| Title | Alternative Fuel Transportation Optimization Tool : Description, Methodology, and Demonstration Scenarios. |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 56200 |
| Personal Name Creator |
schomer; Baker, Gary M.; Pearlson, Matthew N.; Gillham, Olivia; Smith, Scott; Costa, Stephen; Herzig, Peter |
| Source | 94p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Environment and Energy |
| Publisher | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Publication Date | 20150900 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | This report describes an Alternative Fuel Transportation Optimization Tool (AFTOT), developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe) in support of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The purpose of AFTOT is to help FAA better understand the transportation needs and constraints associated with biofuel feedstock collection, processing, and fuel distribution, specifically alternative jet fuel produced from feedstocks. AFTOT uses scenarios describing potentially available feedstock production and existing transportation infrastructure to generate: locations of potentially supportable biorefineries; optimal transportation routes for moving biofuels from the point of feedstock production/pre-processing to refinement and then to fuel aggregation and storage; allocation of feedstock and fuels among biorefineries and destinations based on demand and efficient transport patterns; and transportation costs, CO2 emissions, fuel burn, and vehicle trips and miles traveled as a result of the transportation of feedstock and fuels. This report describes how AFTOT was developed and the functionality of the tool; it also demonstrates the tool’s capability through the analysis of six scenarios. |
| Rosap ID | dot:12233 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12233 |
| TRT Terms | Jet engine fuels; Aircraft fuels; Alternate fuels; Geographic information systems; Commodity flow; Network analysis; Costs |
| General Subjects | Biofuels; Transportation modeling; Transportation network; Scenarios; Feedstocks; Biorefineries |
| Classification | AGR - IMPACTS - Environment; NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION; NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Energy and Environment; NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Alternative Fuels; NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Aviation Energy and Environment |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
1583531 |
| Contract Number | FA4SCB; FA4SC5; FA5JC7 |
| Report Number | DOT-VNTSC-FAA-15-11; DOT/FAA/AEE/2015-12 |
| Availability | Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/56000/56200/56200/Alt_Fuel_Trn_Optimization_Tool.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |