On 29 August 2017, the 5th BESA project meeting was held at JGSEE-CEE. This project is a collaborative research work on biomass resources and bioenergy led by the Institute for Industrial Production of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT-IPP, Germany) and JGSEE at KMUTT. Other partners of the project from Germany include: (1) the Clausthal Institute of Environmental Technology (CUTEC); (2) the Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics (IUE), the technical University Hamburg-Harburg; and (3) Trier University of Applied Sciences. The objective of this research is to evaluate within a sustainability framework, the availability of biomass resources at regional level and to determine via modelling the most appropriate technical conversion processes. During the meeting, discussions were held to identify research topics for further collaboration in the future including the organisation of training workshops and the exchange of researchers.
Following the meeting, JGSEE in collaboration with KIT organised a Workshop on “Algebraic Models for Biomass-based Supply Chains”. The event was held during 30-31 August 2017 at KMUTT. As part of the workshop, Mr Tobias Zimmer, Mr Florian Diehlmann and Mr Andreas Rudi (KIT) gave an overview of the algebraic models frequently used in the area of supply chain management, including the model types which are particularly relevant for biomass-based supply chains to solve basic supply chain problems using GAMS and Excel.
