Process Modeling of Bio-Based Production on Interdisciplinary Analysis across Agriculture and Engineering: A Case Study of Sugarcane-Derived Ethanol Production

Abstract We specified modeling requirements for biomass-derived production. An integrated modeling on interdisciplinary analysis across agriculture and engineering can become a key mechanism for enabling the clarification and fulfillment of the potential of biomass for sustainability. A modeling case study on sugarcane-derived ethanol production shows proposed integrated model can be used in the analysis of the environmental impacts associated with different conditions in agricultural and industrial process systems such as sugarcane cultivar and agricultural operation.