Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
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- Idaho National Laboratory, PO Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2210, USA
- CH2M Hill Companies Ltd
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1208654
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Energies
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1996-1073
- Publisher:
- MDPI AG
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; biomass; logistics system; modeling; corn stover; sweet sorghum stalks
Citation Formats
Ren, Lantian, Cafferty, Kara, Roni, Mohammad, Jacobson, Jacob, Xie, Guanghui, Ovard, Leslie, and Wright, Christopher. Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.3390/en8065577.
Ren, Lantian, Cafferty, Kara, Roni, Mohammad, Jacobson, Jacob, Xie, Guanghui, Ovard, Leslie, & Wright, Christopher. Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/en8065577
Ren, Lantian, Cafferty, Kara, Roni, Mohammad, Jacobson, Jacob, Xie, Guanghui, Ovard, Leslie, and Wright, Christopher. Thu .
"Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/en8065577. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1208654.
@article{osti_1208654,
title = {Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies},
author = {Ren, Lantian and Cafferty, Kara and Roni, Mohammad and Jacobson, Jacob and Xie, Guanghui and Ovard, Leslie and Wright, Christopher},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.3390/en8065577},
journal = {Energies},
number = 6,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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