Sim-heuristics low-carbon technologies’ selection framework for reducing costs and carbon emissions of heavy goods vehicles
Sim-heuristics low-carbon technologies’ selection framework for reducing costs and carbon emissions of heavy goods vehicles
UK logistics fleets face increasing competitive pressures due to volatile fuel prices and the small profit margins in the industry. By reducing fuel consumption, operational costs and carbon emissions can be reduced. While there are a number of technologies that can reduce fuel consumption, it is often difficult for logistics companies to identify which would be the most beneficial to adopt over the medium and long terms. With a myriad of possible technology combinations, optimising the vehicle specification for specific duty cycles requires a robust decision-making framework. This paper combines simulated truck and delivery routes with a metaheuristic evolutionary algorithm to select the optimal combination of low-carbon technologies that minimise the greenhouse gas emissions of long-haul heavy goods vehicles during their lifetime cost. The framework presented is applicable to other vehicles, including road haulage, waste collection fleets and buses by using tailored parameters in the heuristics model.
Sim-heuristics, freight, heavy goods vehicles, energy, GHG, technology
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Velazquez, Anthony
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Cherrett, Thomas
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Waterson, Ben
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January 2017
Velazquez, Anthony
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Cherrett, Thomas
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Waterson, Ben
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Velazquez, Anthony, Cherrett, Thomas and Waterson, Ben
(2017)
Sim-heuristics low-carbon technologies’ selection framework for reducing costs and carbon emissions of heavy goods vehicles.
International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 20 (1), .
(doi:10.1080/13675567.2016.1203395).
Abstract
UK logistics fleets face increasing competitive pressures due to volatile fuel prices and the small profit margins in the industry. By reducing fuel consumption, operational costs and carbon emissions can be reduced. While there are a number of technologies that can reduce fuel consumption, it is often difficult for logistics companies to identify which would be the most beneficial to adopt over the medium and long terms. With a myriad of possible technology combinations, optimising the vehicle specification for specific duty cycles requires a robust decision-making framework. This paper combines simulated truck and delivery routes with a metaheuristic evolutionary algorithm to select the optimal combination of low-carbon technologies that minimise the greenhouse gas emissions of long-haul heavy goods vehicles during their lifetime cost. The framework presented is applicable to other vehicles, including road haulage, waste collection fleets and buses by using tailored parameters in the heuristics model.
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Accepted/In Press date: 14 June 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 July 2016
Published date: January 2017
Keywords:
Sim-heuristics, freight, heavy goods vehicles, energy, GHG, technology
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/398366
ISSN: 1367-5567
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