Abstract: The method of automatic optimization is applied to a natural gas transport network in the steady state comprising at one and the same time a set of passive works such as pipelines or resistances, and a set of active works comprising regulating valves, isolating valves, compression stations, storage or supply devices, consumption devices, elements for bypassing the compression stations and elements for bypassing the regulating valves, the passive works and the active works being linked together by junctions. The optimization method comprises the determination of values for continuous variables. Intervals of values for the continuous variables and sets of values for the discrete variables are chosen as initial state of the optimization.

Abstract: The method of automatic optimization is applied to a natural gas transport network in the steady state comprising at one and the same time a set of passive works such as pipelines or resistances, and a set of active works comprising regulating valves, isolating valves, compression stations, storage or supply devices, consumption devices, elements for bypassing the compression stations and elements for bypassing the regulating valves, the passive works and the active works being linked together by junctions. The optimization method comprises the determination of values for continuous variables. Intervals of values for the continuous variables and sets of values for the discrete variables are chosen as initial state of the optimization.