A network design model for biomass to energy supply chains with anaerobic digestion systems

Where AD plants wildly grow: The spatio-temporal diffusion of agricultural biogas production in the Czech Republic

“…Stabilized residue (digestate) can be used as fertilizer after the fermentation process (Marada et al [30]). Since agricultural AD plants process specific agricultural products, be they of plant or animal origin, whose production is spatially rooted in different natural conditions, it can be stressed that the location of agricultural AD plants is highly dependent on this production, especially since these products have a low value/weight ratio, making them rather expensive to transport (mathematical models of this dependence were recently reviewed in Balaman and Selim [31]; Kythreotou et al [32]; Neiva de Figueiredo and Mayerle [33]). …”

Biomethane as transport fuel – A comparison with other biogas utilization pathways in northern Italy

“…An evaluation of potential biomass feedstock for biomethane production and optimal locations, sizes, and number of biogas plants in southern Finland has been developed by [40] that considers several feedstock (i.e., biowastes, sludges, agricultural residues, and energy crops) and different biogas utilization pathways, although the economic performance of the biogas plants has not been addressed in the analysis. A biogas supply chain optimization model considering capacity, supply and distribution variables, and constraints has been proposed by [41]. The model is focused on power and heat cogeneration from biogas combustion only, and in view of computational constraints, is mainly suitable for local-scale applications.…”

Integrated strategic and tactical optimization of animal-waste sourced biopower supply chains

“…At the strategic level, the main problems are facility location and capacity determination. These problems have been studied by [16], [21] and [22] among others. All of these studies propose MILP models to solve these problems.…”