Biomass logistics: A review of important features, optimization modeling and the new trends

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 94, Issue , 2018, Pages 587-599

  Malladi, Krishna Teja ^a   Sowlati, Taraneh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Logistics; Optimization; Pre processing; Storage; Transportation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DETERIORATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

BIOMASS LOGISTICS; BIOMASS TRANSPORTATIONS; FEATURES OPTIMIZATIONS; IMPORTANT FEATURES; LIMITED ATTENTIONS; LOGISTIC OPERATIONS; LOGISTICS MODEL; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PRE-PROCESSING;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 85049349136     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.06.052     Document Type: Review

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