Simulation of logistics to supply Corn Stover to the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Plant in Lambton, Ontario

Khaleghi Hamedani, Hamid; Lau, Anthony K.; DeBruyn, Jake; Ebadian, Mahmud; Sokhansanj, Shahab

doi:10.7451/CBE.2016.58.8.1

Title: Simulation of logistics to supply Corn Stover to the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Plant in Lambton, Ontario

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The overall goal of this research is to investigate the logistics of agricultural biomass in Ontario, Canada using the Integrated Biomass Supply Analysis and Logistics Model (IBSAL). The supply of corn stover to the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) power plant in Lambton is simulated. This coal-fired power plant is currently not operating and there are no active plans by OPG to fuel it with biomass. Rather, this scenario is considered only to demonstrate the application of the IBSAL Model to this type of scenario. Here, five scenarios of delivering corn stover to the Lambton Generating Station (GS) power plant in Lambton Ontario are modeled: (1) truck transport from field edge to OPG (base scenario); (2) farm to central storage located on the highway, then truck transport bales to OPG; (3) direct truck transport from farm (no-stacking) to OPG; (4) farm to a loading port on Lake Huron and from there on a barge to OPG; and (5) farm to a railhead and then to OPG by rail.

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Khaleghi Hamedani, Hamid ^[1]; Lau, Anthony K. ^[1]; DeBruyn, Jake ^[2]; Ebadian, Mahmud ^[1]; Sokhansanj, Shahab ^[3]

Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), Guelph, ON (Canada)
Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

Contributing Org.:: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), Guelph, ON N1G 4Y2, Canada; Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN 37831 U.S.A.

OSTI Identifier:: 1334476

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Canadian Biosystems Engineering

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 58; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1492-9058

Publisher:: Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineering

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES

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                    Khaleghi Hamedani, Hamid, Lau, Anthony K., DeBruyn, Jake, Ebadian, Mahmud, and Sokhansanj, Shahab. Simulation of logistics to supply Corn Stover to the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Plant in Lambton, Ontario.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Khaleghi Hamedani, Hamid, Lau, Anthony K., DeBruyn, Jake, Ebadian, Mahmud, & Sokhansanj, Shahab. Simulation of logistics to supply Corn Stover to the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Plant in Lambton, Ontario.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.7451/CBE.2016.58.8.1

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                    Khaleghi Hamedani, Hamid, Lau, Anthony K., DeBruyn, Jake, Ebadian, Mahmud, and Sokhansanj, Shahab. Tue .  
"Simulation of logistics to supply Corn Stover to the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Plant in Lambton, Ontario".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.7451/CBE.2016.58.8.1.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1334476.

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  title        = {Simulation of logistics to supply Corn Stover to the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Plant in Lambton, Ontario},

  author       = {Khaleghi Hamedani, Hamid and Lau, Anthony K. and DeBruyn, Jake and Ebadian, Mahmud and Sokhansanj, Shahab},

  abstractNote = {The overall goal of this research is to investigate the logistics of agricultural biomass in Ontario, Canada using the Integrated Biomass Supply Analysis and Logistics Model (IBSAL). The supply of corn stover to the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) power plant in Lambton is simulated. This coal-fired power plant is currently not operating and there are no active plans by OPG to fuel it with biomass. Rather, this scenario is considered only to demonstrate the application of the IBSAL Model to this type of scenario. Here, five scenarios of delivering corn stover to the Lambton Generating Station (GS) power plant in Lambton Ontario are modeled: (1) truck transport from field edge to OPG (base scenario); (2) farm to central storage located on the highway, then truck transport bales to OPG; (3) direct truck transport from farm (no-stacking) to OPG; (4) farm to a loading port on Lake Huron and from there on a barge to OPG; and (5) farm to a railhead and then to OPG by rail.},

  doi          = {10.7451/CBE.2016.58.8.1},

  journal      = {Canadian Biosystems Engineering},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 58,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Tue May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

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