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
• Abstract:
  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.
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  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