scholarly journals Optimization of the costs of a transport company in the implementation of multimodal transport

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-132
Author(s):  
Ekaterina M. Galkina ◽  
Olga V. Pochekaeva ◽  
Natalya V. Zheleznova Zheleznova
Keyword(s):  
Rail Transport ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Multimodal Transport ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Trucking Company ◽  
Reducing Costs

Reducing the costs of the transport company is one of the key issues in the management of the organization. There are standard ways to reduce the costs of transport companies, the article proposes options for reducing costs through the interaction of several modes of transport, namely, rail and road. The article discusses options for the transportation of goods by a trucking company. For the purpose of reducing operating costs, it is proposed to combine the use of road and rail transport on certain sections of the route of routes of various lengths. The authors made a conclusion about the dependence of the operating costs on the distance when using the above types of transport.

scholarly journals A GIS-Based Methodology for Evaluating the Increase in Multimodal Transport between Bicycle and Rail Transport Systems. A Case Study in Palermo

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 321
Author(s):  
Alessandro Emilio Capodici ◽  
Gabriele D’Orso ◽  
Marco Migliore
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Choice Model ◽  
Rail Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Modal Choice ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Multimodal Transport

Background: In a world where every municipality is pursuing the goals of more sustainable mobility, bicycles play a fundamental role in getting rid of private cars and travelling by an eco-friendly mode of transport. Additionally, private and shared bikes can be used as a feeder transit system, solving the problem of the first- and last-mile trips. Thanks to GIS (Geographic Information System) software, it is possible to evaluate the effectiveness of such a sustainable means of transport in future users’ modal choice. Methods: Running an accessibility analysis of cycling and rail transport services, the potential mobility demand attracted by these services and the possible multimodality between bicycle and rail transport systems can be assessed. Moreover, thanks to a modal choice model calibrated for high school students, it could be verified if students will be really motivated to adopt this solution for their home-to-school trips. Results: The GIS-based analysis showed that almost half of the active population in the study area might potentially abandon the use of their private car in favour of a bike and its combination with public transport systems; furthermore, the percentage of the students of one high school of Palermo, the Einstein High School, sharply increases from 1.5% up to 10.1%, thanks also to the combination with the rail transport service. Conclusions: The GIS-based methodology shows that multimodal transport can be an effective way to pursue a more sustainable mobility in cities and efficiently connect suburbs with low-frequent public transport services to the main public transport nodes.

Innovation and information technology in management

2021 ◽  
pp. 68-72
Author(s):  
Muna Shehada ◽  
F.V. Akulinin
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Reducing Costs

Information technology, artificial intelligence and other innovative areas of economic development allow manufacturers to reduce their operating costs by improving resource planning. Optimizing supply chain management (SCM) can improve the efficiency of all business processes in an organization, while reducing costs and increasing financial sustainability.

scholarly journals Implementation of Energy Harvesting System of Wastes of Compressed Air Wastes for Electrical Steel Cutting Line

2019 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 01005
Author(s):  
Dominik Gryboś ◽  
Jacek S. Leszczyski
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Steel ◽  
Compressed Air ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Energy Losses ◽  
Production Plant ◽  
Manufacturing Plants ◽  
Industrial Plants ◽  
Cutting Line ◽  
Energy Harvesting System ◽  
Reducing Costs

The pneumatic systems are commonly used in industrial plants to power pneumatic machines and tools. However, since production of compressed air is quite expensive, manufacturing plants are trying to reduce the operating costs of pneumatic systems by improving their energy efficiency. There are three main methods of reducing costs in these systems: averting energy losses, limiting input energy and harvesting energy wastes of compressed air. In this article, the authors focus on the last method mentioned above - recovering energy wastes from cutting line of electrical steel in a production plant, by using their own invention. The maximum power Pe of the device is changing from 190 W to 60 W and it depends on the value of overpressure in the tank. In one hour, the device generates about 0.07 kWh energy and uses about 3.8 m3 of air in overpressure of 6 bar.

scholarly journals Ways to Solve the Problems of Passenger Suburban Transportation With the Help of the Multimodal Transportation System

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 312-318
Author(s):  
E. Kulikov ◽  
Yu. Zhuzhgova
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Flow ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Rail Transport ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
High Speed Train ◽  
Departure Point ◽  
Multimodal Transportation ◽  
Multimodal Transport ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Increasing Demand

