Modeling of forest and wood residues supply chains for bioenergy and biofuel production

Biomass Supply Chains for Bioenergy and Biorefining

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 167-190

  Sowlati, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioenergy and biofuels supply chains; Forest residues supply chain; Supply chain optimization; Supply chain simulation; Sustainable supply chain planning; Wood residues supply chain

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIO-ENERGY; FOREST RESIDUE; SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLY CHAIN SIMULATION; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS; WOOD RESIDUES;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84967145638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-78242-366-9.00008-3     Document Type: Chapter

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