Front Cover; Strategic Planning for the Sustainable Production of Biofuels; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Importance of Biofuels and Biorefineries; 1.2 Strategic Planning; 1.3 Optimization; 1.4 Sustainability; 1.5 Description of the Book; References; Further Reading; 2 Environmental Aspects in the Strategic Planning of a Biomass Conversion System; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Outline of the Optimization Model; 2.3 Mathematical Model; 2.3.1 Mass Balances; 2.3.2 Maximum Availability for Feedstocks; 2.3.3 Maximum Products Demand; 2.3.4 Maximum Processing Limits
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2.3.5 Objective Functions2.3.6 Economic Objective; 2.3.7 Environmental Objective; 2.4 Solution Strategy; 2.5 Case Study; 2.6 Sensitivity Analysis; 2.7 Concluding Remarks; 2.8 Nomenclature for Chapter 2; 2.8.1 Parameters; 2.8.2 Variables; 2.8.3 Indexes; References; 3 Optimal Planning and Site Selection for Distributed Multiproduct Biorefineries Involving Economic, Environmental, and Soc ... ; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Problem Statement; 3.3 Model Formulation; 3.3.1 Mass Balances for Harvesting Sites; 3.3.2 Mass Balances for Processing Hubs (Secondary Plants); 3.3.3 Raw Materials in Hubs
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3.3.4 Products in Hubs3.3.5 Mass Balances for the Main Plant; 3.3.6 Raw Materials in the Main Plant; 3.3.7 Products in the Main Plant; 3.3.8 Mass Balances for Markets; 3.3.9 Constraints for Total Product Sales; 3.3.10 Storage Constraints; 3.3.11 Transportation Constraints; 3.3.12 Processing Constraints; 3.3.13 Availability Constraints; 3.3.14 Start and End Storage Constraints; 3.3.15 Objective Functions; 3.3.15.1 Economic objective function; 3.3.15.2 Environmental objective function; 3.3.15.3 Social objective function; 3.3.16 Remarks on the Model; 3.4 Case Study; 3.5 Discussion
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3.6 Concluding Remarks3.7 Nomenclature; 3.7.1 Sets; 3.7.2 Indexes; 3.7.3 Parameters; 3.7.4 Variables; 3.7.5 Binary Variables; 3.7.6 Boolean Variables; References; Further Reading; 4 Distributed Biorefining Networks for the Value-Added Processing of Water Hyacinth; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Outline of the Model Formulation; 4.3 Model Formulation; 4.3.1 Mass Balance for the Harvesting of Water Hyacinth; 4.3.2 Availability of the Harvested Water Hyacinth; 4.3.3 Mass Balance for the Splitters Before the Processing Plants; 4.3.4 Balances for Mixers Before the Processing Facilities
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4.3.5 Balances for the Technologies Used in the Processing Facilities4.3.6 Balances for the Mixers Before the Central Processing Facilities; 4.3.7 Balances for the Technologies of Central Processing Facilities; 4.3.8 Balances for the Splitters After Each Processing Facility; 4.3.9 Balances for the Splitters After the Central Processing Facilities; 4.3.10 Balances for the Markets; 4.3.11 Demands for the Consumers; 4.3.12 Balances for the Water Treatment in Each Source; 4.3.13 Water Treatment Technology in Each Source; 4.3.14 Mass Balance for the Splitters After the Water Treatment
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Strategic planning for the sustainable production of biofuels.
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Biomass energy.
Renewable energy sources.
Biomass energy.
Renewable energy sources.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Chemical & Biochemical.