TY - GEN
T1 - Design and simulation of a conceptual automated yard using new combination system
AU - Ho, Ng Fa
AU - Chen, Rong Jyh
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Booming the global container trade, scarcity of land at ports in many metropolitan areas has the same difficulties with expanding the terminal area to improve capacity. As a result, alternative solutions, high-density, Automated Container Terminals (ACT) are currently considered to increase the performance of container terminal. In this paper, a concept of New Combination system-ACT (NC-ACT) is proposed. The average percentage cost per container and land needed is analyzed, evaluated, and compared with four prior systems. Four prior systems include general ACT (AGV-ACT) using Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), Linear Motor Conveyance System (LMCS), overhead Grid Rail system (GR), and Automated Storage/Retrieval System (AS/RS). NC-ACT is shown that the efficiency is higher, the capacity is higher, unchecked containers are accessed randomly, and it has lower average percentage cost/ storage capacity/acre than four prior ACT systems.
AB - Booming the global container trade, scarcity of land at ports in many metropolitan areas has the same difficulties with expanding the terminal area to improve capacity. As a result, alternative solutions, high-density, Automated Container Terminals (ACT) are currently considered to increase the performance of container terminal. In this paper, a concept of New Combination system-ACT (NC-ACT) is proposed. The average percentage cost per container and land needed is analyzed, evaluated, and compared with four prior systems. Four prior systems include general ACT (AGV-ACT) using Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), Linear Motor Conveyance System (LMCS), overhead Grid Rail system (GR), and Automated Storage/Retrieval System (AS/RS). NC-ACT is shown that the efficiency is higher, the capacity is higher, unchecked containers are accessed randomly, and it has lower average percentage cost/ storage capacity/acre than four prior ACT systems.
KW - Automated Container Terminals (ACT)
KW - Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
KW - Cost analyze
KW - Forty-foot equipment units (FEU)
KW - Twenty-foot equipment units
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U2 - 10.1109/SICE.2006.315793
DO - 10.1109/SICE.2006.315793
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34250759827
SN - 8995003855
SN - 9788995003855
T3 - 2006 SICE-ICASE International Joint Conference
SP - 375
EP - 380
BT - 2006 SICE-ICASE International Joint Conference
T2 - 2006 SICE-ICASE International Joint Conference
Y2 - 18 October 2006 through 21 October 2006
ER -