Biomass feedstock preprocessing and long-distance transportation logistics

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 160-170

  Lin, Tao ^a   Rodríguez, Luis F ^a   Davis, Sarah ^b   Khanna, Madhu ^a   Shastri, Yogendra ^c   Grift, Tony ^a   Long, Steve ^a   Ting, K C ^a  

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

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cost; Modeling and analysis; Optimization; Preprocessing; Supply chain; Transportation

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BRIQUETTING; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL TRANSPORTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS;

BIOFUEL SUPPLY CHAINS; MODEL AND ANALYSIS; PRE-PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY; PREPROCESSING; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SUPPLY CHAIN CONFIGURATION; SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORTATION-LOGISTICS;

BIOMASS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; LOGISTICS; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

CALIFORNIA; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954377763     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12241     Document Type: Article

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