ZacharyCandelaria

ProfessorKathrynEppler
Math1210
4/16/2016
PipelineProject.
Forthepipelineprojectthequestionishowdoyougofromthegasmine(thestar)tothe
refineryfortheleastamountofmoney.Goingthroughtheprivatepropertyaddsafeepermile,
andgoingthroughthemountainhasaflatcost,alongwithaneightmonthdelay.Thisproblem
canbeseeninthefigurebelow.Thecostofthepipegoingthroughnonprivategroundis
$480,000.Fordrillingthroughthemountaintheaddedcostis$4,500,000ontopofthenormal
pipelinecostof$480,000permile,inadditiontheremustbeanenvironmentalsurveywhichis
$600,000anditwilltakeeightmonthswhichwilladdanadditionalcostof$800,000.Ifthe
pipelinegoesthroughprivatepropertyyouhavearightofwayfeeof$360,000permile.

Figure1.

Someimportantabbreviationsforconstantswillbe:
C problemnumber = Costindollars
Da = 8miles Db = 16miles Dc = 40miles
M = P riceofgoingthroughthemountainindollars = 4, 500, 000 + 600, 000 + 800, 000 = 5, 900, 000
pn = pricepermileofpipeofnonprivateground = 480, 000
pp = pricepermileofpipethroughprivateground = 840, 000

Forthefirstscenariothecostofrunningthepipelineonnonprivategroundrunningwest
southandtheneasttotherefinery.Theredarrowsshowthepathtakenonfigure2.

Figure2.
Thecostcanbeshownas:
C ai = pn(Da + Db + Dc) = $30, 720, 000

Forthenextscenario,thepipewillgothroughtheeastthroughthemountainandthen
southtotherefinery.Thisscenarioisshowninfigure3.

Figure3.
Thecostofthispipelinecanbeshownas:
C aii = pn(Db + (Dc Da) + M = $28, 940, 000
Forthenextpipelinewewillrunthepipelinetheshortestdistancethroughtheprivateground.
Asshowninfigure4.


Figure4.
Thiscanbeexpressedas:

(D D ) + D

C bi = pp

2
b

= 30, 052, 753.62

ThenextscenarioisStraightSouthacrosstheprivateground,thenstraighteasttotherefinery.
Asshowninfigure5.


Figure5.
Whichcanbeshownas:
C bii = pp(Db) + P n(Dc Da) = 28, 800, 000

Forthefinalscenario,wewillfindthecostfunctionforthepipelinefortheconfiguration
involvingrunningfromthewellacrosstheprivategroundatsomeangleandintersectingthe
BLMgroundtothesouthandthenrunningeasttotherefinery.ThiscanbeseeninFigure6.


Figure6.
Thisisshownasafunctionofthepipelineonthenonprivategroundofhowlongthepipewill
beinxmiles.

h + (D x) eq.1

C (x) = P n(x) + P p

Inordertofindthecheapestroutewewilltakethederivativeasshown:
pp(xD)
dC
=
+ pn eq.2
dx
x22Dx+D2+h2
Inordertofindtheminimumwewillseteq.2tozero.
pp(xD)
dC

dx

=0=

x22Dx+D2+h2

+ pn eq.3

Thenwewillsolveforx.

xmin =

D(P 2nP 2p)hn P 2pP 2n

P 2nP 2p

eq.4

32(23333)
33

xmin =

20.859miles

Ifwesubinx
forxforeq.1weget:
min

C (32(2 333333) ) = P n(32(2 333333) ) + P p

WecanseethegraphofC(x)below:

h2 + (D 32(2 333333) ) $26, 389, 560.28

FromthisclassIlearnedthatcalculuscanbeusedinmanyrealworldapplications,such
asoptimization.Thereisaclearuseforcalculusindifferentialforms,becausetheyarejustthe
studyofhowthingschangewhichisessentialforunderstandinghowtheworldaroundusworks.