Identifying key life cycle assessment metrics in the multiobjective design of bioethanol supply chains using a rigorous mixed-integer linear programming approach

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 5282-5291

  Kostin, A ^a   Guillen Gosalbez G ^a   Mele, F D ^b   Jimenez L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; ARGENTINA; DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MIXED-INTEGER; MULTI-OBJECTIVE DESIGN; NET PRESENT VALUE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PARETO SOLUTION;

BIOETHANOL; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; NUMERICAL METHODS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84859585221     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie2027074     Document Type: Article

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