Identification of optimal poultry litter biorefinery location in alabama through minimization of feedstock transportation cost

Environmental Progress

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-523

  Aksoy, Burak ^a   Cullinan, Harry T ^a   Sammons Jr , Norman E ^a   Eden, Mario R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Mathematical modeling; Optimal facility location; Poultry litter

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; BIO REFINERIES; BIOREFINERY; BIOREFINING; ELECTRIC POWERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; FACILITY LOCATIONS; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OPTIMAL FACILITY LOCATION; POULTRY LITTER; POULTRY LITTERS; REGULATORY ISSUES; SELECTION OF THE BESTS; TRANSPORTATION COSTS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

AVAILABILITY; BIOCONVERSION; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FACILITIES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; LOCATION; MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION;

FEEDSTOCKS;

EID: 56849125123     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10303     Document Type: Article

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