Investigation of the Contribution of Deceleration Fuel Cut-off and Start/Stop Technologies to Fuel Economy by Considering New European Driving Cycle

2022 ◽  
pp. 036119812110669
Author(s):  
Merve Tekin ◽  
M. İhsan Karamangil
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Driving Cycle ◽  
Consumption Values ◽  
Transportation Sector ◽  
Light Commercial Vehicle ◽  
Fuel Consumption And Emissions

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions released into the atmosphere cause climate change and air pollution. One of the main causes of GHG emissions is the transportation sector. The use of fossil fuels in internal combustion engine vehicles leads to the release of these harmful gases. For this reason, since 1992, several standards have been introduced to limit emissions from vehicles. Technologies such as reducing engine sizes, advanced compression-ignition or start/stop, and fuel cut-off have been developed to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. In this study, the contribution of deceleration fuel cut-off and start/stop technologies to fuel economy has been examined considering the New European Driving Cycle. Therefore, the fuel consumption values were calculated by creating a longitudinal vehicle model for a light commercial vehicle with a diesel engine. At the end of the study, by using the two strategies together, fuel economies of 17.5% in the urban driving cycle, 3.7% in the extra-urban cycle, and 10% in total were achieved. CO2 emissions decreased in parallel with fuel consumption, by 10.1% in total.

The WLTC vs NEDC: A Case Study on the Impacts of Driving Cycle on Engine Performance and Fuel Consumption

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 9071-9081
Author(s):  
Jakub Lasocki
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Driving Cycle ◽  
Performance Characteristics ◽  
Pollutant Emission ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicles

The World-wide harmonised Light-duty Test Cycle (WLTC) was developed internationally for the determination of pollutant emission and fuel consumption from combustion engines of light-duty vehicles. It replaced the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) used in the European Union (EU) for type-approval testing purposes. This paper presents an extensive comparison of the WLTC and NEDC. The main specifications of both driving cycles are provided, and their advantages and limitations are analysed. The WLTC, compared to the NEDC, is more dynamic, covers a broader spectrum of engine working states and is more realistic in simulating typical real-world driving conditions. The expected impact of the WLTC on vehicle engine performance characteristics is discussed. It is further illustrated by a case study on two light-duty vehicles tested in the WLTC and NEDC. Findings from the investigation demonstrated that the driving cycle has a strong impact on the performance characteristics of the vehicle combustion engine. For the vehicles tested, the average engine speed, engine torque and fuel flow rate measured over the WLTC are higher than those measured over the NEDC. The opposite trend is observed in terms of fuel economy (expressed in l/100 km); the first vehicle achieved a 9% reduction, while the second – a 3% increase when switching from NEDC to WLTC. Several factors potentially contributing to this discrepancy have been pointed out. The implementation of the WLTC in the EU will force vehicle manufacturers to optimise engine control strategy according to the operating range of the new driving cycle.

Different Configurations of Exhaust Gas Heat Recovery in Internal Combustion Engine: Evaluation on Different Driving Cycles Using Numerical Simulations

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Sara ◽  
David Chalet ◽  
Mickaël Cormerais
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Driving Cycle ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Direct Heating ◽  
Driving Cycles

Exhaust gas heat recovery is one of the interesting thermal management strategies that aim to improve the cold start of the engine and thus reduce its fuel consumption. In this work, an overview of the heat exchanger used as well as the experimental setup and the different tests will be presented first. Then numerical simulations were run to assess and valorize the exhaust gas heat recovery strategy. The application was divided into three parts: an indirect heating of the oil with the coolant as a medium fluid, a direct heating of the oil, and direct heating of the oil and the coolant. Different ideas were tested over five different driving cycles: New European driving cycle (NEDC), worldwide harmonized light duty driving test cycle (WLTC), common Artemis driving cycle (CADC) (urban and highway), and one in-house developed cycle. The simulations were performed over two ambient temperatures. Different configurations were proposed to control the engine's lubricant maximum temperature. Results concerning the temperature profiles as well as the assessment of fuel consumption were stated for each case.

Traffic Condition-Based Gain Scheduling of Electric Assist Control Strategy for Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicles

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Poursamad
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Hybrid Electric Vehicles ◽  
Gain Scheduling ◽  
Driving Cycle ◽  
Traffic Condition ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Parallel Hybrid ◽  
Fuel Consumption And Emissions

This paper presents gain scheduling of control strategy for parallel hybrid electric vehicles based on the traffic condition. Electric assist control strategy (EACS) is employed with different parameters for different traffic conditions. The parameters of the EACS are optimized and scheduled for different traffic conditions of TEH-CAR driving cycle. TEH-CAR is a driving cycle which is developed based on the experimental data collected from the real traffic condition in the city of Tehran. The objective of the optimization is to minimize the fuel consumption and emissions over the driving cycle, while enhancing or maintaining the driving performance characteristics of the vehicle. Genetic algorithm (GA) is used to solve the optimization problem and the constraints are handled by using penalty functions. The results from the computer simulation show the effectiveness of the approach and reduction in fuel consumption and emissions, while ensuring that the vehicle performance is not sacrificed.

