Energy Efficiency measures for the road transportation of liquid fuels sector in Ecuador

The present paper aims to identify some recommendations or measures in order to achieve energy savings within the road transportation of liquid fuels sector in Ecuador. The recommendations that are addressed in this document are based on the results obtained after the execution of a Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) Solver program, eco-driving measures and optimization fleet. Energy consumption is forecasted using LEAP (Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System) software and energy savings are estimated upon comparing the reference scenario against three alternative scenarios that consider eco driving, fleet optimization and routing optimization. For this assessment was necessary to scope some indicators like: energy activity from transport fleet, energy intensity and fleet optimization target. Finally results indicate that apply VRP optimization is better option compared to eco-driving and fleet optimization. And applying all the measures together it can achieve cumulative savings around of 762,3 KBOE (kilo barrels oil equivalents)in whole analysed period.