Deep Underground Container Transfer Layout for Port Congestion Relief
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container transportation systems face issues such as traffic congestion, environmental pollution, and inefficiencies due to reliance on road transportation between ports and inland areas, which hinder urban development and logistics efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An underground container logistics system utilizing a deep underground passage connecting an automatic container wharf and a logistics park, incorporating shafts, AGVs, and shuttle vehicles for automated vertical loading and unloading, reducing ground transportation reliance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If road container trucks are used for transportation from port to inland, then container logistics can be maintained, but traffic congestion and environmental pollution occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions container transportation from the ground surface level to the underground level, creating a new dimensional space for logistics. The underground passage system allows containers to be transported below ground between the port and inland logistics parks, effectively removing ground transportation vehicles from urban road networks and eliminating their associated traffic congestion and pollution while maintaining logistics efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces underground passages as an intermediary infrastructure that connects the port and inland logistics parks. This underground medium serves as a dedicated container transportation corridor, separating container logistics from general urban traffic and enabling efficient container movement without impacting surface road conditions or urban environment.
2Productivity
If traditional road transportation is used, then container transport can be maintained, but urban road resources are occupied
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates an underground transportation dimension that is independent of urban road networks. By moving container transportation below ground, the system preserves all urban road resources for other purposes while maintaining full container transport capability through the dedicated underground passage system.
3Productivity
If vertical loading and unloading system is implemented, then automation and efficiency are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements automated three-beam fixed cranes that operate without human intervention in the underground loading and unloading process. The system uses automated container handling mechanisms that can load and unload containers vertically between ground level and underground passages, reducing manual labor and improving efficiency while the automation itself manages the operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional manual or simple mechanical loading methods with automated three-beam fixed crane systems. This substitution introduces advanced mechanical automation that can handle vertical container movement efficiently, improving loading and unloading productivity while the automated control systems manage the inherent complexity of the vertical transfer mechanism.
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AI summary
The invention provides an underground container logistics loading and unloading system based on a deep underground passage. The underground container logistics loading and unloading system comprises an automatic container wharf, a logistics park and the deep underground passage. The automatic container wharf is connected with the logistics park through the deep underground passage, and the deep underground passage internally comprises an area where shuttle vehicles run; and the deep underground passage comprises a main body layout area and accessory equipment. By applying the embodiment of the invention, through a vertical loading and unloading mode and an underground container logistics transportation mode, cargo transportation is realized, and transportation of ground container trucks is shunted to a certain extent, so that the ground transportation pressure of a port city is relieved, the transportation distance between the container wharf and the out-of-city logistics park is shortened.