Waste biomass-to-energy supply chain management: A critical synthesis

Iakovou, Eleftherios; Karagiannidis, A.; Vlachos, Dimitrios; Τόκα, Α.; Malamakis, A.

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2010.02.030

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“…According to Iakovou et al (2010), the bottlenecks hindering development of bioenergy system are basically the cost of logistics operations. Logistic costs can be disaggregated into component costs that chain together to form the bioenergy supply chain.…”

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Harvesting and transport operations to optimise biomass supply chain and industrial biorefinery processes

Matindi¹,

Masoud²,

Hobson³

et al. 2018

10.5267/j.ijiec

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In Australia, Bioenergy plays an important role in modern power systems, where many biomass resources provide greenhouse gas neutral and electricity at a variety of scales. By 2050, the Biomass energy is projected to have a 40-50 % share as an alternative source of energy. In addition to conversion of biomass, barriers and uncertainties in the production, supply may hinder biomass energy development. The sugarcane is an essential ingredient in the production of Bioenergy, across the whole spectrum ranging from the first generation to second generation, e.g., production of energy from the lignocellulosic component of the sugarcane initially regarded as waste (bagasse and cane residue). Sustainable recovery of the Lignocellulosic component of sugarcane from the field through a structured process is largely unknown and associated with high capital outlay that have stifled the growth of bioenergy sector. In this context, this paper develops a new scheduler to optimise the recovery of lignocellulosic component of sugarcane and cane, transport and harvest systems with reducing the associated costs and operational time. An Optimisation Algorithm called Limited Discrepancy Search has been adapted and integrated with the developed scheduling transport algorithms. The developed algorithms are formulated and coded by Optimization Programming Language (OPL) to obtain the optimised cane and cane residues transport schedules. Computational experiments demonstrate that high-quality solutions are obtainable for industry-scale instances. To provide insightful decisions, sensitivity analysis is conducted in terms of different scenarios and criteria.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Harvesting and transport operations to optimise biomass supply chain and industrial biorefinery processes

Matindi¹,

Masoud²,

Hobson³

et al. 2018

10.5267/j.ijiec

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“…Sometimes, a policy does not need to enact large overbearing financial mechanisms but instead just needs to simply overcome a few local barriers. For WTE supply chain, a decisionmaking strategy include: supply and demand of contracts, configuration of network such as sourcing, location and capacity of energy production facilities, location of storage facilities and network design, and lastly the ensuring sustainability (Iakovou et al 2010). Government plays an important role in making policies that brings energy companies and the local communities together.…”

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Exploring untapped energy potential of urban solid waste

Vaish

Srivastava

Singh

et al. 2016

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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There is continuous increase in quantum and variety of waste being generated by anthropogenic activities. Burgeoning amount of waste being generated has potential to harm the environment and human health. Aggravating the problem, ever-increasing energy demand is putting strain on the non-renewable sources of energy and there is huge gap between the demand and supply of energy. This has led the scientific communities to adopt innovative methods to reduce, reuse and recycle them. Therefore, there is an urgent need to minimize the quantity of waste and meet the current demand profile of energy is required; technologies to recover energy from waste can play a vital role in substantial energy recovery and reduction in waste for final disposal; in addition to meet the rising energy requirement. Generating power from waste has greatly reduced the environmental impact and dependency on fossil fuels for electricity generation. Economically also it is an optimal solution for recovery of heat and power from waste. This paper gives an overview of energy potential stored in waste, major available waste-to-energy technologies and also strategic action plan for implementation of these technologies.

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“…The development of renewable energy sources has clearly emerged as a promising policy toward enhancing the fragile global energy system with its limited fossil fuel resources, as well as for reducing the related environmental problems. Waste biomass utilization has been regarded as a viable alternative for energy production, encompassing a wide range of potential thermochemical, physicochemical, and biochemical processes (Iakovou et al, 2010). Municipal biomass waste (MBW) comprises kitchen waste (KW), vegetable/fruit residue (VFR), and waste activated sludge (WAS), which is a large class of biomass and a potential source of renewable energy.…”

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confidence: 99%