Design and planning of infrastructures for bioethanol and sugar production under demand uncertainty

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-376

  Kostin, A M ^a   Guillen Gosalbez G ^a   Mele, F D ^b   Bagajewicz, M J ^c   Jimenez L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethanol supply chain; Financial risk management; Planning; Stochastic programming; Sugar supply chain; Supply chain optimization

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY EXPANSION; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; DESIGN AND PLANNING; DESIGN TASKS; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL RISKS; INVESTMENT STRATEGY; MILP MODEL; MIXED-INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTI-OBJECTIVE FORMULATION; NETWORK DESIGN; PRODUCTION RATES; STORAGE FACILITIES; SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS;

BIOETHANOL; ETHANOL; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; RISK MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUGAR INDUSTRY; SUPPLY CHAINS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SUGARS;

EID: 84857450833     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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