In the previous section it was investigated that the same capacity can be reached by varying the number of vehicles and the velocity. In this section three operational strategies are investigated which reduce the energy consumption of a representative day in winter season. Typically, a ski day has seven hours from 9 pm to 4 am. In the morning the capacity is often much higher than in the afternoon.
Figure \ref{fig:capacity_day} depicts the capacity in \% for each operation hour. In sum this example leads to a transportation of 9055 persons per day. By using 84 vehicles and a velocity of 5 m/s this results in an energy consumption of 3044 kWh. In principle there exist two possibilities to reduce the energy consumption. The first possibility represents a reduction of the vehicles. Therefore it is necessary to develop a ropeway which can change the number of vehicles during
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Three strategies are shown. The first strategy is to vary only the number of vehicles. This leads to a energy consumption of 2885 kWh. The column in the middle shows the resulting velocities. For this operational strategy a lower limit of 3 m/s is used. A variation of the velocity results in a energy consumption of 2422 kWh. In the right column a variation of the number of vehicles in combination with a variation of the velocity is investigated. By varying both parameters the ropeway consumes 2379 kWh for this exemplary scenario. This represents a energy reduction of 665 kWh, respectively 21.8 \%. Currently a variation of the number of vehicles is not possible. Actual realizable is a variation of the velocity. This strategy leads to an energy reduction of 622 kWh per day. Assuming 120 operation days that are 74640 kWh. One the one side a reduction of the velocity reduces wear and on the other side the energy costs are reduced about 20.4
Snow days have been renown ever since institutions had started in human history. It can affect someone in a harmful or beneficial depending upon the person themselves. For those who enjoy spending their free time indulging in academic or personal pleasures would surely enjoy unintentional day offs. I would and would not count myself in that category since I enjoy spending my free time while not at the same time. School may be flawed, but I still enjoy the subtle feeling that motivates me to work on my future studies.
Winter Park Ski Resort is a beautiful place to be. With its wonderful trees, many runs, terrain parks, and many restaurants on the mountain. Although there needs to be control of all of this area they have. This is where the Ski Patrol come in. They are there to help the skiers and snowboarders on the mountain and in the restaurants. Ski Patrol has been around for many years, from having a small group back when the started to now having a giant group of people. BEing on Ski Patrol comes with the responsibility of keeping people safe by doing what you can on the mountain, and any time you see an accident when no further help is there yet. At WInter Park they have a Junior Ski Patrol which gives teenagers the same responsibility on the mountain, as well as anywhere else.
We were asked to create a prototype of ITW David Speer to show how we would minimize traffic around the area. ITW has a maximum density of 80 pc/ln/hr; it’s at a Los F which is the worse possible congestion you could experience. It faces the most congestion on the main streets such as Laramie, Grand and Central. We are also improving the health in humans such as stress levels through this new design. We must test and evaluate our results to ensure it meets the restrictions of it being Los F to becoming Los C or above. In order to improve all this we were given a budget of 2 million dollars.
Horizon Utilities Corporation is pleased to recognize the efforts of National Steel Car (the only producer of railroad cars in Canada) for saving an estimated 2,192,400 kWh per year . Horizon Utilities’ conservation and demand management teams worked with National Steel Car to assist in finding greater efficiencies. The company
After calculating the fair value of Snowy Ridge’s assets it was necessary to test for impairment. Impairment was tested by comparing the carrying value of each asset to its fair value (see table 2). The carrying value of marketable securities as of June 30th was $4,500,000. The current fair value of marketable securities was found to be 4,565,000, a positive difference of$ 65,000. Changes in marketable securities are reported even without impairment, thus an adjustment was made (see table 3). The carrying value of the mountain division as of June 30th was $12,360,000. The current fair
I have gone on a vast amount of trail rides with several different horse. This ride was the first time I had ever taken D. D. (Deanna's Delight) out on one. This trail ride will not ever be able to forget.