The article deals with the problems and solutions of suburban passenger transport as a factor of increasing demand for rail transport, reducing their cost and travel time. We are studying a multimodal transport system that is being upgraded and used on the route Krasnoufimsk–Druzhinino–Yekaterinburg. In conclusion, it is concluded that it is necessary to calculate the bandwidth of the path of the high-speed train, an analysis of traffic flow from each departure point, calculate the costs necessary for the project.

scholarly journals Multimodal movement planning: logistics network and analysis of transportation alternatives. study case

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 559
Author(s):  
Miguel Figueroa ◽  
Otto Mora Lerma ◽  
Ricardo Fuentes ◽  
Alfredo Ojeda
Keyword(s):  
Single Mode ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Movement Planning ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Logistics Network ◽  
Main River ◽  
Railway Infrastructure ◽  
Multimodal Transport ◽  
Study Case ◽  
Magdalena River

One of the most relevant problems in transport engineering is the planning of multimodal movements where it is necessary to define the logistics network. To analyze the logistics of a foreign trade operator in Colombia, a mathematical model has been designed for the choice of ports, considering multimodal transport and the state of the art. Initially, a multimodal network was built considering modes of maritime, river, rail and road transport, taking advantage of the main river of Colombia (Magdalena river) and the railway infrastructure. Port operating costs, transshipment, port fees, sea freight, operational and variable costs were included in the analysis. It was found that the most suitable ports in Colombia for export are Cartagena and Buenaventura, with the current infrastructure and demand. It has been found that multimodal arcs are more used than those with a single mode, in addition to exports to Ecuador being made by Buenaventura, while to America and Europe is Cartagena. Additionally, there is sensitivity in the choice of ports concerning the level of prices of road transport since in the Colombian context it is vital to change transfers due to the lack of connectivity between modes such as rail and river.   

Analysis of the possibility of organizing a transport interchange complex

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-338
Author(s):  
Yu. V. Golenya
Keyword(s):  
Rail Transport ◽  
Optimal Combination ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
Railway Transport ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Passenger Flow ◽  
Passenger Transportation ◽  
Multimodal Transport

The carriage of passengers takes a significant place in the activities of transport organizations. Ensuring high quality passenger transportation is one of the main tasks of railway transport, which directly depends on the technical equipment and technology of servicing passenger traffic at passenger stations. The introduction of multimodal transport in passenger traffic can change the attitude to transport in general, it will allow: to pick up each passenger the optimal combination of modes of transport (price and quality); monitor the entire transport process and notify of further movements, to hold the carrier responsible for not fulfilling the stages of multimodal transportation. And the organization of the transport and transfer complex will optimize and streamline the process of passenger service. The study was carried out on the example of the transport hub of the station N. Station allows to transfer passengers from rail transport (long and suburban) to all types of urban transport, as well as taxis and personal transport. However, there is practically no interaction with other types of transport at the regional and federal level in this hub. At some distance from station N is a bus station for several long-distance destinations. Territorial location, concentration of several modes of transport, accompanying infrastructure, as well as the potential of this station N allow to organize a prospective transport and transfer complex and attract additional passenger flow, which in the conditions of competition with personal vehicles is important. To do this, all the necessary elements of the multimodal node, necessary for the operation of the transport and transfer complex, are calculated.

Blockchain will enhance efficiency in energy markets

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Security ◽  
Energy Markets ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Enhance Efficiency ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
Back Office ◽  
Electricity Intensity

Subject Blockchain in energy markets. Significance Emerging blockchain technologies will reduce operating costs and alter how energy markets function. Impacts Blockchain technology threatens to reduce or eradicate the role of intermediaries within energy markets. It facilitates power market disaggregation, especially renewables, although its electricity intensity challenges its ‘green’ credentials. The efficiency gains will deliver significant back-office savings, reducing costs and errors and improving compliance and data security.

