Title: Optimizing ethanol production in North Dakota
Description: A spatial equilibrium model based on a non-linear mathematical programming algorithm was developed to determine the optimal number, location, and size of cellullose ethanol plants for North Dakota. The objective function of the model is to minimize processing cost of biomass for ethanol and the transportation cost of shipping biomass to processing plants and ethanol to blending facilities.
Subjects: Mathematical models, Biomass energy industries
Places: North Dakota