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| Title: | Optimal Biorefinery Locations and Transportation Network for the Future Biofuels Industry in Illinois |
| Authors: | Tursun, Umit Deniz
Kang, Seungmo
Onal, Hayri
Ouyang, Yanfeng
Scheffran, Jurgen |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Abstract: | This article addresses development of the Illinois ethanol industry through the period
2007-2022, responding to the ethanol production mandates of the Renewable Fuel Standard by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The planning for corn-based and cellulosic ethanol
production requires integrated decisions on transportation, plant location, and capacity. The
objective is to minimize the total system costs for transportation and processing of biomass,
transportation of ethanol from refineries to the blending terminals and demand destinations,
capital investment in refineries, and by-product credits. A multi-year transshipment and facility
location model is presented to determine the optimal size and time to build each plant in the
system, the amount of raw material processed by individual plants, and the distribution of
bioenergy crops and ethanol. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/53502 |
| Institution/Association: | Farm Foundation>Transition to a Bio Economy Conferences >Environmental and Rural Development Impacts Conference, October 15-16, 2008, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Total Pages: | 19 |
| Collections: | Environmental and Rural Development Impacts Conference, October 15-16, 2008, St. Louis, Missouri
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