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Optimising transport efficiency and costs in Australian wood chipping operations
Citation
Acuna, MA and Mirowski, LT and Ghaffariyan, MR and Brown, M, Optimising transport efficiency and costs in Australian wood chipping operations, Biomass and Bioenergy, 46 pp. 291-300. ISSN 0961-9534 (2012) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.08.014
Abstract
This paper examines the optimisation of the transport scheduling of woodchips for in-field chipping operations whose efficiency depends on a range of factors. It illustrates the advantages of optimising trucking efficiency and cost in the context of the Australian forest industry. The study was enabled using an adapted version of Simulated Annealing and a forestry domain model, and a simulator based on them, called Fast Truck, was implemented for experimental use. Insights arising from the simulator results are discussed in the context of the Australian industry. The factors worth noting are truck payload and chipper utilisation, which by optimisation, account for 52% and 29% of the total cost savings obtained, respectively. These savings arise when better transport control and management occur in chipping operations. Further work will consider ways to implement these optimisations, primarily, by adapting Fast Truck as an optimiser of daily dispatch schedules.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | in-field wood chipping, simulated annealing, wood supply chain, transport efficiency, truck scheduling |
Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
Research Group: | Forestry sciences |
Research Field: | Forestry sciences not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Manufacturing |
Objective Group: | Wood, wood products and paper |
Objective Field: | Wood, wood products and paper not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Acuna, MA (Mr Mauricio Acuna) |
UTAS Author: | Mirowski, LT (Dr Luke Mirowski) |
ID Code: | 85104 |
Year Published: | 2012 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 33 |
Deposited By: | Research Division |
Deposited On: | 2013-06-13 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-09 |
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