Environmentally friendly supply chain planning and design for biodiesel production via wastewater sludge

Transportation Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 555-574

  Marufuzzaman, Mohammad ^a   Ekşioʇlu, Sandra Duni ^a   Hernandez, Rafael ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Louisiana at Lafayette   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocrude; Biodiesel; Carbon emissions; Carbon footprint; Mixed integer programming; Supply chain design

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMISSION CONTROL; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BIOCRUDE; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIODIESEL SUPPLY CHAINS; CARBON EMISSIONS; MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING; PLANNING AND DESIGN; SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING; SUPPLY-CHAIN DESIGNS; TRANSPORTATION COST; WASTEWATER SLUDGE;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84918771214     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.2013.0505     Document Type: Article

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