Biofuel refinery location and supply chain planning under traffic congestion

Bai, Yun; Hwang, Taesung; Kang, Seungmo; Ouyang, Yanfeng

doi:10.1016/j.trb.2010.04.006

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“…Collectively, the supply chain system activities of harvest, 13 collection, storage, preprocessing, handling, and transportation, represent one of the largest 14 challenges to the cellulosic biofuels industry. It is thus very important to investigate the supply 15 chain design of the biofuel production systems as part of evaluation on their economic feasibility 16 (Bai et al, 2011). …”

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Optimization Model for a Thermochemical Biofuels Supply Network Design

Brown

2014

J. Energy Eng.

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This research focuses on the supply chain network design of a fast pyrolysis and hydroprocessing production pathway by utilizing corn stover as feedstock to produce gasoline and diesel fuel. A mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model was formulated to optimize fast pyrolysis and hydroprocessing facility locations and capacities to minimize total system cost, including the feedstock collecting costs, capital costs of facilities, and transportation costs. The economic feasibility of building a new biorefinery in Iowa was analyzed based on the optimal supply chain configuration and savings in bio-oil logistic costs to the centralized upgrading facility. Keywords

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Optimization Model for a Thermochemical Biofuels Supply Network Design

Brown

2014

J. Energy Eng.

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“…The majority of the optimal location studies focus on bioenergy production, including fuels, heat, and power (e.g., Leduc et al 2008;Velazquez-Marti and Fernandez-Gonzalez 2010;Parker et al 2010;Tittmann et al 2010;Bai et al 2011;Kim et al 2011;Natarajan et al 2012Natarajan et al , 2014Palander and Voutilainen 2013;Marvin et al 2013;Pantaleo et al 2014). However, some publications addressed BSC optimization for chemicals and materials production, including location problems, for example, Zhang and Wright (2014), Santibañez-Aguilar et al (2015), Kokossis et al (2015), , Sukumara et al (2014), Dansereau et al (2014) (Table 3).…”

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Forest biomass supply chain optimization for a biorefinery aiming to produce high-value bio-based materials and chemicals from lignin and forestry residues: a review of literature

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Can. J. For. Res.

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Technological development has enabled the production of new value-added products from lignocellulosic residues such as lignin. This has allowed the forest industry to diversify its product portfolio and maximize the economic returns from feedstock, while simultaneously working towards sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based products. Although previous research has explored industrial-scale production opportunities, many challenges persist, including the cost of woody biomass and its supply chain reliability. While numerous studies have addressed these issues, their emphasis has traditionally been on bioenergy, with little focus on biochemical, biomaterials, and bioproducts. This review seeks to address this gap through a systematic study of the work recently reported by researchers. A lot of work has been published from United States and Canada with an emphasis on bioenergy production (84.8%), 4.6% of the work is focused on biomass to materials and chemicals, and 10.6% addressed both. Between 2012 and 2015, the majority of published research focused on biomass to materials and chemicals and both biomass to energy and biomass to materials and chemicals. This fact highlights recent interests in diversified biorefinery portfolios. However, further work concerning forest biomass supply chain optimization and new high-value bio-based materials and chemicals is necessary.Key words: biomass to energy, biomass to materials and chemicals, economic optimization, lignocellulosic residues, value-added bio-based products.Résumé : Des avancées technologiques ont rendu possible la production de nouveaux produits à valeur ajoutée à partir de résidus lignocellulosiques tels que la lignine. Cela a permis à l'industrie forestière de diversifié sa gamme de produits et de maximiser les retombées économiques de la matière première tout en travaillant simultanément à développer des alternatives durables aux produits à base de pétrole. Bien que les travaux de recherche précédents aient exploré les opportunités de production à l'échelle industrielle, plusieurs défis persistent, incluant le coût de la biomasse ligneuse et la fiabilité de sa chaîne logistique. Alors que de nombreuses études se sont intéressées à ces questions, l'accent a traditionnellement été mis sur la bioénergie et très peu sur les bioproduits : produits biochimiques et biomatériaux. Cette revue de littérature vise à combler cette lacune par le biais d'une étude systématique des travaux récemment publiés par les chercheurs. Beaucoup de travaux publiés aux États-Unis et au Canada mettent l'accent sur la production de bioénergie (84,8 %), 4,6 % des travaux portent sur la transformation de la biomasse en matériaux et produits chimiques et 10,6 % s'intéressent aux deux sujets. La majorité des travaux de recherche publiés entre 2012 et 2015 portent sur la transformation de la biomasse en matériaux et produits chimiques et sur les deux sujets, soit la transformation de la biomasse en énergie, matériaux et produits chimiques. Cela met en évidence l'intérêt récen...

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“…Bai et al (2011) created a MINLP to determine the optimal number and location of the refineries. Using a langrangian relaxation based heuristic algorithm and branch & bound they allocated biofuels demand and selected the route.…”

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