Environmentally conscious capacity planning and technology selection for bioethanol supply chains

Renewable Energy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-72

  Giarola, Sara ^a   Zamboni, Andrea ^a   Bezzo, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Capacity planning; Multi objective optimisation

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY PLANNING; CORN GRAIN; DESIGN FEATURES; ENERGY SUPPLY SECURITY; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAM; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMISATION; RENEWABLE SOURCES; STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES; SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION; TRANSPORT SECTORS; VIABLE SOLUTIONS;

BIOETHANOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; ETHANOL; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CELLULOSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; ENERGY RESOURCE; ETHANOL; LIGNIN; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; PROFITABILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856517035     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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