Effect of outdoor storage losses on feedstock inventory management and plant-gate cost for a switchgrass conversion facility in East Tennessee

Renewable Energy

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 803-814

  Larson, James A ^a   Yu, T Edward ^a   English, Burton C ^a   Jensen, Kimberly L ^a   Gao, Yuan ^b   Wang, Chenguang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost optimization; DM; GIS; Harvest; LCB; Lignocellulosic biomass; Storage

Indexed keywords

ENERGY STORAGE; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HARVESTING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUPPLY CHAINS;

CONVERSION FACILITY; COST OPTIMIZATION; DELIVERY MANAGEMENT; DELIVERY SCHEDULES; ETHANOL CONVERSION; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODELS; STORAGE AND DELIVERY;

STORAGE MANAGEMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRY MATTER; ETHANOL; HARVESTING; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; STORAGE;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84907546118     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.08.064     Document Type: Article

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