Modelling and optimization of material flows in the wood pellet supply chain

Autores
Vitale, Ignacio Gabriel; Dondo, Rodolfo Gabriel; González, Matías Ezequiel; Cóccola, Mariana Evangelina
Año de publicación
2022
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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To reduce the use of fossil fuels, forest-based biomass appears as an engaging source of energy. Nevertheless, logistics costs represent one of the main barriers in the use of forestry residues and wood waste for bioenergy and biofuels production. The relatively low energy density of biomass contributes to a higher transportation cost per unit of energy content compared with fossil fuels. Other issues, such as raw material availability, seasonality, production and storage capacity constraints, and transportation distances for product distribution also are critical in the management of biomass supply chain. The interconnectedness of these factors directly impacts into the movement of materials along the logistics chain. In this way, this paper researches the alternative of using forest residues and wood waste as raw material sources for wood pellet production through the modelling and optimization of all logistics activities performed in the supply chain. The objective is the minimization of the total operative cost, which in turn allows determining the minimum profitable selling price of produced pellets. Besides production and inventory decisions, the proposal determines the more profitable routes for biomass collection and pellets distribution. A standard decomposition technique, consisting in designing routes first and later computing products and raw material flows, is employed to solve the optimization problem. The proposal is tested on a large-size case study designed with real data from the forest industry in the Argentinean Mesopotamia. Due to the close interaction between all logistics decisions in the supply chain, several scenarios are assessed to estimate the impact on the solutions of some changes in the problem configuration.
Fil: Vitale, Ignacio Gabriel. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química; Argentina.
Fil: Vitale, Ignacio Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
Fil: Dondo, Rodolfo Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina.
Fil: Dondo, Rodolfo Gabriel. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química; Argentina.
Fil: González, Matías Ezequiel. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Concepción del Uruguay. Departamento Licenciatura en Organización Industrial. Grupo de Investigación en Gestión de Operaciones y Logística; Argentina.
Fil: Cóccola, Mariana Evangelina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Concepción del Uruguay. Departamento Licenciatura en Organización Industrial. Grupo de Investigación en Gestión de Operaciones y Logística; Argentina.
Fil: Cóccola, Mariana Evangelina. Concejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológica; Argentina.
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Wood pellet
Supply chain
Forest biomass
Optimization
Logistics
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spelling Modelling and optimization of material flows in the wood pellet supply chainVitale, Ignacio GabrielDondo, Rodolfo GabrielGonzález, Matías EzequielCóccola, Mariana EvangelinaWood pelletSupply chainForest biomassOptimizationLogisticsTo reduce the use of fossil fuels, forest-based biomass appears as an engaging source of energy. Nevertheless, logistics costs represent one of the main barriers in the use of forestry residues and wood waste for bioenergy and biofuels production. The relatively low energy density of biomass contributes to a higher transportation cost per unit of energy content compared with fossil fuels. Other issues, such as raw material availability, seasonality, production and storage capacity constraints, and transportation distances for product distribution also are critical in the management of biomass supply chain. The interconnectedness of these factors directly impacts into the movement of materials along the logistics chain. In this way, this paper researches the alternative of using forest residues and wood waste as raw material sources for wood pellet production through the modelling and optimization of all logistics activities performed in the supply chain. The objective is the minimization of the total operative cost, which in turn allows determining the minimum profitable selling price of produced pellets. Besides production and inventory decisions, the proposal determines the more profitable routes for biomass collection and pellets distribution. A standard decomposition technique, consisting in designing routes first and later computing products and raw material flows, is employed to solve the optimization problem. The proposal is tested on a large-size case study designed with real data from the forest industry in the Argentinean Mesopotamia. Due to the close interaction between all logistics decisions in the supply chain, several scenarios are assessed to estimate the impact on the solutions of some changes in the problem configuration.Fil: Vitale, Ignacio Gabriel. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química; Argentina.Fil: Vitale, Ignacio Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Dondo, Rodolfo Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina.Fil: Dondo, Rodolfo Gabriel. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química; Argentina.Fil: González, Matías Ezequiel. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Concepción del Uruguay. Departamento Licenciatura en Organización Industrial. Grupo de Investigación en Gestión de Operaciones y Logística; Argentina.Fil: Cóccola, Mariana Evangelina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Concepción del Uruguay. Departamento Licenciatura en Organización Industrial. Grupo de Investigación en Gestión de Operaciones y Logística; Argentina.Fil: Cóccola, Mariana Evangelina. Concejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológica; Argentina.Peer Reviewed2022-09-30T14:47:29Z2022-09-30T14:47:29Z2022-05-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articulopdfapplication/pdfApplied Energy. vol. 313 : 1-21 (2022)0306-2619http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12272/7092https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118776enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-09-30T14:47:29Zhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternacionalVitale, Ignacio Gabriel ; Dondo, Rodolfo Gabriel ; González, Matías Ezequiel ; Cóccola, Mariana Evangelina.No comercial con fines académicosreponame:Repositorio Institucional Abierto (UTN)instname:Universidad Tecnológica Nacional2026-10-01T11:58:48Zoai:ria.utn.edu.ar:20.500.12272/7092instacron:UTNInstitucionalhttp://ria.utn.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://ria.utn.edu.ar/oaigestionria@rec.utn.edu.ar; fsuarez@rec.utn.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:a2026-10-01 11:58:50.198Repositorio Institucional Abierto (UTN) - Universidad Tecnológica Nacionalfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Modelling and optimization of material flows in the wood pellet supply chain
