Research on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning for Carbon Emission Monitoring of Land-Side Heavy Vehicles in Ports

Climate change makes it necessary to implement precise carbon dioxide reduction measures, and establishing a port carbon dioxide emission inventory has become a key step in port management.However, the establishment of a port carbon emission inventory, while crucial for the execution of environmenta...

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Main Authors: Xincong Wu, Zhanzhu Li, Xiaohua Cao
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
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description Climate change makes it necessary to implement precise carbon dioxide reduction measures, and establishing a port carbon dioxide emission inventory has become a key step in port management.However, the establishment of a port carbon emission inventory, while crucial for the execution of environmental policies, currently lacks effective monitoring and path planning schemes to support this process. To address these issues, we propose a path planning scheme for port-based carbon emission monitoring. The scheme analyzes the factors affecting the effectiveness of the scheme and establishes a hierarchy of these factors to optimize the monitoring path. Furthermore, a multi-objective path planning mathematical model is established in this article, introducing the optimal goals of economic and environmental costs to achieve the overall path planning objectives. Lastly, this paper focuses on the initial path planning problem of drone monitoring and proposes an improved A* algorithm (IEHA). The algorithm improves the search method of child nodes by eliminating nodes that collide with obstacles, thereby reducing the threat of path collisions. At the same time, the evaluation function is improved by introducing the average value and Gaussian distribution probability function into the heuristic function, enhancing the reliability of the evaluation function, reducing the length of the optimal path, and improving operational efficiency. In the simulation experiment results, the proposed algorithm outperforms A*, ACO, and IEA algorithms in optimizing path length, reducing collision points to ensure path safety, and robustness. This indicates that the proposed algorithm can effectively improve the path planning performance of drones in port carbon dioxide emission monitoring, providing an effective technical means for port carbon dioxide emission monitoring.
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spelling doaj-art-e4729bdf070f425da3c31e0a4cb70ccf2025-08-20T03:06:24ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-03-01157361610.3390/app15073616Research on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning for Carbon Emission Monitoring of Land-Side Heavy Vehicles in PortsXincong Wu0Zhanzhu Li1Xiaohua Cao2School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, ChinaSchool of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, ChinaSchool of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, ChinaClimate change makes it necessary to implement precise carbon dioxide reduction measures, and establishing a port carbon dioxide emission inventory has become a key step in port management.However, the establishment of a port carbon emission inventory, while crucial for the execution of environmental policies, currently lacks effective monitoring and path planning schemes to support this process. To address these issues, we propose a path planning scheme for port-based carbon emission monitoring. The scheme analyzes the factors affecting the effectiveness of the scheme and establishes a hierarchy of these factors to optimize the monitoring path. Furthermore, a multi-objective path planning mathematical model is established in this article, introducing the optimal goals of economic and environmental costs to achieve the overall path planning objectives. Lastly, this paper focuses on the initial path planning problem of drone monitoring and proposes an improved A* algorithm (IEHA). The algorithm improves the search method of child nodes by eliminating nodes that collide with obstacles, thereby reducing the threat of path collisions. At the same time, the evaluation function is improved by introducing the average value and Gaussian distribution probability function into the heuristic function, enhancing the reliability of the evaluation function, reducing the length of the optimal path, and improving operational efficiency. In the simulation experiment results, the proposed algorithm outperforms A*, ACO, and IEA algorithms in optimizing path length, reducing collision points to ensure path safety, and robustness. This indicates that the proposed algorithm can effectively improve the path planning performance of drones in port carbon dioxide emission monitoring, providing an effective technical means for port carbon dioxide emission monitoring.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/7/3616air pollutionenvironmental protectioncarbon dioxide emission inventory (CEI)UAV monitoringDEMATEL-ISM analysismulti-objective path planning
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Research on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning for Carbon Emission Monitoring of Land-Side Heavy Vehicles in Ports
Applied Sciences
air pollution
environmental protection
carbon dioxide emission inventory (CEI)
UAV monitoring
DEMATEL-ISM analysis
multi-objective path planning
title Research on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning for Carbon Emission Monitoring of Land-Side Heavy Vehicles in Ports
title_full Research on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning for Carbon Emission Monitoring of Land-Side Heavy Vehicles in Ports
title_fullStr Research on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning for Carbon Emission Monitoring of Land-Side Heavy Vehicles in Ports
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title_short Research on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning for Carbon Emission Monitoring of Land-Side Heavy Vehicles in Ports
title_sort research on unmanned aerial vehicle path planning for carbon emission monitoring of land side heavy vehicles in ports
topic air pollution
environmental protection
carbon dioxide emission inventory (CEI)
UAV monitoring
DEMATEL-ISM analysis
multi-objective path planning
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/7/3616
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