Journal
BIORESOURCES
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 2069-2089Publisher
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV DEPT WOOD & PAPER SCI
Keywords
Cellulosic biofuels; Biomass; Biorefinery; Supply; Harvest shed
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- USDA-NIFA [2012-67009-19693]
- NIFA [2012-67009-19693, 578416] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
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This paper evaluates the optimal composition of annual and perennial biomass feedstocks for a biorefinery. A generic optimization model is built to minimize costs - harvest, transport, storage, seasonal, and environmental costs - subject to various constraints on land availability, feedstock availability, processing capacity, contract terms, and storage losses. The model results are demonstrated through a case study for a midwestern U.S. location, focusing on bioethanol as the likely product. The results suggest that high-yielding energy crops feature prominently (70 to 80%) in the feedstock mix in spite of the higher establishment costs. The cost of biomass ranges from 0.16 to 0.20 $ l(-1) (US$ 0.60 to $0.75 per gallon) of biofuel. The harvest shed shows that high-yielding energy crops are preferably grown in fields closer to the biorefinery. Low-yielding agricultural residues primarily serve as a buffer crop to meet the shortfall in biomass requirement. For the case study parameters, the model results estimated a price premium for energy crops (2 to 4 $ t(-1) within a 16 km (10-mile) radius) and agricultural residues (5 to 17 $ t(-1) in a 16 to 20 km (10 to 20 mile) radius.
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