Biomass to Biofuel Supply Chain Design and Planning under Uncertainty Concepts and Quantitative Methods
Auteurs : Pishvaee Mir Saman, Mohseni Shayan, Bairamzadeh Samira
Biomass to Biofuel Supply Chain Design and Planning under Uncertainty: Concepts and Quantitative Methods explores the design and optimization of biomass-to-biofuel supply chains for commercial-scale implementation of biofuel projects by considering the problems and challenges encountered in real supply chains. By offering a fresh approach and discussing a wide range of quantitative methods, the book enables researchers and practitioners to develop hybrid methods that integrate the advantages and features of two or more methods in one decision-making framework for the efficient optimization of biofuel supply chains, especially for complex supply chain models.
Combining supply chain management and modeling techniques in a single volume, the book is beneficial for graduate students who no longer need to consult subject-specific books alongside mathematical modeling textbooks. The book consists of two main parts. The first part describes the key components of biofuel supply chains, including biomass production, harvesting, collection, storage, preprocessing, conversion, transportation, and distribution. It also provides a comprehensive review of the concepts, problems, and opportunities associated with biofuel supply chains, such as types and properties of the feedstocks and fuel products, decision-making levels, sustainability concepts, uncertainty analysis and risk management, as well as integration of biomass supply chain with other supply chains. The second part focuses on modeling and optimization of biomass-to-biofuel supply chains under uncertainty, using different quantitative methods to determine optimal design.
Preface
1. An Overview of Biomass Feedstocks for Biofuel Production
2. Biomass Supply Chain Structures and Activities
3. Decision-Making Levels in Biofuel Supply Chain
4. Uncertainties in Biomass Supply Chain
5. Sustainability Concepts in Biomass Supply Chain
6. Uncertainty Modelling Approaches for Biofuel Supply Chain
7. Strategic Planning in Biofuel Supply Chain Under Uncertainty
8. Tactical Planning in Biofuel Supply Chain Under Uncertainty
9. Operational Planning in Biofuel Supply Chain Under Uncertainty
Researchers and graduate students in the field of biomass and bioenergy
Shayan Mohseni is a PhD student in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology. He has a broad research interest in supply chain design and optimizations, particularly in biomass-based biofuel supply chains. He has successfully published four first-author journal articles covering various topics on biomass supply chains. His recent research is focused on incorporating sustainability in the design and operations of microalgae -based biofuel supply chains, dealing with uncertainty using robust optimization and stochastic programming approaches, and modeling competition and interaction between different parties in biomass supply chains with game theory-based optimization models.
Samira Bairamzadeh is currently working as a postdoc researcher in the School of Industrial Engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST). She obtained her Ph.D. in industrial engineering from IUST with a thesis titled ‘A sustainable lignocellulosic biomass-to-biofuel supply chain network design under multiple uncertainties.’ Her research activity is focused on the biomass supply chain network design and optimization, robust optimization, and sustainability concepts in the biomass supply chains. She has published three first-author journal articles, covering various topics such as
- Proposes a general multi-level framework for the optimal design and operation of biomass-to-biofuel supply chains through quantitative analysis and modeling, including different biomass and waste biomass feedstock, production pathways, technology options, transportation modes, and final products
- Explores how modeling and optimization tools can be utilized to address sustainability issues in biofuel supply chains by simultaneously assessing and identifying sustainable solutions
- Presents several case studies with different regional constraints to evaluate the practical applicability of different optimization methods and compares their performance in real-world situations
- Includes General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) codes for solving biomass supply chain optimization problems discussed in different chapters
Date de parution : 11-2020
Ouvrage de 284 p.
15x22.8 cm
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Mots-clés :
Sustainable supply chain; Bioenergy supply chain; Waste biomass supply chain; Renewable and sustainable energy; Supply chain modelling; Supply chain planning; Systems analysis; Mathematical programming; Optimization; Economic; environmental and social impacts; Life cycle assessment; Multi-objective optimization; Mixed integer programming; General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
