A facility-location model for biofuel plants: Applications in the Colombian context

To reduce the logistical and operating costs for biofuel plants, it is important to make a strategic decision to select the proper site for a new facility. Due to the facility's complexity, the facility-location problem must consider the supply-chain structure, involving the material flow from...

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Published in:	Energy (Oxford) Vol. 72; pp. 476 - 483
Main Authors:	Duarte, Alexandra E., Sarache, William A., Costa, Yasel J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2014 Elsevier
Subjects:	agricultural wastes Applied sciences Bioethanol Coffee cut stem Colombia consumers (people) Decision analysis Energy Exact sciences and technology Facility location Fuels linear programming Materials selection Mathematical models Mixed-integer linear programming operating costs Optimisation Plants (organisms) process design profitability Stems supply chain Supply chains Colombia Facility location SC Coffee-CS MILP Optimisation Coffee cut stem Bioethanol Mixed-integer linear programming Modeling Biofuel Models
ISSN:	0360-5442
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