A Study of Fuel Supplies for Emergency Power Generation at Air Logistics Centers.
Abstract
The uncertainty of the availability of future supplies of petroleum has raised the possibility that a future electrical power curtailment could be accompanied by a simultaneous curtailment of petroleum fuel supplies. During such curtailments the ability of the Air Force Logistics Command's Air Logistics Centers to accomplish the essential operations required by a wartime scenario may depend upon the use of emergency back-up generators to provide electrical power to critical facilities. After obtaining information about the back-up generators at each Air Logistics Center and the quantities of fuel likely to be available for generator use during a supply curtailment, a linear programming computer package is used to determine the maximum length of time each Air Logistics Center can continue to meet its minimum critical operating requirements during a complete curtailment of commercially supplied electrical power and petroleum fuels. After reviewing the results of the computer analyses, the authors conclude that a long-term curtailment may have significant adverse impact on the ability of the Air Logistics Centers to meet critical operating requirements during a war-time scenario. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA087088
Entities
People
- Sherman D. Nelson
- Stephen J. Mott
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology