Support and further development of individual software for solving mixed integer optimization problems in the energy sector. The support will free up internal resources and give them room for an evaluation of the used python and excel based technology approach and seek for other options.
Supplement
It is about the operation and further development of a customer-specific tool that collects parameters and transfers them to an optimizer. The entire software is executed locally. There is an Excel frontend in which the parameters are entered, then a Python middleware that performs validations and then passes the parameters to the optimizer, which then solves the problem. PTA takes over the user roll primarily. Supporting the technical review is an optional task which might come later in the project.
Subject description
In technical terms, this involves optimizing the running times of certain assets (boilers, turbines, etc.) under certain assumptions (energy prices, weather, maintenance times, etc.).