A multi-objective mathematical model to redesign of global sustainable bioenergy supply network

Razm, Sobhan; Nickel, Stefan; Sahebi, Hadi

doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2019.05.032

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“…Moreover, social decision-making factors have not been sufficiently regarded in the existing literature. A limited number of studies focus just on job creation as the sole social target [16,17]. This study therefore examines a number of social dimensions of the supply chain by employing the Guidelines for the Social Life Cycle Assessment of a Product (GSLCAP) approach [18], which is one of the most comprehensive methods widely used for evaluating such social impacts that are based on life period concepts.…”

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A sustainable biomass network design model for bioenergy production by anaerobic digestion technology: using agricultural residues and livestock manure

2020

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Scarcity of fossil fuels and their emissions have led energy policymakers to look for alternative renewable and clean energy sources. In line with this target, biomass is a promising alternative source for the generation of clean energy and the development of a sustainable society. The use of animal and agricultural wastes is one of the very promising renewable energy alternatives paving the way for a more sustainable energy network. Animal and agricultural wastes as biomass sources do not endanger food security and mitigate environmental impacts and may therefore considerably contribute to an appropriate waste management. As a result, converting animal and agricultural wastes to energy is a challenging issue that has attracted the attention of academic and industrial researchers. A multi-echelon multi-objective model is developed to design a sustainable supply chain for bioenergy generation through the anaerobic digestion process. The model maximizes economic and social objective functions, representing direct economic profits and positive social externalities such as job creation and economic development, respectively. Factors affecting the international supply chain include imports of intermediate production equipment, exports of a final product, international business terms applied, customs duties, and foreign exchange rates. Bioenergy and fertilizers are outputs considered in this study; the former to be converted to electricity in a biogas plant to meet domestic demands, and the latter to be exported. A case study for the Golestan province is used to evaluate the efficiency of the proposed model. The results support the potential for three biogas power plants in Gonbad-e-Kavoos, with an annual production capacity of about 1000 tons of fertilizer and an electricity supply for 101,556 households per month. There is still a broad field of promising avenues for future research. Studying uncertainty in different supply chain parameters and using robust optimization to deal with uncertainties are recommended approaches.

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A sustainable biomass network design model for bioenergy production by anaerobic digestion technology: using agricultural residues and livestock manure

2020

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“…The International Energy Agency (IEA) has reported that the recent behavior of the energy sector and carbon emissions have caused great concerns in such areas as the environment, energy security, and economic growth [1]. With their long life cycles, buildings have a great share in the global energy consumption and warming due to their greenhouse gas emissions requiring relevant measures in this area [2,3,4,5,6,7]. About 30% of the CO 2 emissions are due to the energy consumption in buildings [3,8] while about 6% of the total emitted pollutants are because of the households' fuel consumptions; hence, a reduction in buildings' environmental impacts can lead to significant environmental benefits [9]; however, appropriate methods to achieve this reduction are almost unknown.…”

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A sustainable mathematical model for design of net zero energy buildings

Delavar¹,

Sahebi

2020

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Energy is vital recourse for economic development of today's business. The services demanded of residential and commercial buildings require substantial energy use. Energy consumption in this sector has been growing in total, gradually. As a result the high emission of greenhouse gases is released and, hence, the saving energy with better building management have made a major priority of the energy and environment sectors throughout the world. In this direction, to reduce energy consumption and mitigate environmental impacts in buildings, net-zero energy buildings (NZEB) is a very effective solution. As a result, a multi-objective model is developed to identify the best combination of materials and construction options considering their related costs, energy efficiency, and environmental impacts of buildings, simultaneously. This sustainable model is presented to construct a building considering the construction costs and energy consumption of the design options. To design the NZEB, while minimizing costs and carbon emissions, use has been made of a combination of different types of active/heating and cooling systems and renewable equipment through such high-efficiency, effective, and updated technologies as the solar panel. Finally, the case study of a residential building with two scenarios is used to demonstrate the proposed framework. The results show that, for scenarios1 and 2 respectively using insulation thickness such as (wall, roof, and windows) and renewable equipment have the highest sustainable impact in NEBZ's performance.

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“…Three pillars of the system development, i.e., economic, environmental, and social, should be considered in the process of a supply chain design, according to the sustainable development paradigm. These directions are highlighted in a number of publications that are devoted to the design and implementation of sustainable supply chains [15][16][17][18].…”

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“…While solving the problems that are related to optimization of the logistics chain structure, the authors use criteria corresponding to the mentioned directions of sustainable development: the authors of the paper [15] propose minimizing the total cost as economic issue, minimizing the total amount of CO 2 emission as environmental issue, and maximizing the total social influence as social issue; Sherafati et al (2019) maximize profit primarily while capturing social development by prioritizing the less developed regions and dealing with ecological aspect by using environmentally friendly transport facilities [16]. Accordingly, optimization problems that are related to sustainable supply chain design are solved as multi-objective problems [15][16][17][18]. The authors of the paper [14] have analyzed more than 100 papers, including documents studying supply chains, and came up with the conclusion that modern literature emphasizes the environmental aspects of the supply chain design, but does not pay much attention to social criteria.…”

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Substantiating the Logistics Chain Structure While Servicing the Flow of Requests for Road Transport Deliveries

Naumov

2020

Sustainability

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The selection of the delivery scheme is one of the most complicated problems and the results of its solution condition the sustainable development of the whole market of transportation services. Freight forwarders should consider numerous random parameters characterizing demand and technological processes to choose the proper structure of the logistics chain. The paper aims to propose a method for choosing the logistics chain structure, based on the analysis of the total expenses as a function from the demand parameters characterizing stochastic variables of the consignment weight, the delivery distance, and the time interval between the requests in the flow of queries for cargo delivery. Four basic logistics chain structures, widely used on road transport, are described to demonstrate the selection process. The areas of the most efficient use of the logistics chain structures can be defined for the flow of requests for cargo deliveries. The paper shows such areas on the example of goods delivery by automobile transport. Determining the areas of the most efficient use of the specific logistics chain structures contributes to the effective choice of correct delivery variants by freight forwarders.

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A multi-objective mathematical model to redesign of global sustainable bioenergy supply network

Cited by 49 publications

References 46 publications

A sustainable biomass network design model for bioenergy production by anaerobic digestion technology: using agricultural residues and livestock manure

A sustainable biomass network design model for bioenergy production by anaerobic digestion technology: using agricultural residues and livestock manure

A sustainable mathematical model for design of net zero energy buildings

Substantiating the Logistics Chain Structure While Servicing the Flow of Requests for Road Transport Deliveries

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