Print Email Facebook Twitter Cooling down: A simulation approach to reduce energy peaks of reefers at terminals Title Cooling down: A simulation approach to reduce energy peaks of reefers at terminals Author van Duin, Ron (TU Delft Transport and Logistics; Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences) Geerlings, Harry (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) Verbraeck, A. (TU Delft Policy Analysis) Nafde, Tushar (CU Inspections & Certifications India Private Limited) Date 2018 Abstract The increase in population, high standards of living and rapid urbanization has led to an increasing demand for food across the globe. The global trade has made it possible to meet this demand by enabling transport of different food products from one part of the world to another. In this trade, refrigerated containers (reefers) play an important role, due to their ability to maintain the quality of product throughout the journey. However, the transportation and operation of reefers requires a constant supply of power throughout the supply chain. This results in a significant energy consumption by reefers. When large numbers of reefers are involved, this results in high amount of energy consumption at terminals as well. From a terminal perspective, the monthly throughput of reefers shows a lot of variation due to the seasonality of food products. As a result, the growth of reefer trade, the seasonality of food trade and the special requirements of reefers has led to an increase in the peak power demand at terminals. Because utility companies apply extra charges for the highest observed peak demand, it is beneficial for terminals to keep this demand as low as possible to reduce energy costs. There is no prior research on peak energy consumption caused by reefers at a terminal To investigate the opportunities for container terminals to reduce their peak demand, an energy consumption simulation model is developed. With the model two energy reduction strategies are tested to analyze their impact on peak demand: intermitted distribution of power among reefer racks and restriction of peak power consumption among operating reefers. Both strategies show significant opportunities for cost reductions. Subject SimulationReefersEnergy reductionPeak shavingContainer terminals To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d09d72eb-0079-4d1d-b43c-f11ab9a88d3d DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.04.258 Embargo date 2018-11-02 ISSN 0959-6526 Source Journal of Cleaner Production, 193, 72-86 Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 Ron van Duin, Harry Geerlings, A. Verbraeck, Tushar Nafde Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0959652618313003_main.pdf 3.97 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d09d72eb-0079-4d1d-b43c-f11ab9a88d3d/datastream/OBJ/view