Article
Energy & Fuels
Oseok Kwon, Jeehoon Han
Summary: The article introduces a new technology for producing bioethanol from organic waste, and proposes an optimization model to determine the optimal location of bioethanol refineries in order to reduce costs. The validity of the model was demonstrated through a case study on South Korea in 2030.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Frank Bodendorf, Georgi Dimitrov, Joerg Franke
Summary: This paper aims to identify and analyze suppliers that exhibit both environmental and economic success in achieving sustainability goals. The research takes a macro perspective on sustainable supplier analysis and investigates the relationship between firms' revenues and environmental efficiency. The results suggest that low-to-medium-sized suppliers tend to be more economically and environmentally efficient compared to large organizations.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Eric G. O'Neill, Christos T. Maravelias
Summary: Integrating landscape design with biomass supply chain network design can lead to more cohesive and sustainable farm to fuel production systems. Expanding the SCND system boundary to include landscape design presents modeling challenges but offers better control of feedstock supply, more accurate GHG emissions forecasts, consideration of alternative sustainability metrics, and accounting for landscape-specific uncertainties. Recent advancements in field-scale modeling and advanced SCND models focused on fine spatial resolutions support the opportunities for integrated models.
CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Thermodynamics
Chanhee You, Seulki Han, Jiyong Kim
Summary: This study presents a comprehensive decision model for the integrative design of a biorefinery for bioethanol production and its supply chain under the WEFL nexus framework, aiming to minimize total costs to meet society's needs. The model was validated through a case study in Jeju Island and showed that the nexus optimization scenario required higher energy supply costs but could satisfy society demands with smaller land, water, and energy consumption compared to the cost optimization scenario.
Review
Agricultural Engineering
Moheb Mottaghi, Samira Bairamzadeh, Mir Saman Pishvaee
Summary: This paper reviews the modeling and optimization of sustainable biomass supply chains, evaluating economic, environmental, and social sustainability. Through the classification and analysis of 178 relevant papers, factors such as sustainability dimensions, decision levels, and modeling approaches are discussed, and potential directions for future research are recommended.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Meisam Ranjbari, Zahra Shams Esfandabadi, Alberto Ferraris, Francesco Quatraro, Mohammad Rehan, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Su Shiung Lam, Mortaza Aghbashlo, Meisam Tabatabaei
Summary: This study explores the scientific production related to the biofuel supply chain (BSC) and identifies the research hotspots and emerging topics in this field. The findings provide insights for researchers, stakeholders, and policy-makers in the sustainable energy sector and propose potential research directions for implementing the circular economy model.
Article
Management
F. N. Abdeen, Y. G. Sandanayake
Summary: This study investigates the main functions and activities of the Facilities Management (FM) supply chain in the apparel sector. The research findings reveal that FM has multiple supply chains that involve maintenance, energy management, building services, health and safety, and housekeeping. The integration of these supply chains can help facilities managers ensure seamless service delivery in FM.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Business
R. Sreedevi, Haritha Saranga, Sirish Kumar Gouda
Summary: This study examines the relationship between environmental factors, risk perception, and decision-making in risk management. The findings suggest that a country's logistical capabilities have a significant impact on a firm's risk perception and subsequent decision-making in risk management.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Business
Miying Yang, Mingtao Fu, Zihan Zhang
Summary: This paper explores the adoption of digital technologies in manufacturing firms at a supply chain level, addressing the drivers, process, and impact of adoption. It introduces a new conceptual framework and highlights the importance of technological intelligence and supply chain cooperation.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Pinakhi Suvadarshini, Indranil Biswas, Samir K. Srivastava
Summary: Original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are focusing on remanufactured product business and using a multi-channel recollection strategy to improve profitability. They design an efficient multi-channel recollection structure when recollection agents competitively recollect used products. The findings suggest that OEM's profit level is maximum when they recollect used products with one external agent and individual rationality and information asymmetry influence the decision-making process.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Yuntian Ge, Lin Li, Lingxiang Yun
Summary: Cellulosic biofuel is seen as a promising alternative to fossil fuels, but its commercialization has been hindered by high costs in the supply chain, particularly in manufacturing. This paper introduces a new model for optimizing the cellulosic biofuel supply chain, showcasing significant cost reductions and highlighting the importance of factors such as refinery construction cost and biofuel throughput in supply chain design.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Naeme Zarrinpoor, Aida Khani
Summary: This research proposes a novel multi-objective model for designing a biofuel supply chain, taking into account financial decisions, sustainability, international suppliers, and markets. The model utilizes fuzzy best-worst method and fuzzy TOPSIS for supplier selection and incorporates a possibilistic programming approach to deal with parameter uncertainties. The suggested model has a notable impact on improving sustainable facets and can be implemented by governments and legislators.
BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY
(2022)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Sojung Kim, Yeona Choi, Sumin Kim
Summary: Ethanol, a common renewable energy resource, is capable of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to tackle global warming. However, the inefficient supply chain of ethanol poses challenges in making its sales price competitive. This study aims to explore the use of simulation modeling techniques in ethanol supply chain management, focusing on three major simulation paradigms: discrete-event simulation, system dynamics, and agent-based simulation.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qinghua Fu, Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman, Hui Jiang, Jawad Abbas, Ubaldo Comite
Summary: This research investigates the relationship between sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and business performance, and finds that effective execution of SSCM significantly improves firms' operational and financial performance. The study also provides detailed information about different components and emphasizes that SSCM should be taken as a secondary strategy and integrated with the overall business strategy.
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Joao Pires Ribeiro, Ana Paula F. D. Barbosa-Povoa
Summary: Supply Chain Management is constantly evolving, and Supply Chain Resilience (SCR) is a recent concept that has emerged from changes in business practices. However, there is still limited research on how to model and quantify SCR behavior. This study proposes a new resilient supply chain metric that is incorporated into an optimization model to maximize economic and responsiveness objectives. A case study is conducted to analyze the impacts perceived by downstream customers and to demonstrate the correlation between SC performance and the new SCR metric.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Hadi Karimi, Sandra D. Eksioglu, Michael Carbajales-Dale
Summary: This study proposes a stochastic biobjective optimization model to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of biofuel power supply chains, using a life cycle assessment approach to derive emission factors and chance constraints to capture biomass energy content uncertainty. A cutting plane algorithm with sample average approximation method is used to model chance constraints and find high confidence feasible solutions, showing that it provides local Pareto optimal solutions with high confidence and reasonable computational time.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Mario Aboytes-Ojeda, Krystel K. Castillo-Villar, Sandra D. Eksioglu
Summary: The production of biofuels is a feasible alternative to fossil fuel production. By optimizing the inbound delivery of biomass through a stochastic programming model, the costs of biofuel production can be minimized. A novel hub-and-spoke network is proposed to minimize the impact of poor biomass quality. Numerical results show the significant influence of biomass quality on network design and cost. The proposed L-shaped with connectivity constraints approach outperforms the benchmark method in terms of solution quality and computational effort.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Amin Khademi, Sandra Eksioglu
Summary: Several studies have shown that biomass cofiring can be a viable short-term option for coal-fired power plants to reduce emissions when supported by appropriate tax incentives. An optimal tax credit strategy for biomass-rich regions is proposed and solved through a Stackelberg/Nash game with a mixed-integer bilinear program formulation. A case study using real data from Mississippi and Arkansas compares the optimal tax credit schemes and provides insights on efficient tax credit mechanisms.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Daniel R. Petrolia, Frederick Nyanzu, Just Cebrian, Ardian Harri, Jamie Amato, William C. Walton
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2020)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Daniel R. Petrolia, Dennis Guignet, John Whitehead, Cannon Kent, Clay Caulder, Kelvin Amon
Summary: The literature on nonmarket valuation continues to grow, but many nonmarket benefits are not quantified and monetized in policy analysis. The policy applications of nonmarket studies are generally limited to a small and dated body of work.
