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Modeling a Coal Car Cooperative Transportation Network

Modeling a Coal Car Cooperative Transportation Network. Sarah Root, Ph.D., Chase Rainwater, Ph.D., and Hector Vergara Department of Industrial Engineering University of Arkansas CELDi IAB Meeting October 20, 2010. Project Motivation. Problem Description. Coal transportation network

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Modeling a Coal Car Cooperative Transportation Network

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  1. Modeling a Coal Car Cooperative Transportation Network Sarah Root, Ph.D., Chase Rainwater, Ph.D., and Hector Vergara Department of Industrial Engineering University of Arkansas CELDi IAB Meeting October 20, 2010

  2. Project Motivation University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering

  3. Problem Description • Coal transportation network • Unit trains shipped from PRB, WY • Transportation represents a significant portion of total coal cost • PRB coal costs approximately: • $10/ton to mine • $15-$16/ton to ship to AR PRB Plant University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering

  4. Coal Transportation Network University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering

  5. CCC Concept 3 2 1 PRB CCC Plant University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering 5

  6. CCC Concept 3 2 1 PRB CCC Plant University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering 5

  7. CCC Concept 6 5 4 3 PRB 2 1 CCC Plant University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering 5

  8. CCC Concept 6 3 PRB 5 4 CCC 2 1 Plant University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering 5

  9. CCC Concept 9 8 7 PRB 6 3 CCC 5 4 Plant University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering 5

  10. CCC Decision Support Tool University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering

  11. CCC Decision Support Tool Graphical User Interface University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering

  12. CCC Decision Support Tool University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering

  13. CCC Decision Support Tool University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering

  14. CCC Decision Support Tool University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering

  15. CCC Decision Support Tool • Results University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering

  16. Conclusions • The flexibility of the decision support tool allows the analyst to consider many scenarios • Results are highly dependent on the participants and their role under a given scenario • Some reasonable scenarios show that the concept is volume feasible University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering

  17. Future Research • Refine cost feasibility analysis • Simulate car build-up at CCC • Propose implementation plan in phases • Analyze CCC operations • Locomotive and car scheduling • Empty balancing University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering

  18. Questions? seroot@uark.edu cer@uark.edu hvergara@uark.edu University of Arkansas - Department of Industrial Engineering

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