Reliable Biomass Supply Chain Design under Feedstock Seasonality and Probabilistic Facility Disruptions
While biomass has been recognized as an important renewable energy source which has a range of positive impacts on the economy, environment, and society, the existence of feedstock seasonality and risk of service disruptions at collection facilities potentially compromises the efficiency and reliabi...
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| description | While biomass has been recognized as an important renewable energy source which has a range of positive impacts on the economy, environment, and society, the existence of feedstock seasonality and risk of service disruptions at collection facilities potentially compromises the efficiency and reliability of the energy supply system. In this paper, we consider reliable supply chain design for biomass collection against feedstock seasonality and time-varying disruption risks. We optimize facility location, inventory, biomass quantity, and shipment decisions in a multi-period planning horizon setting. A real-world case in Hubei, China is studied to offer managerial insights. Our computational results show that: (1) the disruption risk significantly affects both the optimal facility locations and the supply chain cost; (2) no matter how the failure probability changes, setting backup facilities can significantly decrease the total cost; and (3) the feedstock seasonality does not affect locations of the collection facilities, but it affects the allocations of collection facilities and brings higher inventory cost for the biomass supply chain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-19df4288ffbc4e8786d5120536052daa2022-12-22T04:00:35ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732017-11-011011189510.3390/en10111895en10111895Reliable Biomass Supply Chain Design under Feedstock Seasonality and Probabilistic Facility DisruptionsZhixue Liu0Shukun Wang1Yanfeng Ouyang2School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 403374, ChinaSchool of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 403374, ChinaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USAWhile biomass has been recognized as an important renewable energy source which has a range of positive impacts on the economy, environment, and society, the existence of feedstock seasonality and risk of service disruptions at collection facilities potentially compromises the efficiency and reliability of the energy supply system. In this paper, we consider reliable supply chain design for biomass collection against feedstock seasonality and time-varying disruption risks. We optimize facility location, inventory, biomass quantity, and shipment decisions in a multi-period planning horizon setting. A real-world case in Hubei, China is studied to offer managerial insights. Our computational results show that: (1) the disruption risk significantly affects both the optimal facility locations and the supply chain cost; (2) no matter how the failure probability changes, setting backup facilities can significantly decrease the total cost; and (3) the feedstock seasonality does not affect locations of the collection facilities, but it affects the allocations of collection facilities and brings higher inventory cost for the biomass supply chain.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/11/1895biomasssupply chaininventoryfacility locationseasonalitydisruption risk |
| spellingShingle | Zhixue Liu Shukun Wang Yanfeng Ouyang Reliable Biomass Supply Chain Design under Feedstock Seasonality and Probabilistic Facility Disruptions Energies biomass supply chain inventory facility location seasonality disruption risk |
| title | Reliable Biomass Supply Chain Design under Feedstock Seasonality and Probabilistic Facility Disruptions |
| title_full | Reliable Biomass Supply Chain Design under Feedstock Seasonality and Probabilistic Facility Disruptions |
| title_fullStr | Reliable Biomass Supply Chain Design under Feedstock Seasonality and Probabilistic Facility Disruptions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reliable Biomass Supply Chain Design under Feedstock Seasonality and Probabilistic Facility Disruptions |
| title_short | Reliable Biomass Supply Chain Design under Feedstock Seasonality and Probabilistic Facility Disruptions |
| title_sort | reliable biomass supply chain design under feedstock seasonality and probabilistic facility disruptions |
| topic | biomass supply chain inventory facility location seasonality disruption risk |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/11/1895 |
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