title Modelling and optimization of material flows in the wood pellet supply chain
spellingShingle Modelling and optimization of material flows in the wood pellet supply chain
Vitale, Ignacio Gabriel
Wood pellet
Supply chain
Forest biomass
Optimization
Logistics
title_short Modelling and optimization of material flows in the wood pellet supply chain
title_full Modelling and optimization of material flows in the wood pellet supply chain
title_fullStr Modelling and optimization of material flows in the wood pellet supply chain
title_full_unstemmed Modelling and optimization of material flows in the wood pellet supply chain
title_sort Modelling and optimization of material flows in the wood pellet supply chain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vitale, Ignacio Gabriel
Dondo, Rodolfo Gabriel
González, Matías Ezequiel
Cóccola, Mariana Evangelina
author Vitale, Ignacio Gabriel
author_facet Vitale, Ignacio Gabriel
Dondo, Rodolfo Gabriel
González, Matías Ezequiel
Cóccola, Mariana Evangelina
author_role author
author2 Dondo, Rodolfo Gabriel
González, Matías Ezequiel
Cóccola, Mariana Evangelina
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Wood pellet
Supply chain
Forest biomass
Optimization
Logistics
topic Wood pellet
Supply chain
Forest biomass
Optimization
Logistics
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv To reduce the use of fossil fuels, forest-based biomass appears as an engaging source of energy. Nevertheless, logistics costs represent one of the main barriers in the use of forestry residues and wood waste for bioenergy and biofuels production. The relatively low energy density of biomass contributes to a higher transportation cost per unit of energy content compared with fossil fuels. Other issues, such as raw material availability, seasonality, production and storage capacity constraints, and transportation distances for product distribution also are critical in the management of biomass supply chain. The interconnectedness of these factors directly impacts into the movement of materials along the logistics chain. In this way, this paper researches the alternative of using forest residues and wood waste as raw material sources for wood pellet production through the modelling and optimization of all logistics activities performed in the supply chain. The objective is the minimization of the total operative cost, which in turn allows determining the minimum profitable selling price of produced pellets. Besides production and inventory decisions, the proposal determines the more profitable routes for biomass collection and pellets distribution. A standard decomposition technique, consisting in designing routes first and later computing products and raw material flows, is employed to solve the optimization problem. The proposal is tested on a large-size case study designed with real data from the forest industry in the Argentinean Mesopotamia. Due to the close interaction between all logistics decisions in the supply chain, several scenarios are assessed to estimate the impact on the solutions of some changes in the problem configuration.
Fil: Vitale, Ignacio Gabriel. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química; Argentina.
Fil: Vitale, Ignacio Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
Fil: Dondo, Rodolfo Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina.
Fil: Dondo, Rodolfo Gabriel. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química; Argentina.
Fil: González, Matías Ezequiel. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Concepción del Uruguay. Departamento Licenciatura en Organización Industrial. Grupo de Investigación en Gestión de Operaciones y Logística; Argentina.
Fil: Cóccola, Mariana Evangelina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Concepción del Uruguay. Departamento Licenciatura en Organización Industrial. Grupo de Investigación en Gestión de Operaciones y Logística; Argentina.
Fil: Cóccola, Mariana Evangelina. Concejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológica; Argentina.
Peer Reviewed
description To reduce the use of fossil fuels, forest-based biomass appears as an engaging source of energy. Nevertheless, logistics costs represent one of the main barriers in the use of forestry residues and wood waste for bioenergy and biofuels production. The relatively low energy density of biomass contributes to a higher transportation cost per unit of energy content compared with fossil fuels. Other issues, such as raw material availability, seasonality, production and storage capacity constraints, and transportation distances for product distribution also are critical in the management of biomass supply chain. The interconnectedness of these factors directly impacts into the movement of materials along the logistics chain. In this way, this paper researches the alternative of using forest residues and wood waste as raw material sources for wood pellet production through the modelling and optimization of all logistics activities performed in the supply chain. The objective is the minimization of the total operative cost, which in turn allows determining the minimum profitable selling price of produced pellets. Besides production and inventory decisions, the proposal determines the more profitable routes for biomass collection and pellets distribution. A standard decomposition technique, consisting in designing routes first and later computing products and raw material flows, is employed to solve the optimization problem. The proposal is tested on a large-size case study designed with real data from the forest industry in the Argentinean Mesopotamia. Due to the close interaction between all logistics decisions in the supply chain, several scenarios are assessed to estimate the impact on the solutions of some changes in the problem configuration.
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