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Títol: ERASMUS - The international air cargo transport system: technological evolutions and perspectives in view of traffic trends, network management and energy issues

Estudiants que han llegit aquest projecte:

Director/a: ZOLA, ENRICA VALERIA

Departament: ENTEL

Títol: ERASMUS - The international air cargo transport system: technological evolutions and perspectives in view of traffic trends, network management and energy issues

Data inici oferta: 30-10-2019     Data finalització oferta: 30-10-2019


Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    Tipus: Individual
     
    Lloc de realització: ERASMUS
     
            Supervisor/a extern: Bruno Dalla Chiara
            Institució/Empresa: Politecnico di Torino
            Titulació del Director/a: PhD
     
    Paraules clau:
    Air cargo transport system, Network management, Energy issues
     
    Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
    Air transport industry has gradually increased its share of
    global passenger and
    freight traffic, and this trend has accelerated in the last forty
    years.
    In the past, air-freight sector offered limited services, with
    heavy reliance on
    several intermediaries and a significant dependence on air
    passenger
    operations. The sector can now be characterized as a
    sophisticated, innovative
    one, relying heavily on new electronic technologies, offering a
    wide range of
    transport and logistical products through dedicated specialist
    freight operators.
    This project has been developed in two phases. In the first
    place, it has been
    examined air freight sector in terms of its growth, structure and
    organization. It
    has been also analysed the constraints facing the air cargo
    movements and
    possible strategies for accommodating growth in air cargo in
    future prospects.
    In the second place, a several simulations of freight aircraft
    and trains were
    carried out using the Advanced Emission Model (AEM) software,
    from
    Eurocontrol, in order to make a comparison of energy consumption
    between
    high speed trains and aircraft, both carrying freight.
    Finally, the last part of the project is to analyse the results
    obtained from the
    simulations and make a conclusion to determine which mode of
    transport is the
    best to carry freight in terms of time, cost and energy
    consumption.
     
    Overview (resum en anglès):
    Air transport industry has gradually increased its share of global passenger and freight traffic, and this trend has accelerated in the last forty years.

    In the past, air-freight sector offered limited services, with heavy reliance on several intermediaries and a significant dependence on air passenger operations. The sector can now be characterized as a sophisticated, innovative one, relying heavily on new electronic technologies, offering a wide range of transport and logistical products through dedicated specialist freight operators.

    This project has been developed in two phases. In the first place, it has been examined air freight sector in terms of its growth, structure and organization. It has been also analysed the constraints facing the air cargo movements and possible strategies for accommodating growth in air cargo in future prospects.

    In the second place, a several simulations of freight aircraft and trains were carried out using the Advanced Emission Model (AEM) software, from Eurocontrol, in order to make a comparison of energy consumption between high speed trains and aircraft, both carrying freight.

    Finally, the last part of the project is to analyse the results obtained from the simulations and make a conclusion to determine which mode of transport is the best to carry freight in terms of time, cost and energy consumption.


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