A logistical and economical approach to coordinating a biomass supply chain, including energy characteristics

The use of biomass energy is increasingly widespread among industries. There is a growing demand for the purchase of biomass aiming at the generation of thermal and electric energy, as in the case of the sugar and energy sectors, pulp and paper and wood panels. The aim of this article is to analyze a biomass supply chain considering the offer, distance and energy characteristics of biomass. The demand for biofuel is from a panel industry located in the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The final cost was calculated based on price quotes, freights and energy properties of each biomass. The biomasses chosen for analysis were: sawdust, wood chips, briquettes, firewood, standing eucalyptus forest (log) and rice husks. It was found that the largest supply of biomass at the lowest cost is in the distances between 50 km and 250 km. The best materials were wood chips and eucalyptus log. Freight was not a determining factor in the final cost of biomass, even for the longest distances. It was concluded that the chip and the log had advantages for different distances.

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Application of Multi Criteria Decision Making for the Selection of Optimal Solid Wood Fuel Supply

IJEEC - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING ◽

10.7251/ijeec1802111v ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Srđan Vasković ◽

Petar Gvero ◽

Krsto Batinić ◽

Velid Halilović ◽

Vlado Medaković ◽

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Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Solid Wood ◽

Biomass Energy ◽

Wood Chips ◽

Energy Planning ◽

Solid Fuels ◽

Preliminary Note ◽

Energy Chain ◽

Forest Engineering ◽

Selection Of

Production of solid fuels from wooden biomass is defined with appropriate energy chain of supply. The notion of energy chain concept has been defined as the trajectory of energy transformations from the fuel source or energy sources to useful energy form to end users. Supply chain for production solid fuels from wooden biomass is also energy chain with high importance in biomass energy planning. In this paper, base for testing and research is developed mathematical model in previous published paper with preliminary note titled as “Multi-Criteria Optimization Concept for the Selection of Optimal Solid Fuels Supply Chain from Wooden Biomass“ at Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering. Three supply chains have been included in comparison: production of wood chips at the terminal – variant 1, production of pellet – variant 2 and production of wood chips by means of a mobile chipper in a forest – variant 3. The VIKOR methodology is used for total ranking all mentioned chains. Real input data have been used for mathematical calculation correspond to Bosnia and Herzegovina conditions.

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A reference data model to support biomass supply chain modelling and optimisation

Environmental Modelling & Software ◽

10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.05.007 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 83 ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Annelies De Meyer ◽

Monique Snoeck ◽

Dirk Cattrysse ◽

Jos Van Orshoven

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Data Model ◽

Reference Data ◽

Biomass Supply

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Biomass supply chain equipment for renewable fuels production: A review

Biomass and Bioenergy ◽

10.1016/j.biombioe.2021.106054 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 148 ◽

pp. 106054

Author(s):

Lina Martinez-Valencia ◽

Dane Camenzind ◽

Mark Wigmosta ◽

Manuel Garcia-Perez ◽

Michael Wolcott

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Renewable Fuels ◽

Biomass Supply

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Transport Cost Estimation Model of the Agroforestry Biomass in a Small-Scale Energy Chain

Environmental Sciences Proceedings ◽

10.3390/iecf2020-07891 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 22

Author(s):

Giulio Sperandio ◽

Andrea Acampora ◽

Vincenzo Civitarese ◽

Sofia Bajocco ◽

Marco Bascietto

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Power Plant ◽

Central Italy ◽

Biomass Energy ◽

Transport Cost ◽

Small Scale ◽

Economic Sustainability ◽

Transport Costs ◽

Energy Chain ◽

Biomass Power Plant

The delivery of biomass products from the production place to the point of final use is of fundamental importance within the constitution of energy chains based on biomass use as renewable energy source. In fact, transport can be one of the most economically expensive operations of the entire biomass energy production process. In this work, a geographic identification, through remote sensing and photo-interpretation, of the different biomass sources was used to estimate the potential available biomass for energy in a small-scale supply chain. The economic sustainability of transport costs was calculated for different types of biomass sources available close to a biomass power plant of a small-scale energy supply chain, in central Italy. The proposed analysis allows us to highlight and visualize on the map the areas of the territory characterized by greater economic sustainability in terms of lower transport costs of residual agroforestry biomass from the collection point to the final point identified with the biomass power plant. The higher transport cost was around € 40 Mg−1, compared to the lowest of € 12 Mg−1.

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Recent advances on biomass-fueled microbial fuel cell

Bioresources and Bioprocessing ◽

10.1186/s40643-021-00365-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jamile Mohammadi Moradian ◽

Zhen Fang ◽

Yang-Chun Yong

Keyword(s):

Fuel Cell ◽

Microbial Fuel Cell ◽

Electric Energy ◽

Clean Energy ◽

Biomass Energy ◽

Energy Resources ◽

Energy Industry ◽

Renewable Energy Resources ◽

Future Perspectives ◽

The Earth

AbstractBiomass is one of the most abundant renewable energy resources on the earth, which is also considered as one of the most promising alternatives to traditional fuel energy. In recent years, microbial fuel cell (MFC) which can directly convert the chemical energy from organic compounds into electric energy has been developed. By using MFC, biomass energy could be directly harvested with the form of electricity, the most convenient, wide-spread, and clean energy. Therefore, MFC was considered as another promising way to harness the sustainable energies in biomass and added new dimension to the biomass energy industry. In this review, the pretreatment methods for biomass towards electricity harvesting with MFC, and the microorganisms utilized in biomass-fueled MFC were summarized. Further, strategies for improving the performance of biomass-fueled MFC as well as future perspectives were highlighted.

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