OPTIMIZATION OF ICEBERG TOWING VELOCITY FOR WATER SUPPLY
A mathematical model for determining the optimum towing velocity of tabular icebergs is presented. The optimization problem is formulated in terms of a benefit function that takes into account the ice mass delivered and the total fuel consumption for the tow. Results indicate that the optimum towing...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/tcsme-2008-0036 2023-12-17T10:21:25+01:00 OPTIMIZATION OF ICEBERG TOWING VELOCITY FOR WATER SUPPLY Lefrançois, Simon Doyon-Poulin, Philippe Gosselin, Louis Lacroix, Marcel 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2008-0036 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/tcsme-2008-0036 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering volume 32, issue 3-4, page 537-548 ISSN 0315-8977 Mechanical Engineering journal-article 2008 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2008-0036 2023-11-19T13:38:40Z A mathematical model for determining the optimum towing velocity of tabular icebergs is presented. The optimization problem is formulated in terms of a benefit function that takes into account the ice mass delivered and the total fuel consumption for the tow. Results indicate that the optimum towing velocity is mainly affected by the water-to-fuel cost ratio. It is shown that towing icebergs from Antarctica to South Africa is a profitable way of supplying fresh-water provided that the towing velocity is optimized with the proposed method. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering 32 3-4 537 548 |
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A mathematical model for determining the optimum towing velocity of tabular icebergs is presented. The optimization problem is formulated in terms of a benefit function that takes into account the ice mass delivered and the total fuel consumption for the tow. Results indicate that the optimum towing velocity is mainly affected by the water-to-fuel cost ratio. It is shown that towing icebergs from Antarctica to South Africa is a profitable way of supplying fresh-water provided that the towing velocity is optimized with the proposed method. |
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Lefrançois, Simon Doyon-Poulin, Philippe Gosselin, Louis Lacroix, Marcel |
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Lefrançois, Simon Doyon-Poulin, Philippe Gosselin, Louis Lacroix, Marcel |
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Lefrançois, Simon |
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OPTIMIZATION OF ICEBERG TOWING VELOCITY FOR WATER SUPPLY |
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OPTIMIZATION OF ICEBERG TOWING VELOCITY FOR WATER SUPPLY |
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OPTIMIZATION OF ICEBERG TOWING VELOCITY FOR WATER SUPPLY |
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OPTIMIZATION OF ICEBERG TOWING VELOCITY FOR WATER SUPPLY |
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OPTIMIZATION OF ICEBERG TOWING VELOCITY FOR WATER SUPPLY |
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optimization of iceberg towing velocity for water supply |
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