A spatially explicit whole-system model of the lignocellulosic bioethanol supply chain: an assessment of decentralised processing potential |
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Authors: | Alex J Dunnett Claire S Adjiman Nilay Shah |
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Institution: | (1) Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK |
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Abstract: | Background Lignocellulosic bioethanol technologies exhibit significant capacity for performance improvement across the supply chain through
the development of high-yielding energy crops, integrated pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation technologies and the application
of dedicated ethanol pipelines. The impact of such developments on cost-optimal plant location, scale and process composition
within multiple plant infrastructures is poorly understood. A combined production and logistics model has been developed to
investigate cost-optimal system configurations for a range of technological, system scale, biomass supply and ethanol demand
distribution scenarios specific to European agricultural land and population densities. |
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