Optimization of the Supply Chain in the Production of Ethanol from Agricultural Biomass Using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP): A Case Study

Table 6

Breakdown of the total annual cost of the bioethanol supply chain based on corn and barley agricultural waste for mixing percentages of the E5, E8, E11, E14, E17, and E20 ($M).

	Cost ($M)						% concerning the total cost of the Bio-Eth SC
	E5	E8	E11	E14	E17	E20	E5	E8	E11	E14	E17	E20
Opening of facilities	5.88	5.88	5.88	5.88	5.88	8.32	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8
Harvest cost	29.32	46.90	89.25	132.25	175.25	217.54	3.0	4.8	8.9	13.0	16.9	20.5
Transportation costs	8.33	9.63	10.89	12.45	14.24	16.53	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.6
Holding cost	0.37	0.59	0.85	1.19	1.53	1.48	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Fossil fuel	938.62	908.98	879.34	849.70	820.06	790.42	95	92.7	88.1	83.5	79.0	74.6
Processing cost	5.19	8.29	12.37	16.47	20.57	24.65	0.5	0.8	1.2	1.6	2.0	2.3