A Forest-to-Product Biomass Supply Chain in the Pacific Northwest, USA: A Multi-Product Approach

Michael D Berry; John Sessions

doi:10.13031/aea.12384

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A Forest-to-Product Biomass Supply Chain in the Pacific Northwest, USA: A Multi-Product Approach

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A Forest-to-Product Biomass Supply Chain in the Pacific Northwest, USA: A Multi-Product Approach

Michael D Berry and John Sessions

Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Vol.34(1), pp.109-124

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.12384

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Agriculture, Land and Farm Management

Other Engineering

biomass products

biomass supply

facility location

tactical planning

transportable plants

A comprehensive biomass supply chain landscape model is presented to provide an analysis of transportable biomass conversion facility design and evaluate its potential economic viability. This study focuses on the generation of a tactical-based landscape model to optimize biomass extraction, transportation, conversion and product production within a market system. The model considers various pathways including supply options at landings (burn, grind, chip, bale), centralized landings (grind/chip), biomass conversion facilities (biochar, briquettes, torrefied wood) and delivery to final market. The model solves a multi-period, multi commodity, multi-echelon combinatorial problem to maximize net present value using a genetic algorithm. The landscape is evaluated over a one year planning horizon with monthly time steps simulating a transportable conversion facility mobilization cycle. A hypothetical biochar facility located in Lakeview, Oregon was used as a case study. A sequence of scenarios are used to vary system inputs (logistics, product pricing and moisture management strategies) to put bounds around system viability. The results provide an economic framework to view the Pacific Northwest forest harvest residues processing, conversion and transportation supply chain options. System viability is largely dependent on market pricing, plant assumptions and conversion estimates while processing and transportation logistics are smaller, but important contributors for small scale biomass conversion faculty design configurations.

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Title: A Forest-to-Product Biomass Supply Chain in the Pacific Northwest, USA: A Multi-Product Approach
Authors: Michael D Berry (Author) - Oregon State University, United States
John Sessions (Author) - Oregon State University, United States
Publication details: Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Vol.34(1), pp.109-124
Publisher: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.13031/aea.12384
ISSN: 0883-8542
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450894902621
Output Type: Journal article

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