GIS-enabled biomass-ethanol supply chain optimization: Model development and Miscanthus application

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 314-333

  Lin, Tao ^a   Rodríguez, Luis F ^a   Shastri, Yogendra N ^b   Hansen, Alan C ^a   Ting, K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biomass; Facility location; GIS; Optimization; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; BIOMASS SUPPLY CHAIN; FACILITY LOCATIONS; OPTIMAL SUPPLY CHAIN; PRE-PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY; SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION; THREE-STAGE SUPPLY CHAIN; TRANSPORTATION COST;

BIOFUELS; COST ACCOUNTING; COST REDUCTION; ETHANOL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LOCATION; OPTIMIZATION; REFINING; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRUCK DRIVERS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84877659381     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1394     Document Type: Article

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