|
|
|
Title: A Study of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Energy and CO₂ Emissions Efficiency
Accession Number: 01661449
Record Type: Component
Abstract: There is a lot of excitement about the potential utilization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones to increase the efficiency of last/first mile deliveries/pickups. However, there are scant published studies that analyze the potential effectiveness of drones to reduce last/first mile energy consumption and carbon emissions. Different route and customer configurations are studied and compared. Utilizing real-word data, tradeoffs and comparative advantages of UAVs are discussed. Breakeven points for operational emissions are obtained and the results clearly indicate that UAVs can be more CO₂e efficient, for small payloads, than conventional diesel vans in a per-distance basis. However, ground vehicles are more efficient when comparing vehicles production and disposal emissions per delivery. Significantly different results are obtained when comparing UAVs and clean small electric delivery vehicles like electric cargo tricycles.
Supplemental Notes: This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AV030 Standing Committee on Environmental Impacts of Aviation.
Report/Paper Numbers: 18-05844
Language: English
Authors: Figliozzi, MiguelPagination: 8p
Publication Date: 2018
Conference:
Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting
Location:
Washington DC, United States Media Type: Digital/other
Features: References; Tables
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Aviation; Energy; Environment; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment
Source Data: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-05844
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 8 2018 11:30AM
|
