Chapter 18: Understanding the Developing Cellulosic Biofuels Industry through Dynamic Modeling

Newes, E; Inman, D; Bush, B

Title: Chapter 18: Understanding the Developing Cellulosic Biofuels Industry through Dynamic Modeling

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The purpose of this chapter is to discuss a system dynamics model called the Biomass Scenario Model (BSM), which is being developed by the U.S. Department of Energy as a tool to better understand the interaction of complex policies and their potential effects on the burgeoning cellulosic biofuels industry in the United States. The model has also recently been expanded to include advanced conversion technologies and biofuels (i.e., conversion pathways that yield biomass-based gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and butanol), but we focus on cellulosic ethanol conversion pathways here. The BSM uses a system dynamics modeling approach (Bush et al., 2008) built on the STELLA software platform.

Authors:: Newes, E; Inman, D; Bush, B

Publication Date:: Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2011

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Biomass Program

OSTI Identifier:: 1047335

Report Number(s):: NREL/CH-6A20-50782
TRN: US201216%%198

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Book

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; DYNAMICS; INDUSTRY; INTERACTIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; biofuels; cellulose; feedstocks; Biomass Scenario Model; BSM

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