Modeling Next Generation Feedstock Development for Chemical Process Industry
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A new network representation to study the impact of capital and research & development (R&D) investment decisions on the evolution of biomass to commodity chemicals technologies is presented. The corresponding mathematical programming formulation is developed. The model is solved for a simplified ethylene production scenario to demonstrate its ability to predict the capacity expansion and R&D investment decisions.
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