Development of a comprehensive decision support tool for strategic and tactical planning of a sustainable bioethanol supply chain: Real case study, discussions and policy implications

Akbarian-Saravi, Niloofar; Mobini, Mahdi; Rabbani, Masoud

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118871

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“…Environmental and social sustainability became an important concern in our modern society. 1 Currently, the generation of bio-based products from renewable sources is essential as one of the major strategies that has high potential to significantly reduce pollution and increase conservation of natural resources. Within this scenario, the production of biofuels like bioethanol become important.…”

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Synthesis and characterization of tailor‐made N‐vinylpyrrolidone copolymers and their blend membranes with polyvinyl alcohol for bioethanol dehydration by pervaporation

Angelini

Fodor

Leva³

et al. 2021

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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Tailor‐made poly(N‐vinylpyrrolidone‐co‐(2‐[dimethylamino]ethyl methacrylate)) P(NVP‐co‐DMAEMA) and poly(N‐vinylpyrrolidone‐co‐N‐vinylimidazole) P(NVP‐co‐PNVIm) with defined monomer molar ratio are synthesized via free radical polymerization. The random copolymers are fully characterized and then blended with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to investigate their chemical and thermal properties as membrane materials. Composite membranes are further prepared from the PVA/copolymer blends on a porous support, which are evaluated in terms of separation performance for the dehydration of ethanol by pervaporation. The membranes prepared from the blends exhibit up to four times higher water permeances than pristine PVA membrane, albeit the selectivity is slightly lower. Nevertheless, the membranes from blends with a ratio of 95:5 (PVA/copolymer) show improved selectivity and higher permeance values compared to the commercial PERVAP™ 4155–80, especially the blends composed by the copolymers of coPDMAEMA60 and coPDMAEMA20. The membrane prepared from the blend containing the homopolymer coPDMAEMA100 exhibits the highest water/ethanol selectivity and shows stable separation performance throughout the whole long‐term stability test. Thus, this study demonstrated that by synthesizing tailored copolymers (rather using the commercial ones) and blending with PVA, the separation performance of membranes can be significantly improved and tuned for specific dehydration processes.

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Synthesis and characterization of tailor‐made N‐vinylpyrrolidone copolymers and their blend membranes with polyvinyl alcohol for bioethanol dehydration by pervaporation

Angelini

Fodor

Leva³

et al. 2021

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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“…[17] and N. Akbarian-Saravi et.al. [18] designed a bioethanol supply chain model under uncertain conditions for profit maximization, environmental minimization, and social maximization. A hybrid dynamic system approach with mathematical programming in biodiesel supply chain was developed by A. Azadeh and H. Vafa Arani [19] to maximize profits.…”

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Review of Sustainable Biofuel Supply Chain Model Design

Talitha,

Ahmad Jauhari,

Hisjam

2023

E3S Web of Conf.

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This paper presents a bibliometric analysis and review of the progress of sustainable biofuel supply chain research. Based on a search of the Scopus database, it resulted in 208 articles published from 2013 to 2022. Bibliometric analysis examines the results by observing keywords, journal trends, and authorship. The results of the analysis of publication trends or publication developments show an increase in article publications in the field of sustainable biofuel supply chain research. Mapping science analysis forms a classification of articles to analyze research themes that have emerged over the past ten years, and to present future research.

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“…Strategic planning for a supply chain involves specifying the location of facilities, the number of facilities in each location, the capacity of each facility and the amount of production so as to minimize the total cost of the chain (Akbarian-Saravi, Mobini, & Rabbani, 2020;Hadian, Chahardoli, Golmohammadi, & Mostafaeipour, 2020;Li, Xie, Peng, Gao, & Wan, 2021). The first step in many research projects is to specify the type of biomass (Babazadeh, Razmi, Rabbani, & Pishvaee, 2015;Shabbir et al, 2021).…”

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A Multi-objective MILP Model Proposed to Optimize a Supply Chain Network for Microalgae-based Biofuels and Co-products: A Case Study in Iran

Zerafati

Bozorgi-Amiri

Golmohammadi

et al. 2021

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Recently, due to the efficiency of cultivating microalgae, researchers and investors have paid considerable attention to the production of different biofuel products that are environmentally friendly. In this study, a two-stage deterministic model is proposed to design a microalgae-based biofuels and co-products supply chain network (MBCSCN). In the first stage, the appropriate locations for the cultivation of microalgae are identified through the analytical hierarchy process (AHP). In the second stage, a deterministic mathematical mixed integer linear programing (MILP) model is developed for a period of five years based on the criteria of economic and environmental impacts. The economic objective function maximizes the overall profit, while the environmental impacts objective function seeks to minimize the consumed fossil fuel throughout the supply chain. Then, a multi-objective MILP optimization problem is solved using the ε-constraint method. The proposed model is evaluated through a case study in Iran. It has helped to identify appropriate locations for the cultivation of microalgae and to specify the required quantity of feedstock, the species of microalgae, the required technology, and the transportation modes in each step of the supply chain.

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Development of a comprehensive decision support tool for strategic and tactical planning of a sustainable bioethanol supply chain: Real case study, discussions and policy implications

Cited by 33 publications

References 46 publications

Synthesis and characterization of tailor‐made N‐vinylpyrrolidone copolymers and their blend membranes with polyvinyl alcohol for bioethanol dehydration by pervaporation

Synthesis and characterization of tailor‐made N‐vinylpyrrolidone copolymers and their blend membranes with polyvinyl alcohol for bioethanol dehydration by pervaporation

Review of Sustainable Biofuel Supply Chain Model Design

A Multi-objective MILP Model Proposed to Optimize a Supply Chain Network for Microalgae-based Biofuels and Co-products: A Case Study in Iran

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