Supply chain system for a centralized biorefinery system based on switchgrass grown on marginal land in Michigan

Kim, Seungdo; Dale, Bruce E.; Basso, Bruno; Thelen, Kurt; Maravelias, Christos T.

doi:10.1002/bbb.2526

Title: Supply chain system for a centralized biorefinery system based on switchgrass grown on marginal land in Michigan

Journal Article · 16 July 2023 · Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2526 · OSTI ID:1989973

^[1]; Dale, Bruce E. ^[1]; Basso, Bruno ^[2]; Thelen, Kurt ^[1]; Maravelias, Christos T. ^[3]

Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Michigan State Univ., Hickory Corners, MI (United States)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

The feedstock supply chain of a biorefinery is critical in determining the economic and environmental performance of biofuels. This study investigated various feedstock supply chains for a centralized biorefinery based on different objective functions and how the biorefinery responds to supply chain volatility. For the analysis, a hypothetical centralized biorefinery was supplied by switchgrass grown on marginal lands in Michigan. From an economic standpoint, the minimum biofuel selling price is an important metric of the objective function, and the greenhouse gas mitigation potential is a similarly important metric for global warming impact. A trade-off therefore exists between the economic and environmental performance of biofuels under this system configuration. However, when a carbon tax credit is applied to soil organic carbon sequestration in switchgrass production, the metric of the objective function may not be the key factor in establishing a supply chain as long as it is associated with biorefinery capacity as well as economic or environmental values. Year-to-year fluctuations in cellulosic biomass yield (supply chain volatility) might also prevent the biorefinery from operating at full capacity. Cellulosic biomass pellets can serve as an auxiliary feedstock for the centralized cellulosic biorefinery system to minimize the impacts of supply chain volatility.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018409

OSTI ID:: 1989973

Journal Information:: Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining, Journal Name: Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 17; ISSN 1932-1031; ISSN 1932-104X

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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