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Research on Green Technology Path of Cold-Chain Distribution of Fresh Products Based on Sustainable Development Goals

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  • Lei Zhou

    (School of Economics and Management, Hebei University of Science & Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China)

  • Qianpeng Li

    (School of Economics and Management, Hebei University of Science & Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China)

  • Fachao Li

    (School of Economics and Management, Hebei University of Science & Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China)

  • Chenxia Jin

    (School of Economics and Management, Hebei University of Science & Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China)

Abstract

In order to meet customers’ demand for freshness and the time window of fresh product distribution, and achieve the sustainable development of the fresh product cold-chain logistics industry, green technology is used to solve the optimization problem of the cold-chain distribution path of a variety of fresh products, taking transportation, refrigeration, and carbon emission cost as the objective functions. A hybrid particle swarm optimization (HPSO) algorithm was designed to solve this problem with the minimum freshness requirement of different kinds of cold-chain distribution. The results show that when the minimum freshness requirement of each fresh product is 75%, the total distribution cost obtained by the hybrid particle swarm optimization algorithm is CNY 4218, and the customer satisfaction is 88.22%. While satisfying the freshness constraint, the results obtained by the particle swarm optimization algorithm reduce the total distribution cost by CNY 362 and improve customer satisfaction by 3.82%. Green technology is beneficial to reduce vehicle pollution emissions and the loss of fresh product resources, thus achieving sustainable development.

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  • Lei Zhou & Qianpeng Li & Fachao Li & Chenxia Jin, 2022. "Research on Green Technology Path of Cold-Chain Distribution of Fresh Products Based on Sustainable Development Goals," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:24:p:16659-:d:1001468
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