Abstract
A biomass supply chain embraces the activities of biomass supply, its transportation, storage, conversion, and delivery of biomass-based value-added products. The supply chain can be described and synthesized using mathematical modeling approaches. The performance of a supply chain highly depends on the decision made after considering multiple factors that affect the efficiency of the biomass supply chain, which the factors can be contradicting. It is important to adopt an optimized biomass supply chain to ensure the sustainable performance of the operational system. In this chapter, a typical set of mathematical formulations used to synthesize the biomass supply chain is presented. The formulation is further developed to include the multicriteria consideration in decision-making to synthesize the biomass supply chain. Three multiobjective optimization methods are introduced in this chapter. Regional cases are presented to illustrate the application of the formulated mathematical models.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Value-Chain of Biofuels |
| Subtitle of host publication | Fundamentals, Technology, and Standardization |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Chapter | 20 |
| Pages | 445-479 |
| Number of pages | 35 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780323858991 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780128243886 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- Biomass supply chain
- mathematical modeling
- multicriteria decision-making
- optimization
- sustainability
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Energy