Abstract: Natural gas is an efficient green energy.For a long time in the future,natural gas will be an important part of China’s energy consumption structure.Chongqing has been leading the country in the exploitation and utilization of natural gas.However,at present,it is facing increasing difficulties in monitoring and optimizing the operation of pipe networks.Therefore,combined with the background of the rapid development of information technology such as big data and simulation technology,this paper introduces a natural gas intelligent scheduling platform that is being developed.The platform adopts browser/server mode architecture,which mainly includes pipe network operation information monitoring module,working condition optimization scheduling module,planned maintenance scheduling module and scheme library management module.As for its core function,i.e.,the intelligent scheduling optimization,this paper uses a typical example to illustrate it.The platform is conducive to the realization of intelligent scheduling and control of natural gas pipeline network.It can not only maximize the capacity of natural gas pipeline network,but also save relevant manpower and energy consumption.The research work in the near future will focus on the optimization scheduling of the pipeline network under abnormal and fault conditions.

Key words: Natural gas, Pipeline network, Intelligent scheduling, Computer platform system, Integer linear programming