INVESTIGADORES
BANDONI Jose Alberto
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Optimal Strategic Planning of the Bio-Ethanol Industry Supply Chain with Environmetal Considerations
Autor/es:
F. MELE; M. HERNANDEZ; A. BANDONI
Lugar:
Cambridge, MA, USA
Reunión:
Conferencia; Foundations of Computer Aided Process Operation, FOCAPO 2008; 2008
Resumen:
The objective of this work is to present a quantitative tool to support decision-making in the area of optimal design of the sugar/ethanol supply chain (SC). The problem is formulated as a multi-objective mixed-integer linear program simultaneously taking into account costs and environmental impact minimization at each stage of the production chain. The formulation is applied on a case study to find different SC configurations, confirming the existent trade-off between the objectives. The approach offers a valuable insight of the design problem, and a guide to adopt more sustainable strategic alternatives for such an important problem as the bio-refineries’ SC represents..