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Assessing the Impact of a Vinasse Pilot Plant Scale-Up on the Key Processes of the Ethanol Supply Chain

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  • Rocio Ramos-Hernández
  • Dulce Rocio Mota-López
  • Cuauhtémoc Sánchez-Ramírez
  • Giner Alor-Hernández
  • Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz
  • Galo Rafael Urrea-García

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One of the byproducts generated in the cane sugar production is molasses, which is used for ethanol distillation. However, one of the problems of distilleries is vinasse. Vinasse is highly water pollutant and is dumped untreated in lakes or rivers and damages the environment. The company FALA developed a pilot plant that uses vinasse to produce a type of livestock feed called MD60. In this paper, the impact of the pilot plant’s scale-up in the key processes of the company’s supply chain is analyzed. With the help of a sensitivity analysis, this study finds the values that would allow the company to improve its order fulfillment indicator and to increase profits, assuming an expected demand by the introduction of this new product into the market. The results show that (1) the pilot plant fulfills 32% of the orders, (2) according to the current vinasse storage capacity, it is possible to fulfill up to 77% of the orders by scaling up the pilot plant, (3) to satisfy 100% of the orders, it is necessary to use all the vinasse generated, and (4) the highest profit is reached by processing all the vinasse and by considering the upper sale price.

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  • Rocio Ramos-Hernández & Dulce Rocio Mota-López & Cuauhtémoc Sánchez-Ramírez & Giner Alor-Hernández & Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz & Galo Rafael Urrea-García, 2016. "Assessing the Impact of a Vinasse Pilot Plant Scale-Up on the Key Processes of the Ethanol Supply Chain," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2016, pages 1-9, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:3504682
    DOI: 10.1155/2016/3504682
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