An Optimization Approach to Assess the Impact of Drying and Dry Matter Losses of Eucalyptus globulus Roundwood and Biomass on Supply Chains Costs and GHG Emissions

Mauricio Acuna; Sandra Sánchez-García; Elena Canga

doi:10.3390/f13050701

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An Optimization Approach to Assess the Impact of Drying and Dry Matter Losses of Eucalyptus globulus Roundwood and Biomass on Supply Chains Costs and GHG Emissions

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An Optimization Approach to Assess the Impact of Drying and Dry Matter Losses of Eucalyptus globulus Roundwood and Biomass on Supply Chains Costs and GHG Emissions

Mauricio Acuna, Sandra Sánchez-García and Elena Canga

Forests, Vol.13(5), pp.1-20

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f13050701

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supply chain optimization

moisture content

dry matter losses

roundwood

biomass

Eucalyptus globulus

Asturias

Spain

fuel consumption

GHG emissions

In-forest drying of roundwood and biomass (residues) can result in more efficient transport operations from an economical and environmental perspective. On the negative side, in-forest drying may result in dry matter losses (DML), impacting the quantity and quality of residues delivered to energy plants. This paper investigated the impact of roundwood and residues in-forest drying and DML on supply chain costs and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. For the assessment, a short-term optimization planning tool was applied to a supply chain located in Asturias, Spain, consisting of fourteen supply points and two demand points: A pulp mill (demanding roundwood) and a power plant (demanding residues). Four scenarios were included in the analysis comprising different combinations of DML for roundwood and residues resulting from in-forest drying. Our results indicate that in scenarios that include in-forest drying and DML, the negative economic effects are offset by the substantial reductions in transport costs and GHG emissions. In-forest drying of roundwood and residues without DML can result in a 6.5% reduction in supply chain costs, 14.9% fewer truckloads to destination points, and 18.1% less fuel consumption and GHG emissions.

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Title: An Optimization Approach to Assess the Impact of Drying and Dry Matter Losses of Eucalyptus globulus Roundwood and Biomass on Supply Chains Costs and GHG Emissions
Authors: Mauricio Acuna (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Forest Industries Research Centre
Sandra Sánchez-García (Author) - CETEMAS
Elena Canga (Author) - CETEMAS
Publication details: Forests, Vol.13(5), pp.1-20
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.3390/f13050701
ISSN: 1999-4907
Copyright note: Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99634341002621
Output Type: Journal article

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