Evaluation of alternative means of fuel transportation along the Tiete River region

Avaliação de modais alternativos para o transporte de combustíveis ao longo da região do rio Tietê

Fuel transportation is a recurring theme in scientific researches. With the support of a quantitative tool put on the market by the simulation techniques by discrete event system, using ARENA software, the present research developed a model to determine the capacity to transportation ethanol by waterway in different scenarios. It was observed that the capacity is limited to 14 million cubic meters a year. Comparing the costs of transport by waterway with transport through ducts, was possible to show that ethanol transported by the waterway Tietê-Paraná presents viability of costs and the capacity to transport 5 million cubic meters a year. However, it is not possible to transport 10 million cubic meters because of a lack of capacity to accommodate the convoy.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.pesquisaemtransportes.net.br/relit/index.php/relit/article/view/jv5n2p8/pdf_37
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract used with permission of the Brazilian Transportation Planning Society (BTPS)
• Authors:
  • da Silva, Aline Flavia
  • Tozi, Luiz Antonio
• Publication Date: 2011-4

Language

• English
• Portuguese

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 134-151
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Literature
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Brazilian Transport Planning Society
  • ISSN: 2238-1031
  • Serial URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=2238-1031&lng=en&nrm=iso

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Cargo ships; Costs; Ducts; Ethanol; Waterways
• Identifier Terms: Arena (Computer program)
• Geographic Terms: Brazil; Tiete-Parana Waterway
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01493772
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 23 2013 1:40PM