A method of finding HCT roundwood corridors for reduction of GHG emissions and hauling costs in Sweden
In Sweden, 71.6 million tonnes(t) of forest biomass were during 2016 transported by truck, corresponding to approximately 15 % of all national goods truck transport. To reduce the environmental impact of forest product transports and meet Swedish climate goals, the use of 90-t high capacity transpor...
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| Formato: | Second cycle, A2E |
| Lenguaje: | sueco Inglés |
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2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/15328/ |
| Sumario: | In Sweden, 71.6 million tonnes(t) of forest biomass were during 2016 transported by truck, corresponding to approximately 15 % of all national goods truck transport. To reduce the environmental impact of forest product transports and meet Swedish climate goals, the use of 90-t high capacity transport (HCT) trucks on well-chosen routes has been identified as one potential measure to reduce im-pact.
The objective was to develop a method of finding the geographical occurrence of potential roundwood HCT corridors for 90-t trucks, as well as estimating their envi-ronmental and economic potentials in comparison to the conventional 74-t truck transport system for Swedish conditions. The study used data from actual round-wood transports during 2016 along with a digitalization of the Swedish road net-work (SNVDB) for corridor identification.
Results showed there were potential for 25 HCT corridors throughout Sweden to employ 20 90-t trucks to transport 2.5 Mt of roundwood, reducing up to 5500 t of CO2 and €3.1 M in fuel costs. |
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