Optimizing Ethanol Production in North Dakota

Richard D. Taylor and Won W. Koo

No 91841, Agribusiness & Applied Economics Report from North Dakota State University, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics

Abstract: A spatial equilibrium model based on a non-linear mathematical programming algorithm was developed to determine the optimal number, location, and size of cellulose ethanol plants for North Dakota. The objective function of the model is to minimize processing cost of biomass for ethanol and the transportation cost of shipping biomass to processing plants and ethanol to blending facilities. A heuristic approach, combined with a spatial equilibrium model, was used to determine the optimal number, location and size of biomass processing plants.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.91841

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