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Optimal Allocation of Lignocellulosic Biomass Feedstocks for Biofuel Production: A Case Study of California

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Handbook of Bioenergy

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The economic potentials of producing cellulosic ethanol from biowaste resources as an alternative to corn ethanol is explored in this paper. A portfolio of eight types of biowastes, including crop residues, municipal wastes, and forest residues, is considered and a multilayer biofuel supply chain system is developed based on a systems optimization technique. A case study of converting lignocellulosic biomass to biofuel in California is presented. The biowaste resources can produce up to 900 million gallons of ethanol per year. Through smart modeling of the biofuel supply chain in an integrative manner, a low delivered ethanol cost can be achieved at $1.85 for the use of near-term (2015) conversion technology and $1-1.1 per gallon for the use of mid-term (2015–2025) conversion technology.

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Acknowledgments

This work was completed when authors were at the University of California, Davis. The authors were grateful to Chevron Technology Ventures (LLC) for funding this research. Special gratitude was delivered to Dr. Yueyue Fan for advising this work. We also thank researchers (especially Prof. Joan Ogden, Prof. Bryan Jenkins, and Dr. Nathan Parker) in STEPS program at UC Davis for their generous data support.

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  1. Taiwan Research Institute, 29 F., no. 27, Sec. 2, Zhongzheng E. Rd., Danshui Dist., 251, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Rebublic of China

    Chien-Wei Chen

  2. Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, 29634, USA

    Yongxi Huang

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Chen, CW., Huang, Y. (2015). Optimal Allocation of Lignocellulosic Biomass Feedstocks for Biofuel Production: A Case Study of California. In: Eksioglu, S., Rebennack, S., Pardalos, P. (eds) Handbook of Bioenergy. Energy Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20092-7_3

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