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IFEU Heidelberg, Öko-Institut, IVE, RMCON Page 17<br />

3.2.2 Definition of capacity utilisation<br />

In EcoTransIT World the capacity utilisation is defined as the ratio between freight mass<br />

transported (including empty trips) and payload capacity. Elements of the definition are:<br />

Abbr. Definition/Formula Unit<br />

M Mass of freight [net tonne]<br />

CP Payload capacity [tonne]<br />

LFNC Load Factor: mass of weight / payload capacity [net tonnes/tonne capacity];<br />

LFNC = M / CP [%]<br />

ET Empty trip factor: Additional distance the vehicle/vessel runs empty related to [km empty/km loaded], [%]<br />

loaded distance allocated to the transport.<br />

ET = Distance empty / Distance loaded<br />

With these definitions capacity utilisation can be expressed with the following <strong>for</strong>mula:<br />

Abbr Definition/Formula Unit<br />

CUNC Capacity utilisation = Load factor / (1 + empty trip factor) [%]<br />

CUNC = LFNC / (1+ET)<br />

Capacity utilisation <strong>for</strong> trains<br />

For railway transport the load factor in the given definition is often no figure which is statistically<br />

available. Normally railway companies report net tonne kilometre and gross tonne kilometre.<br />

Thus the ratio between net tonne kilometre and gross tonne kilometre is the key figure<br />

<strong>for</strong> the capacity utilisation of trains. In EcoTransIT World capacity utilisation is needed as<br />

input. For energy and emission calculation capacity utilisation is trans<strong>for</strong>med to net-grossrelation<br />

according the following rules:<br />

Abbr. Definition Unit<br />

EW Empty weight of wagon [tonne]<br />

CP Payload capacity [tonnes]<br />

CUNC Capacity utilisation [%]<br />

Abbr.<br />

CUNG<br />

Formula<br />

Net-gross relation = capacity utilisation / (capacity utilisation + empty wagon<br />

weight / mass capacity wagon).<br />

CUNG = CUNC/(CUNC + EW/CP)<br />

[net tonnes/gross tonne]<br />

In EcotransIT World empty wagon weight and payload capacity of rail wagons are defined<br />

(see chapter 3.2.1), thus the <strong>for</strong>mula <strong>for</strong> the trans<strong>for</strong>mation of capacity utilisation into netgross-relation<br />

is:<br />

Abr Formula Unit<br />

CUNG CUNG = CUNC/(CUNC + 23/61) [net tonnes/gross tonne]<br />

EcoTransIT World: Methodology and Data – July 15 th , 2010

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