23rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering

Design and Optimization of Biofuel Supply Chain Network in UK

Mingyen Yu^a, Franjo Cecelja^a and Seyed Ali Hosseini^a,    ^aPRISE Centre for Process and Information Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK

Abstract

Renewable energy, especially biofuels, is seen as a viable solution to replace fossil fuels. Tighter environmental regulations have encouraged countries to develop strategic approaches to utilize alternative resources and new technologies. In retrospect, the performances of supply chains (SCs) are important from economic and environmental perspectives. Current research mainly focuses on the optimization of biofuel SCs in terms of economics, and distribution networks ...