The Sheffield (U.K.) Sludge Incineration Plant: 1968 - 1983

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 487-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
H B Tench ◽  
M D F Haigh
Keyword(s):  
Operating Experience ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Incineration Plant ◽  
Sludge Incineration ◽  
Sludge Conditioning ◽  
Reducing Costs

Operating experience with the first plant commissioned in England is described with particular reference to the changes in operating conditions and costs which have occurred. In the year ending 31st March, 1970 the operating costs, including transport of presscake and ash, were ₤2.8 per tonne sludge dry solids but in that ending March 1982 they were ₤73. The factors, in addition to inflation, which were responsible for this are discussed. Reference is also made to plant reliability and maintenance aspects and to the improvements which have been made. Investigations of ways of reducing costs, notably by tipping half the presscake in conjunction with the ash produced by burning the rest of the presscake, are described. Trials using waste derived fuel as a substitute for oil are referred to as is the use of polyelectrolytes for sludge conditioning instead of lime and copperas.

scholarly journals Ventajas de la perforación direccional: revisión y aplicación en el Oriente Ecuatoriano

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-180
Author(s):  
Darío Cedeño Macías ◽  
Jenny Fuentes Cuasquer ◽  
Carlos Portilla Lazo ◽  
Carlos Malavé Carrera ◽  
Jonny Villao Borbor
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Extraction Process ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Directional Drilling ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Engineering Data ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Core Part ◽  
Conventional Drilling

El avance evolutivo que ha tenido la industria hidrocarburífera a nivel mundial, específicamente en las operaciones de extracción y producción, requieren métodos más precisos y rigurosos para llevar a cabo su cometido, considerando principalmente la relación costo beneficio. Para ello es imperativo desarrollar tecnologías y sistemas de manera paralela a dicha evolución. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar una revisión actualizada de los aspectos esenciales de la perforación direccional, con énfasis en sus evidentes ventajas respecto a la perforación vertical o convencional, y sobre todo su impacto en la reducción de costos para la industria petrolera. De manera que el nivel académico trabaje estrechamente con el nivel profesional, teniendo como parte medular el análisis de datos de ingeniería de diseño en los sistemas de perforación direccional rotativos y su impacto en la reducción de costos operativos en el proceso de extracción de hidrocarburos. Se presentan y discuten los resultados del desempeño alcanzado por estas herramientas en el campo.  AbstractThe evolutionary advance of the hydrocarbon industry worldwide, specifically in the extraction and production operations, requires more precise and rigorous methods to carry out its mission, considering mainly the cost benefit relation. To do this, it is imperative to develop technologies and systems in parallel with this evolution. The objective of this work is to present an updated review of the essential aspects of directional drilling, with emphasis on its obvious advantages over vertical or conventional drilling, and especially its impact on reducing costs for the oil industry. So that the academic level works closely with the professional level, having as a core part the analysis of design engineering data in rotary directional drilling systems and its impact on the reduction of operating costs in the hydrocarbon extraction process. The results of the performance achieved by these tools in the Auca field are presented and discussed. 

Networked InField Compression for CSG field development

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 693
Author(s):  
Guy Hodgson ◽  
Vernon Edwards
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
The United States ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
Flexible Infrastructure ◽  
Gas Volume ◽  
Installation Time

Driven by the LNG feed gas volume demand, recent large CSG field development in Queensland has been developed around large centralised compressor stations, designed and constructed on conventional gas project guidelines. Experience in the United States and Canada during more than four decades, however, has shown the best CSG reservoir performances and lifecycle costs are achieved with low capital cost, flexible infrastructure, and infield compression close to well heads. The Networked InField Compression System offers CSG producers significant advantages compared with centralised systems. The model comprises a grid network of well heads; low, intermediate, and high pressure pipelines; integral infield compressors, and booster compression stations. The model differs from traditional models in a number of ways. The majority of wellhead infrastructure and compression is relocated back in the field, reducing costs and inspection requirements. Low horsepower integral infield compressors are gas driven, pipeline losses are reduced and use 30–40 % less BHP than screw compressors, and skid-mounted for simple and cost-effective relocation. Coiled high pressure, low diameter flexible piping is used, which requires a narrow right of way, few connections, and can be ploughed in multiple lines from up to 5–8 km per day, depending on soil conditions.In addition to 30-40 % improvements in capital expenditure and installation time, the Networked InField Compression model offers 20–30 % lower operating costs and 10–20 % more gas from increased flow levels and/or extended well life. Further, environmental impact is decreased by 20–40%, as land use, CO2 emissions; crew sizes and peak water flow are significantly reduced compared with centralised systems.

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