Application of ant colony optimization on transport route of algal biofuels in the Philippines

College

Gokongwei College of Engineering

Department/Unit

Mechanical Engineering

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source Title

IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference, R10-HTC 2015 - co-located with 8th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment and Management, HNICEM 2015

Publication Date

1-25-2016

Abstract

In recent years, an increase of research on microalgae have been seen due its promising potential as an alternative feedstock for biofuel. It offers high oil yield per land area compared to the first and second generation biofuel feedstock. Given the tropical climate and the archipelagic structure of the Philippine islands, it provides a thriving habitat for more than a thousand species of microalgae. Hence, abundance of microalgae species are found in the country. However, the archipelagic structure of the country also may come as a disadvantage as the transportation of biofuels may require varying shipping routes. In life-cycle assessment of biofuels, transportation is one of the sources of environmental emissions. Thus, minimizing the distance travelled by the ship can dramatically reduce the energy usage and environmental impact of the transportation process. This study proposes an ant colony optimization (ACO) method in determining the optimal route between the different ports in the Philippines. The results in the study showed that the choice of vehicle used has significant impacts on the total shipping distance travelled. This study can be further expanded with the inclusion of time windows. © 2015 IEEE.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1109/R10-HTC.2015.7391852

Disciplines

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

Microalgae; Biodiesel fuels; Ant algorithms

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