Reference:
M. Burger and
B. De Schutter,
"Energy-efficient transportation over flowing water," Proceedings
of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and
Control, Paris, France, 6 pp., Apr. 2013. Paper ThC02.4.
Abstract:
Transportation of water is necessary to manage the water levels in
rivers to ensure minimum depths for freight, to buffer water to avoid
flooding downstream during wet periods, or to save water for
anticipated dry periods. This manipulation of water flows influences
the speed of the water in the rivers and canals, and thereby it
affects the speed and energy consumption of vessels used for
transportation over water. When considering the problem of scheduling
micro-ferries in a harbour, the influence of fluctuating water speeds
(due to the tide or river flows) can be taken into account in the aim
of providing energy-efficient schedules for pick-ups and deliveries of
passengers. This paper introduces the effect of flowing water on
energy-efficient scheduling, and it proposes a mixed-integer linear
programming formulation for solving the problem.
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