Location of a biomass based methanol production plant: A dynamic problem in northern Sweden

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-75

  Leduc, S ^a,b   Lundgren, J ^a,b   Franklin, O ^a   Dotzauer, E ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forestry based biomass; Gasification; Heat; Methanol; Mixed integer programming; Plant location

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COSTS; DISTRICT HEATING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDSTOCKS; FUELS; GASIFICATION; HEATING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LOCATION; OPTIMIZATION;

ABUNDANT RESOURCES; METHANOL PLANTS; METHANOL PRODUCTION; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NORTHERN SWEDEN; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; PRODUCTION PLANT; TRANSPORTATION COST;

METHANOL;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FACILITY LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; METHANOL; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 70349446518     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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