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Quantification of Energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions During Excavator Operations

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Advanced Computing Strategies for Engineering (EG-ICE 2018)

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A number of studies have assessed the energy consumed and carbon dioxide emitted by construction machinery during earthwork operations. However, little attention has been paid to predicting these variables during planning phases of such operations, which could help efforts to identify the best options for minimizing environmental impacts. Excavators are widely used in earthwork operations and consume considerable amounts of fuel, thereby generating large quantities of carbon dioxide. Therefore, rigorous evaluation of the energy consumption and emissions of different excavators during planning stages of project, based on characteristics of the excavators and projects, would facilitate selection of optimal excavators for specific projects, thereby reducing associated environmental impacts. Here we describe use of artificial neural networks (ANNs), developed using data from Caterpillar’s handbook, to model the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of different excavators per unit volume of earth handled. We also report a sensitivity analysis conducted to determine effects of key parameters (utilization rate, digging depth, cycle time, bucket payload, horsepower, load factor, and hauler capacity) on excavators’ energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Our analysis shows that environmental impacts of excavators can be most significantly reduced by improving their utilization rates and/or cycle times, and reducing their engine load factor. We believe our ANN models can potentially improve estimates of energy consumption and CO2 emissions by excavators. Their use in planning stages of earthworks projects could help planners make informed decisions about optimal excavator(s) to use, and contractors to evaluate environmental impacts of their activities. Finally, we describe a case study, based on a road construction project in Sweden, in which we use empirical data on the quantities and nature of the materials to be excavated, to estimate the environmental impact of using different excavators for the project.

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    Hassanean S. H. Jassim, Weizhuo Lu & Thomas Olofsson

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Jassim, H.S.H., Lu, W., Olofsson, T. (2018). Quantification of Energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions During Excavator Operations. In: Smith, I., Domer, B. (eds) Advanced Computing Strategies for Engineering. EG-ICE 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10863. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91635-4_22

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