Table 1 Comparison of linearization approaches on a 1-day simulation period depending on the number of intervals.

From: Linearization method for MINLP energy optimization problems

Intervals

MINLP+SOS1

MINLP+SOS2

MNILP+Taylor

Time(s)/Score(%)

Time(s)/Score(%)

Time(s)/Score(%)

1 Interval

0.25/4.61

0.24/6.29

0.28/6.31

2 Intervals

0.27/5.32

0.36/7.42

0.37/7.48

3 Intervals

0.51/5.81

6.03/7.59

6.24/7.60

4 Intervals

0.78/6.44

17.08/7.62

17.19/7.64

30 Intervals

3.67/7.65

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  1. Significant values are in bold.