Resource efficiency or economy of scale: Biorefinery supply chain configurations for co-gasification of black liquor and pyrolysis liquids

Jonas Zetterholm, Karin Pettersson, Sylvain Leduc, Sennai Mesfun, Joakim Lundgren and Elisabeth Wetterlund

Applied Energy, 2018, vol. 230, issue C, 912-924

Abstract: Biorefineries for the production of fuels, chemicals, or materials can be an important contributor to reducing dependence on fossil fuels. The economic performance of the biorefinery supply chain can be increased by, for example, industrial integration to utilise excess heat and products, increasing size to improve economy of scale, and using intermediate upgrading to reduce feedstock transport cost. To enable a large-scale introduction of biorefineries it is important to identify cost efficient supply chain configurations.

Keywords: Biorefinery; Economy of scale; Efficiency; Supply chain; Black liquor; Pyrolysis liquids (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.018

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