SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2011.107 2011.107 Optimisation of Hybrd First/Second Generation Biofuel Supply Chains AkgulOzlem ShahNilay PapageorgiouL.G. l.papageorgiou@ucl.ac.uk Centre for Process Systems Engineering, University College London (UCL), WC1E 7JE, UK Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London SW7 2AZ, UK 04092011 10 978-1-995850-03-0 1 6 4 September 2011 © 2011 Copyright WSSET 2011

This work presents a modelling framework for the optimal design of a hybrid first/second generation biofuel supply chain. Sustainability constraints on the use of first generation food crops as well as the land competition between second generation energy crops are also considered. The applicability of the proposed model is demonstrated using a case study of bioethanol production in the UK based on the 2020 target of the EU Commission for biofuels.

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