Optimal planning for the supply chain of biofuels for aviation in Mexico

Domínguez-García, Saúl; Gutiérrez‐Antonio, Claudia; Lira-Flores, Julio Armando de; Ponce-Ortega, José María

doi:10.1007/s10098-017-1337-x

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“…Among biofuels, the global market for the aviation biofuel has increased drastically. The demand for aviation biofuel in the Mexican market can be satisfied with a gross economic benefit of $1,681m per year, and savings of 93 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions (Domínguez-García et al, 2017).…”

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Management of air pollution in Mexico

Miguel

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the management of air pollution in Mexico and strategies that have been considered to correct the issues, including potential future directions to further improve air quality for Mexico’s environment and people. Design/methodology/approach Different serious academic databases were searched for material regarding the issue of air pollution in Mexico, such as Scopus and Social Science Citation Index. Regional concern was an important factor that was considered in this review. Material was considered based on its recency, academic importance and veracity. The studies selected mainly ranged from the mid-1990s to 2018. Findings Air pollution in Mexico has been a primary issue for the country’s administration and that of Mexico’s North American neighbour, the USA. It has contributed significantly to climate change and has had detrimental effects on both the environment and on the health of Mexican citizens in various ways. While efforts to ameliorate the situation have been relatively strong, it is hoped that ongoing cooperation between Mexico, the USA and Canada will influence the development of stricter emissions standards. Originality/value This paper considers current circumstances and whether enough has been done to mitigate Mexico’s significant air pollution problem. It also considers several recommendations made by commentators as to potential future directions to rectify the issues, as no similar review has been made for a developing Country.

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Section: Application Of Biofuelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Management of air pollution in Mexico

Miguel

2019

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“…The problem considers the satisfaction of the aviation fuel in the national marker while accounting the use of aviation biofuel under several scenarios. The considered data were taken from Dominguez-Garci ́a et al 25 and Gutieŕrez-Antonio et al 26 (see Tables S1−S4 available in the Supporting Information section). Then, the model is a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) problem, which consists of 358 127 continuous variables, 22 520 binary variables and 108 477 constraints; this model was implemented in the software GAMS and solved through CPLEX in a computer with an Intel processor at 3.0 GHz with 32 GB of RAM.…”

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“…Also, El-Halwagi proposed a metric for reconciling economic and other sustainability metrics in the design of processing facilities. The exploration of various processing routes for the production of aviation biofuel was reported by Chiaramonti et al Santibañez-Aguilar et al − presented a study on the strategic planning of bioethanol and biodiesel supply chains. − …”

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Strategic Planning for the Supply Chain of Aviation Biofuel with Consideration of Hydrogen Production

Domínguez-García

Gutiérrez‐Antonio

Lira-Flores

et al. 2017

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.

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Substitution of petro-based aviation fuel with biomass-derived aviation fuel is an emerging strategy to reduce the carbon footprint associated with the aviation sector. There are several pathways for the production of aviation biofuel, and most of them require the use of hydrogen. Therefore, the analysis of the aviation biofuel supply chain must incorporate the production of hydrogen. This paper presents an optimization approach for the strategic planning of aviation fuel supply chains, which considers hydrogen production from fossil and renewable raw materials. The approach also considers extraction of fossil materials, growth of biomass, selection and several processing routes of the feedstock, along with the distribution of products. As a case study, the strategic planning of aviation biofuels in Mexico considering the generation of biomass and the hydrogen production is selected. The results show that significant decreases in producing costs and CO2 emissions can be obtained if aviation fuel is generated from renewable raw materials. This finding is quite important, because in Mexico 90% of the consumed energy proceed from fossil sources. Several scenarios are addressed to assess the key factors in the design of the supply chain, reconciling the economic and environmental objectives; and also an analysis for the integration of the infrastructures of the fossil fuels and biorefineries is presented.

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“…They consider the maximization of net profit and the minimization of environmental impacts; their results indicate that several small processing plants are required in order to minimize the environmental impact, and even with this configuration important profits are obtained. Domi ́nguez-Garci ́a et al 17 studied the feasibility of replacing the demand of jet fuels with biofuels produced from lignocellulosic residues in airports of Mexico; they analyzed different scenarios and demands. Additionally, they considered economical and carbon emissions as objectives functions.…”

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Sustainable Design of an Optimal Supply Chain for Furfural Production from Agricultural Wastes

Contreras-Zarazúa

Martı́n

Ponce-Ortega

et al. 2021

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.

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Biochemicals produced from lignocellulosic residues appear to be a feasible solution to replace traditional fossil resources. However, their implementation must overcome some challenges such as biomass seasonality; feedstock selection; harvest selection; potential geographical biorefineries location; and numerous economic, environmental, and social restrictions. This work proposes a multiperiod supply chain model for the use of agricultural wastes toward the production of platform biochemicals, such as furfural. The most abundant of Mexico's lignocellulosic residues are considered. The demand of furfural was chosen so that it can replace the feedstocks required to produce the terephthalic acid imported to Mexico. Economic, environmental, and social objectives were considered to evaluate the supply chain solution. The economic aspect consists of the maximization of net profit. The environmental impact is the minimization of eco-indicator 99, and the social objective is the maximization of jobs generated. The results show that furfural production for replacing current raw materials in Mexico is feasible. The supply chain solution with the best trade-off consists of a profit of 1 billion USD/year, 19 000 jobs generated/year, and 370 million eco-points/year. Finally, the supply chain model proposed a distributed furfural production scheme, where several small furfural plants are installed and distributed over all of the country.

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Optimal planning for the supply chain of biofuels for aviation in Mexico

Cited by 21 publications

References 9 publications

Management of air pollution in Mexico

Management of air pollution in Mexico

Strategic Planning for the Supply Chain of Aviation Biofuel with Consideration of Hydrogen Production

Sustainable Design of an Optimal Supply Chain for Furfural Production from Agricultural Wastes

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