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Evaluation of the energy consumption of container diesel trucks in a container terminal: A case study at Klaipeda port
- Source :
- Science progress, London : SAGE Publications, 2021, vol. 104, iss. 3, p. 1-25
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2021.
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Abstract
- Introduction: In the paper, we examine the energy consumption efficiency of specialized container diesel trucks engaged in container transportation at a seaport terminal. Objectives: Using the container terminal at Klaipėda in Lithuania as the background for the research, we produced an improved energy consumption model for measuring the theoretical energy consumption and regeneration of diesel trucks at the terminal and provide a comparative analysis. Methods: We created a mathematical model which describes the instantaneous energy consumption of the diesel trucks, taking into account their dynamic properties and the overall geometry of their routes—“Ship-Truck-Stack-Ship”—using the superposition principle. We investigated other critical parameters relevant to the model and provide a statistical evaluation of the transportation process using data from a case study of Klaipėda port, where we collected measurements of container transportation parameters using georeferenced movement detection and logs from wireless equipment positioned on the diesel-powered container trucks. Results: The modeling results showed that an instantaneous evaluation of energy consumption can reveal areas in the container transportation process which have the highest energy loss and require the introduction of new management and process control initiatives to address the regulations which are designed to decrease harmful industrial emissions and encourage novel technologies and thereby increase the eco-friendliness of existing systems. Conclusion: Based on the research results, the article can provide a reference for the estimation of diesel truck efficiency in seaport terminal operations.
- Subjects :
- transportation
Truck
Multidisciplinary
Waste management
020209 energy
container truck
modeling
02 engineering and technology
Energy consumption
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Port (computer networking)
Container terminal
energy consumption
measurement
Diesel fuel
container terminal
Terminal (electronics)
Container (abstract data type)
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Environmental science
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20477163 and 00368504
- Volume :
- 104
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Science Progress
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4459c6c507ea4e4322d2daba6b714bff