Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies
This paper analyzes the rural Chinese biomass supply system and models supply chain operations according to U.S. concepts of logistical unit operations: harvest and collection, storage, transportation, preprocessing, and handling and queuing. In this paper, we quantify the logistics cost of corn sto...
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| author | Lantian Ren Kara Cafferty Mohammad Roni Jacob Jacobson Guanghui Xie Leslie Ovard Christopher Wright |
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| description | This paper analyzes the rural Chinese biomass supply system and models supply chain operations according to U.S. concepts of logistical unit operations: harvest and collection, storage, transportation, preprocessing, and handling and queuing. In this paper, we quantify the logistics cost of corn stover and sweet sorghum in China under different scenarios. We analyze three scenarios of corn stover logistics from northeast China and three scenarios of sweet sorghum stalks logistics from Inner Mongolia in China. The case study estimates that the logistics cost of corn stover and sweet sorghum stalk to be $52.95/dry metric ton and $52.64/dry metric ton, respectively, for the current labor-based biomass logistics system. However, if the feedstock logistics operation is mechanized, the cost of corn stover and sweet sorghum stalk decreases to $36.01/dry metric ton and $35.76/dry metric ton, respectively. The study also includes a sensitivity analysis to identify the cost factors that cause logistics cost variation. Results of the sensitivity analysis show that labor price has the most influence on the logistics cost of corn stover and sweet sorghum stalk, with a variation of $6 to $12/dry metric ton. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8a8255343b34ad7843cb9dc336f47e32022-12-22T02:07:29ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732015-06-01865577559710.3390/en8065577en8065577Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case StudiesLantian Ren0Kara Cafferty1Mohammad Roni2Jacob Jacobson3Guanghui Xie4Leslie Ovard5Christopher Wright6College of Light Industry and Textiles, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, Heilongjiang, ChinaBiofuels & Renewable Energy Technologies, Idaho National Laboratory, PO Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2210, USABiofuels & Renewable Energy Technologies, Idaho National Laboratory, PO Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2210, USABiofuels & Renewable Energy Technologies, Idaho National Laboratory, PO Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2210, USABiomass Logistics Department, National Energy R&D Center for Non-food Biomass, Beijing 100193, ChinaBiofuels & Renewable Energy Technologies, Idaho National Laboratory, PO Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2210, USABiofuels & Renewable Energy Technologies, Idaho National Laboratory, PO Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2210, USAThis paper analyzes the rural Chinese biomass supply system and models supply chain operations according to U.S. concepts of logistical unit operations: harvest and collection, storage, transportation, preprocessing, and handling and queuing. In this paper, we quantify the logistics cost of corn stover and sweet sorghum in China under different scenarios. We analyze three scenarios of corn stover logistics from northeast China and three scenarios of sweet sorghum stalks logistics from Inner Mongolia in China. The case study estimates that the logistics cost of corn stover and sweet sorghum stalk to be $52.95/dry metric ton and $52.64/dry metric ton, respectively, for the current labor-based biomass logistics system. However, if the feedstock logistics operation is mechanized, the cost of corn stover and sweet sorghum stalk decreases to $36.01/dry metric ton and $35.76/dry metric ton, respectively. The study also includes a sensitivity analysis to identify the cost factors that cause logistics cost variation. Results of the sensitivity analysis show that labor price has the most influence on the logistics cost of corn stover and sweet sorghum stalk, with a variation of $6 to $12/dry metric ton.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/6/5577biomasslogistics systemmodelingcorn stoversweet sorghum stalks |
| spellingShingle | Lantian Ren Kara Cafferty Mohammad Roni Jacob Jacobson Guanghui Xie Leslie Ovard Christopher Wright Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies Energies biomass logistics system modeling corn stover sweet sorghum stalks |
| title | Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies |
| title_full | Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies |
| title_fullStr | Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies |
| title_short | Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies |
| title_sort | analyzing and comparing biomass feedstock supply systems in china corn stover and sweet sorghum case studies |
| topic | biomass logistics system modeling corn stover sweet sorghum stalks |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/6/5577 |
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