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Distributed biomass supply chain cost optimization to evaluate multiple feedstocks for a biorefinery

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  • Roni, Mohammad S.
  • Thompson, David N.
  • Hartley, Damon S.

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Conventional practices of siting all biomass preprocessing operations at the biorefinery is widely believed to be the most cost-effective solution for feedstock supply because of economies of scale. However, biomass preprocessing operations could be decentralized by moving the preprocessing operations to distributed biomass preprocessing centers, also known as “depots” located near biomass sources. This study presents a comparative case study with multiple biomass resources to analyze biorefinery feedstock supply logistics designs having distributed depots and a primary depot co-located with the biorefinery. A mixed-integer linear programming model was developed to simultaneously optimize feedstock sourcing decisions, and optimal preprocessing depot locations and size, utilizing biomass resources from agricultural residue, energy and municipal solid waste to meet carbohydrate specifications and feedstock demand for a biochemical conversion process. Results from a case study in the US showed that a biorefinery could increase its feedstock supply draw area and supply volume by 57.3%, 177.4% respectively without increasing the feedstock delivered cost by adopting distributed depot-in the feedstock supply chain design. A distributed-depot-based supply chain can be more economical by selecting optimal mix of biomass resource, optimal siting and depot scales during feedstock supply chain design. The findings from this study indicate that a biorefinery can utilize dynamic blending to meet the feedstock quality specifications as well as larger supply radius in the distributed depot-based supply chain design to access more available biomass to handle potential feedstock supply uncertainty.

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  • Roni, Mohammad S. & Thompson, David N. & Hartley, Damon S., 2019. "Distributed biomass supply chain cost optimization to evaluate multiple feedstocks for a biorefinery," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 254(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:254:y:2019:i:c:s0306261919313479
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113660
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