Ski racing is an adrenaline pumping, fast paced, awakening sport, that happens to have an uncommonly high rate of injury. Ski racing has always been a somewhat dangerous sport in which it is not a surprise when a downhill skier suffers a serious injury. This being said, there is a lot more progress to be made to reduce the frequency of injuries in ski racing. There are many studies being done to see exactly how dangerous ski racing is and many more to see how to reduce the rate of injury. Regulations implemented to the sport in recent years have helped to lower the frequency of injuries significantly; however, there is much more work to be done.The research done by the British Journal of Sports Medicine showed that almost every World Cup/
Using the information given in the tables and the assumptions, calculations were made to determine the unknowns. In Table 2 (page 5) it was determined how much fuel the vehicles consumed in total and per passenger as well as the cost of this fuel consumption in total and per passenger. In Table
The town of Halton Hill’s population includes the areas of Georgetown and Acton and other communities such as Erin, Oakville, Burlington and Milton regions. This is what is considered to be my community because these are the many places that I am visiting most often and they are always referred to together as “Halton Hills Region” (p.5, 2011). With the substantial increase in population in the Halton Hills region, more specifically Georgetown, there should be a strong demand for a public transit system to counteract all of the environmental disturbances that are being caused due to this increase. One of the things that is happening is that there are so many trees they are cutting down in order to expand and grow the population with houses being built. Statistics are showing that the population of Halton Hill’s region will expand by 54% over the next 20 years (p.5, 2011). By the year 2031, employment rates will increase by 75%, leaving Halton with 42,100 jobs being offered (p.5, 2011). With this rapid influx of citizens, this will only increase the demands of travel to get to these work places as well as other destinations (p.5, 2011). Over the past couple of year’s the traffic congestion on the major roads in Halton Hills such as Trafalgar Road and Regional Road 25 with individuals trying to get to and from work. There used to be very little traffic in these areas, however since Halton Hill’s has continued to expand, the utilization of automobiles has significantly increased due to the fact there is no public transit system. The Transportation Demand Management in Halton Hill’s is noticing the increase in automobiles stating that there needs to be a major shift in more efficient ways of transportation, yet there still has been nothing improvised (p.7, 2011). The Transportation Demand
The studies have shown that electric vehicles can reduce greenhouse gas emissions to “6.12 billion tons annually” (Westbrook, 2001). Even though they need mainly coal as a supply of electricity, they produce less harmful emissions than oil, which is the main source of energy for transport modes, driven by gasoline (Westbrook, 2001). With the development of renewable energy technologies that use the power of wind or solar energy, people can get a clean source of electricity, which will make the electric car more friendly to nature. In addition, the introduction of “regenerative braking system” will allow cars to convert the force of inertia into electricity, thus, adding, extra batteries, which, in return, increase its
The use of vehicles has solved many of our problems and has facilitated the human kind in many aspects starting from transportation purposes to the time efficiency. If we just be looking at the positive side of the vehicles then the negative aspects of the use of vehicles will be hidden from us. (Hooftman, Oliveira, Messagie, Coosemans, & Mierlo, 2016)The two important aspects that bring negativity in the selection of the vehicles are its effects on environment and also its costs as compared to the benefits it is giving. The paper will select two types of vehicles and will analyze them on the basis of environment concerns and cost/benefit analysis to provide a better solution to select which product is the best. The basic problem which is arising is that which product is most effective to be used which will satisfy both the criteria selected for the analysis. The two criteria selected are actually the 2 most important aspects of selecting any vehicle.
Seven billion, four hundred forty-two million, one hundred seventy-two thousand, two hundred forty-five people are alive today at this exact moment. Are they all the same you ask, have all the same interests? What percentage of people in the world do you meet during your years of life before it's your time to go? And of the people you meet, are they all the same or do they have differences, have those differences affected you? What has opened my eyes to the world and the different people who inhabit it has been my passion for ski racing. Most people think that to ski race or even ski at all you need money. That the people you meet are all the same, white, upper-class, and privileged. Young people that have no sense of manners or respectfulness
An interest, a hobby, or a lifestyle? Nordic skiing has put many tolls on my life. Through hard work and dedication; I have put myself in a position where not only would my application be incomplete without mentioning skiing, but my life would be unthinkable without it. To be a successful skier, there are many obstacles a person must overcome. Which all include an unimaginable prize to be won.
As part of the United States planned greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategy, it is necessary for U.S. to consider the effect of new electricity services coming to the transportation sector. One such service that is gaining widespread interest is the electrification of personal transportation (also referred to as “passenger cars”) using Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEV’s). The advantage of electrification of personal transportation leads to improved air quality and to reduce the U.S’s GHG contribution to global climate change.
The interdisciplinary and challenging program of Transportation engineering at Texas A&M University will supplement my aim of exhaustive education. If given a chance, I would like to work under the expertise of Dr. Luca Quadrifoglio whose work in this field has been very inspiring. His projects especially on “Innovative Strategy for Paratransit Services” substantiate the role of paratransits and provide an approach to fathom the impending first/last mile problem.