Analysis of losses in some continuous transportation–storage systems

The analytical function of losses in the continuous transportation–storage system was obtained. First of all, this function depends on the costs of supporting the reservoir, the product purchase price, and the product sales price. The analysis leads to relations between the technological and the economic parameters characterizing the working of the system. This relation results in the fact that the described system suffers specific losses or brings a specific profit. Moreover, the influence of the reservoir capacity on the loss function is investigated.