Analyzing the impact of intermodal facilities to the design and management of biofuels supply chain.

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• Creators:
  Eksioglu, Sandra D. ; Petrolia, Daniel
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Intermodal Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intermodal facilities
  • Biomass fuels
  • Supply chain management
  • Logistics
  • Industrial plants
  • Industrial location
  • Mixed integer programming
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Intermodal Transportation
• Description:
  This paper analyzes the impact that an intermodal facility has on location and transportation
  
  decisions for biofuel production plants. Location decisions impact the management of the in-bound and out-bound logistics of a plant. We model this supply chain design and management
  
  problem as a mixed integer program. Input data for this model are location of intermodal
  
  facilities and available transportation modes; cost and cargo capacity for each transportation
  
  mode; geographical distribution of biomass feedstock, and production yields; and biomass
  
  processing, and inventory costs. Outputs from this model are the number, location and capacity
  
  of biofuel production plants. For each plant, the transportation mode used, timing of shipments,
  
  shipments size, inventory size, and production schedule that minimize the delivery cost of
  
  biofuel are determined. The state of Mississippi is considered as the testing grounds for our
  
  model. Experimental results indicate that the best location for a (corn-to-ethanol) biorefinery in
  
  Mississippi is Warren County, where an in-land port is located. Results indicate that, even when
  
  the biomass available in Mississippi is enough to operate this facility, it is economical to ship
  
  corn from the Midwest using barge.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28381/dot_28381_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 345.65 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d8817d50532dd3310cbfcf10b7ea09e3154beec17b5666bc7815ab2c2591d26b