Optimal design and operation of a second-generation biofuels supply chain

• Published in: IIE transactions Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 390 - 404
• Main Authors: Geismar, H. Neil, McCarl, Bruce A., Searcy, Stephen W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 03.04.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Biofuels; Biomass; Cost analysis; Cost function; depots; Humidity; logistics; Preprocessing; Refining; Renewable Fuel Standard; Second-generation biofuels; Supply chains; Transportation

This article investigates how climate influences the value of adding preprocessing depots to a second-generation biorefinery's supply chain. This is vital because humidity determines the amount of dry matter loss-exponential decay of energy content-suffered by biomass stored without preprocessi...