Paper Info
Title
A Multilayer Model Predictive Control Methodology Applied to a Biomass Supply Chain Operational Level.
Abstract
Forest biomass has gained increasing interest in the recent years as a renewable source of energy in the context of climate changes and continuous rising of fossil fuels prices. However, due to its characteristics such as seasonality, low density, and high cost, the biomass supply chain needs further optimization to become more competitive in the current energetic market. In this sense and taking into consideration the fact that the transportation is the process that accounts for the higher parcel in the biomass supply chain costs, this work proposes a multilayer model predictive control based strategy to improve the performance of this process at the operational level. The proposed strategy aims to improve the overall supply chain performance by forecasting the system evolution using behavioural dynamic models. In this way, it is possible to react beforehand and avoid expensive impacts in the tasks execution. The methodology is composed of two interconnected levels that closely monitor the system state update, in the operational level, and delineate a new routing and scheduling plan in case of an expected deviation from the original one. By applying this approach to an experimental case study, the concept of the proposed methodology was proven. This novel strategy enables the online scheduling of the supply chain transport operation using a predictive approach.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1155/2017/5402896
COMPLEXITY
Field
DocType
Volume
Biomass,Renewable energy,Scheduling (computing),Model predictive control,Operations research,Fossil fuel,Supply chain,Dynamic models,Mathematics,Low density
Journal
2017
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1076-2787
3
0.39
References 
Authors
5
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tatiana M. Pinho130.73
João Paulo Coelho262.50
Germano Veiga34211.98
A. Paulo Moreira4519.89
José Boaventura-Cunha532.42