APPLIED ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY
(2021)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Amogh Bhosekar, Sandra Eksioglu, Tugce Isik, Robert Allen
Summary: Inventory management and material handling decisions significantly impact the service levels and costs of hospitals and operating rooms. Coordinating these decisions can improve service levels, and delivering surgical instruments on time for short-duration surgeries can reduce inventory levels.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Sandra D. Eksioglu, Berkay Gulcan, Mohammad Roni, Scott Mason
Summary: In this study, a model is proposed to optimize the thermochemical conversion process by blending biomass materials and adjusting the quality of feedstock. The model takes into account the stochastic nature of biomass quality and ensures that process requirements are met most of the time. Results show that the identified blends consist mainly of pine and softwood residues, with the cost of the centralized supply chain being 2%-6% lower than the decentralized supply chain.
NAVAL RESEARCH LOGISTICS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Ram K. Adhikari, Robert K. Grala, Stephen C. Grado, Donald L. Grebner, Daniel R. Petrolia
Summary: The study highlights the importance of conservation initiatives on private lands in the southern United States in improving ecosystem services and mitigating environmental impacts. Landowner participation in conservation efforts is influenced by their concerns about environmental issues. Factors such as local environmental conditions and sociodemographic factors have minimal impact on landowner ecosystem service and environmental concerns, while private land attributes strongly influence landowner environmental concerns.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Ram K. Adhikari, Robert K. Grala, Daniel R. Petrolia, Stephen C. Grado, Donald L. Grebner, Anusha Shrestha
Summary: The distributional specifications of the willingness-to-accept function have an impact on the accuracy of welfare estimates in contingent valuation models with unsure responses. By implementing an improved methodological approach, this study estimates discrete choice models that reflect the treatment of unsure responses. The findings are useful for determining regional-level budgets for conservation scenarios and facilitating increased production of ecosystem services.
Review
Ecology
Luke T. Barrett, Seth J. Theuerkauf, Julie M. Rose, Heidi K. Alleway, Suzanne B. Bricker, Matt Parker, Daniel R. Petrolia, Robert C. Jones
Summary: Non-fed aquaculture can contribute to sustainable food provision and influence the provision of ecosystem services. Bivalve and seaweed farming can remove nitrogen from water and provide habitat for fish, which have economic values.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ram K. Adhikari, Robert K. Grala, Stephen C. Grado, Donald L. Grebner, Daniel R. Petrolia
Summary: Landowner satisfaction with conservation programs is influenced by various factors, including landownership goals, environmental concerns, frequency of contacts with federal agencies, and socioeconomic factors. Factors influencing satisfaction levels include the size of agricultural land owned, landownership goals, concerns about wildlife habitat losses, and frequent contacts with federal agencies. Strategies such as addressing landowner's environmental concerns, communicating technical knowledge, clarifying contract terms, and supporting financial resource leveraging can increase landowner participation in conservation efforts.
Article
Economics
Daniel R. Petrolia, William C. Walton, Just Cebrian
Summary: This study simulates the costs, market returns, and nonmarket ecosystem benefits of four oyster resources. It finds that off-bottom aquaculture and living shorelines are expected to have greater and more variable overall benefits, while nonharvested reefs are expected to have positive net benefits only 36% of the time.
MARINE RESOURCE ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Dan Petrolia, Shea Ishee, Seong Yun, Reid Cummings, Josh Maples
Summary: The FORTIFIED Home Program is designed to strengthen residential properties against severe weather and our study suggests that FORTIFIED homes may have a price premium of 2-4%.
JOURNAL OF REAL ESTATE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rex H. Caffey, Daniel R. Petrolia, Ioannis Y. Georgiou, Michael D. Miner, Hua Wang, Brittany Kime
Summary: This paper presents a simulation-based assessment of sediment quality on the performance of dedicated dredging projects for barrier island restoration in coastal Louisiana, USA. The results indicate that sediment quality plays a crucial role in the economic efficiency of coastal restoration spending, with higher quality sediments from distal sources proving to be more cost-effective and resilient in long-term projects.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Economics
Craig E. Landry, Dylan Turner, Daniel Petrolia
Summary: Concerns over resilience to natural disasters often focus on moral hazard, with expectations of disaster assistance potentially leading households to forego insurance. Through household level survey data, it was found that charity hazard significantly influences the number of uninsured homes in the United States.
ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS
(2021)
