標題: Greenhouse gas emission estimation for temperature-controlled food distribution systems
作者: Chen, Wei-Ting
Hsu, Chaug-Ing
運輸與物流管理系 註:原交通所+運管所
Department of Transportation and Logistics Management
關鍵字: Multi-temperature joint delivery;Low temperature logistics;Food transportation;Emission estimation;Time-dependent demand
公開日期: 1-十月-2015
摘要: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from food transportation include emissions from energy consumption and refrigerant leakage into the environment. The hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and perflourocarbons (PFCs) generated by refrigerant leakage markedly increase global warming (GW). The issue of emissions from temperature-controlled food delivery is important for carriers. This paper aims to estimate GHG emissions from the Traditional Multi-Vehicle Distribution (TMVD) and Multi-Temperature Joint Distribution (MTJD) systems by formulating mathematical models that consider delivery scheduling for time-dependent demand of multi-temperature foods. Furthermore, this paper analyzes and compares the emissions from each source in the two systems to explore the influence of delivery scheduling on emissions. The results indicate that, as compared to the TMVD system, the MTJD system yields less total emissions by lowering fuel consumption even when it generates more GHG due to refrigerant leakage and electric power consumption for freezers, which accounts for an extremely low percentage of total emissions. This paper suggests carriers should use the MTJD system to reduce routing distances and emissions simultaneously. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.038
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/127974
ISSN: 0959-6526
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.038
期刊: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume: 104
起始頁: 139
結束頁: 147
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