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The analysis of scheduling biomass for methane conversion with stochastic considerations
| dc.contributor.advisor | Feldman, Richard M. | |
| dc.creator | Chung, Shu-Hsing | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-02T21:04:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-02T21:04:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1986 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-21931 | |
| dc.description | Typescript (photocopy). | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Producing methane from biomass feedstock by using anaerobic digestion method is a way of providing a renewable source of energy. When a seasonal crop is used as a feedstock in a batch digestion method, storing of the biomass is necessary. The goal of this research is to develop an analytical framework for scheduling a single feedstock when considering the storage decay rate, random cycle lengths between harvest, and random arrival quantities at harvest times. The objective is to maximize average production per unit time over an infinite planning horizon. The solution procedure is to use Markov renewal processes and dynamic programming. This method is extended to the two-feedstock scheduling problem where the primary feedstock arrives according to a renewal process and the secondary feedstock is continuously available. | en |
| dc.format.extent | vii, 120 leaves | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Major industrial engineering | en |
| dc.subject.classification | 1986 Dissertation C566 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Biomass energy | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Methane | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Energy crops | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Biomass chemicals | en |
| dc.title | The analysis of scheduling biomass for methane conversion with stochastic considerations | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Ph. D | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Curry, Guy L. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Deuermeyer, Bryan L. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Wehrly, Thomas E. | |
| dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 17964108 |
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