Supply Chains and Optimization for Biorefineries

“…Quintero et al [3] identified social aspects from the participation of associations of smallholders. Santibañez-Aguilar et al [32] was quantified social aspects by the number of jobs generated. If concluded, all research on social aspects in the biodiesel supply chain is as far as the author's observation only assessed social objectives by measuring job creation.…”

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Modelling Biodiesel Supply Chain: Current State and Opportunities for Future Research

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The use of renewable energy is an important issue that is being promoted internationally. Considering the supply of fossil energy is increasingly depleting and requires a very long time to be renewed. One of the uses of renewable energy that is being promoted is the use of biodiesel as a substitute for diesel fuel. This utilization is carried out by mixing biodiesel with diesel fuel. The quantity of biodiesel blended with diesel fuel is following the rules in each country. That is why the biodiesel supply chain must be described to obtain minimum economic costs and environmental costs. This paper presents a comprehensive review of current biodiesel supply chain models. A study of the biodiesel supply chain’s current state concludes by highlighting the unaddressed area or the gaps existing in the existing literature by suggesting future research in the biodiesel supply chain, specifically in the area case study in Indonesia.

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“…The processing facilities have different production capacities so the operating and capital costs depend on the capacity of the plants. Processing facilities are mainly either secondary processing facilities (typically small facilities to reduce transportation costs) or centralized processing industries (typically, large scale to take advantage of the economies of scale) . The economic performance and production costs depend strongly on the scale because features such as energy consumption and equipment costs increase at different rates compared to the production scale; for this reason, an analysis of the scale should be performed from the preliminary design stages …”

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“…Processing facilities are mainly either secondary processing facilities (typically small facilities to reduce transportation costs) or centralized processing industries (typically, large scale to take advantage of the economies of scale). 4,5 The economic performance and production costs depend strongly on the scale because features such as energy consumption and equipment costs increase at different rates compared to the production scale; for this reason, an analysis of the scale should be performed from the preliminary design stages. 6 This context shows the importance of a comprehensive analysis of scale, given the features that will determine the economic performance of a biorefinery and whether it is operated on a small or a large scale.…”

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Strategy for the selection of the minimum processing scale for the economic feasibility of biorefineries

Serna-Loaiza

García‐Velásquez

Cardona

2018

Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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Moving from fossil‐based economies to bio‐based economies is one of humanity's most important necessities. Bio‐based economies are sustainable alternative ways to obtain chemicals, materials, and energy, and biorefineries have been proposed as promising technological schemes for this purpose. However, the economic performance of biorefineries is strongly related to the scale of the process, as different elements (energy consumption, equipment cost, etc.) vary to different degrees when the scale varies. This situation shows the importance of evaluating the performance of the biorefinery at different scales (analysis of scale) from the design stages. The problem with the analysis of these scales is that there is no unanimous definition of ‘scale’ and the term is used imprecisely to refer to the raw material or product. Taking this into consideration, this work proposed a strategy for determining the Minimum Processing Scale for Economic Feasibility (MPSEF) and identifying the minimum scale at which a given biorefinery can operate. As study cases, three different biorefineries, based on different raw materials (cocoyam, Andes berry, and coffee cut stems) were used to exemplify the applicability of the design strategy. The MPSEF calculated for Andes berry, coffee cut stems, and cocoyam‐based biorefineries were 9.27, 35.6 and 683 ton day−1, respectively. These results showed the application of the design strategy and how it allows the determination of the minimum amount of feedstock to be processed to achieve a positive economic performance, and from this point, to calculate the rate of return that an investor would require and the appropriate scale to achieve it. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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Supply Chains and Optimization for Biorefineries

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