2 and 3 barrels of gas 2. The output from running process 3 for an hour is 2 barrels of gas 3.
Each week, 200 barrels of crude 1, at $2/ barrel, and 300 barrels of crude 2 at $3/barrel, may be purchased. All gas produced can be sold at the following per-barrel prices: gas 1, $9; gas 2, $10; gas 3, $24. Formulate an LP whose solution will maximize revenues less costs. Assume that only 100 hours of time on the catalytic cracker are available each week.
Model sunco
Variables
x[1:3] = 30, >=0
o[1] = 100, >=0, <=200
o[2] = 100, >=0, <=300
g[1:3] = 100, >=0
obj
profit
End Variables
Equations
! minimize (-profit) = maximize (profit)
obj = -profit
! profit per week = revenue - costs
profit = 9*g[1]+10*g[2]+24*g[3]-5*x[1]-4*x[2]-x[3]-2*o[1]-3*o[2]
! consumption of crude 1
2*x[1] + x[2] = o[1]
! consumption of crude 2
3*x[1] + 3*x[2] + 2*x[3] = o[2]
! generation of gas 1
2*x[1] = g[1]
! generation (and consumption) of gas 2
x[1] + 3*x[2] - 3*x[3] = g[2]
! generation of gas 3
2*x[3] = g[3]
! cat cracker available 100 hours per week
x[1] + x[2] + x[3] <= 100
End Equations
End Model
Run process 2 for 100 hours/week = $1500/week
If gas 1 price rises above $11.5/barrel, the optimal solution is to run process 1.
If gas 3 price rises above $26/barrel, the optimal solution is to run processes 2 and 3 for equal periods of time (50 hours).