Considering biomass growth and regeneration in the optimisation of biomass supply chains

The results highlight that the decision process is driven by the requirements imposed to the characteristics of the biomass to be converted at the conversion facility. The harvesting moment is defined and pre-treatment operations are introduced to make sure that biomass is delivered with characteristics that fit best these requirements. The analyses indicate that storage facilities are indispensable to deal with the temporal availability of biomass, the conflicting temporal demand and the required constant feeding of the digesters. t-OPTIMASS allows users, interested in macro-analysis, to define biomass potentials, to support policy decisions, to evaluate the feasibility of new facilities, etc.