Background
- Demand For Bio-Fuels
-
- The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 in the U.S. established a minimum volume
- of renewable fuels required for blending with fossil fuel to be 36 billion gallons by 2022, and 44.4%
- of that amount must be produced from cellulosic ethonol in the U.S. in order to achieve the desired
- reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. Given this legislation, a conservative
- estimate will see the bio-fuel market cap at around 80 billion US dollars.
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Sorghum
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- Sorghum is a type of grass that can be used to create cellulosic based bio-fuels. It has an annual
- harvest of give give or take 13 weeks usually falling within of the 30th and 40th weeks of the year. Sorghum is best
- grown in warm or tropical environments. It requires a soil temperature of 65° and after germanation
- has the potential to be killed off by a frost. Sorghum typically needs between 400-600mm of rainfall
- and should be spaced with an optimal planting density of approximately 120,000 plants per hectare.
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Simulation-Optimization Methodology
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- The value of the sim-Op methodology is it can create an optimal solution while still being verified in
- a stochastic environment to emmulate a real world logistics problem. In our tool we utilize a hub and spoke
- mixed integer program that solves for both the tactical and strategic decision associated with farmgate
- operations associated with sorghum. The simulation uses random variables based on the parameters to add a
- degree of variability to the processing rates of equipment and harvest yields. Since the optimization creates
- a solution that is a pull system, if the processing rates are lower than what is expected, effectiveness of
- solutions is variable. The sim-op methodology will highlight this result and let you revise your parameters
- so that you can create a solution feasible for a real world operation.
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Background
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+ Demand For Bio-Fuels
+
+ The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 in the U.S. established a minimum volume
+ of renewable fuels required for blending with fossil fuel to be 36 billion gallons by 2022, and 44.4%
+ of that amount must be produced from cellulosic ethonol in the U.S. in order to achieve the desired
+ reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. Given this legislation, a conservative
+ estimate will see the bio-fuel market cap at around 80 billion US dollars.
+
+ +
+
+ Sorghum
+
+ Sorghum is a type of grass that can be used to create cellulosic based bio-fuels. It has an annual
+ harvest of give give or take 13 weeks usually falling within of the 30th and 40th weeks of the year. Sorghum is best
+ grown in warm or tropical environments. It requires a soil temperature of 65° and after germanation
+ has the potential to be killed off by a frost. Sorghum typically needs between 400-600mm of rainfall
+ and should be spaced with an optimal planting density of approximately 120,000 plants per hectare.
+
+ +
+
Simulation-Optimization Methodology
+
+ The value of the sim-Op methodology is it can create an optimal solution while still being verified in
+ a stochastic environment to emmulate a real world logistics problem. In our tool we utilize a hub and spoke
+ mixed integer program that solves for both the tactical and strategic decision associated with farmgate
+ operations associated with sorghum. The simulation uses random variables based on the parameters to add a
+ degree of variability to the processing rates of equipment and harvest yields. Since the optimization creates
+ a solution that is a pull system, if the processing rates are lower than what is expected, effectiveness of
+ solutions is variable. The sim-op methodology will highlight this result and let you revise your parameters
+ so that you can create a solution feasible for a real world operation.
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+