Research on Variable Cylinders of the Tandem 4-Cylinder Gasoline Engine for Fuel Economy

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kouki Yamaji ◽  
◽  
Hirokazu Suzuki ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Gasoline Engine ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Electronic Control Unit ◽  
Control Unit ◽  
Engine Fuel ◽  
Electronic Control ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Predetermined Time

With progress in internal combustion engine fuel economy, variable cylinder systems have attracted attention. We measured fuel consumption in cylinder cutoff by stopping the injector alone, collected data changing the location and number of cutoff cylinders and when varying the cutoff cylinder, and compared the difference in fuel cost reduction. A transistor is inserted serially into the injector control circuit of the electronic control unit (ECU). By controlling the transistor via microcomputer, the injector is turned on or off independently from ECU control in obtain cylinder cutoff. The amount of fuel consumption is measured using enhancement mode of a failure diagnostic device based on the OBD II standard to collect injection time and rotational speed of the injector for a predetermined time and calculated based on this data. We confirmed that by stopping the injector alone, fuel consumption was reduced 6 to 22% and is reduced when the cutoff cylinder is varied.

The development of a driving cycle for fuel consumption and emissions evaluation

1986 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 447-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.J. Lyons ◽  
J.R. Kenworthy ◽  
P.I. Austin ◽  
P.W.G. Newman
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Driving Cycle ◽  
Fuel Consumption And Emissions

Evaluation of hot water storage strategy in internal combustion engine on different driving cycles using numerical simulations

2017 ◽  
Vol 232 (8) ◽  
pp. 1019-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Sara ◽  
David Chalet ◽  
Mickaël Cormerais ◽  
Jean-François Hetet
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Thermal Management ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Driving Cycle ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Engine Model ◽  
Driving Cycles

Since the main interest worldwide of green environment companies is to reduce pollutant emissions, the automotive industry is aiming to improve engine efficiency in order to reduce fuel consumption. Recently, studies have been shifted from upgrading the engine to the auxiliary systems attached to it. Thermal management is one of the successful fields that has shown promise in minimizing fuel consumption and reducing pollutant emissions. Throughout this work, a four-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine model was developed on GT-Power. Also, a thermal code has been developed in parallel on GT-Suite, in which the different parts of the coolant and lubricant circuits were modeled and calibrated to have the best agreement with the temperature profile of the two fluids in the system. Once the model was verified, hot coolant storage, a thermal management strategy, was applied to the system to assess the fuel consumption gain. The storage tank was located downstream the thermostat and upstream the radiator with three valves to control the coolant flow. The place was chosen to avoid negative impact on the cold start-up of the engine when the tank is at the ambient temperature. This strategy was applied on different driving cycles such as the NEDC, WLTC, CADC (urban and highway), and an in-house developed driving cycle. The ambient temperature was varied between −7°C to represent the coldest winter and 20°C. The results of this study summarize the ability of the hot coolant storage strategy in reducing the fuel consumption, and show the best driving cycle that needs to be applied on along with the influence of the different ambient temperatures.

Simulation and Analysis of the Hybrid Bus Performance Based on AVL-Cruise

2013 ◽  
Vol 712-715 ◽  
pp. 1221-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Yu ◽  
Chang Qing Song ◽  
Lu Yan Fan ◽  
Hao Qin
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Hybrid System ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Dynamic Performance ◽  
Hybrid Vehicle ◽  
Simulation Data ◽  
Hybrid Bus ◽  
Avl Cruise ◽  
Fuel Consumption And Emissions

Recently, due to the reduction of oil and the deterioration of environment, people raised higher request for fuel economy and emissions, hybrid vehicle developed rapidly in most countries because of its low fuel consumption and emissions. In order to develop appropriate hybrid system, the text builds the model of prototype bus in the AVL-Cruise platform first, and then, establishes the model of PHB and accomplishes the control strategy of vehicle in the MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. The simulation data indicates: PHB can improve the fuel economy and emission performance effectively with guaranteeing a good dynamic performance of bus.

scholarly journals Optimal Degree of Hybridization for Spark-Ignited Engines with Optional Variable Valve Timings

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 8151
Author(s):  
Andyn Omanovic ◽  
Norbert Zsiga ◽  
Patrik Soltic ◽  
Christopher Onder
Keyword(s):  
Internal Combustion Engine ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Valve Train ◽  
Effective Measure ◽  
Optimal Degree ◽  
Variable Valve Train ◽  
Variable Valve

The electric hybridization of vehicles with an internal combustion engine is an effective measure to reduce CO2 emissions. However, the identification of the dimension and the sufficient complexity of the powertrain parts such as the engine, electric machine, and battery is not trivial. This paper investigates the influence of the technological advancement of an internal combustion engine and the sizing of all propulsion components on the optimal degree of hybridization and the corresponding fuel consumption reduction. Thus, a turbocharged and a naturally aspirated engine are both modeled with the additional option of either a fixed camshaft or a fully variable valve train. All models are based on data obtained from measurements on engine test benches. We apply dynamic programming to find the globally optimal operating strategy for the driving cycle chosen. Depending on the engine type, a reduction in fuel consumption by up to 32% is achieved with a degree of hybridization of 45%. Depending on the degree of hybridization, a fully variable valve train reduces the fuel consumption additionally by up to 9% and advances the optimal degree of hybridization to 50%. Furthermore, a sufficiently high degree of hybridization renders the gearbox obsolete, which permits simpler vehicle concepts to be derived. A degree of hybridization of 65% is found to be fuel optimal for a vehicle with a fixed transmission ratio. Its fuel economy diverges less than 4% from the optimal fuel economy of a hybrid electric vehicle equipped with a gearbox.

scholarly journals Conversion of internal combustion engine car to semi-autonomous electric car

2021 ◽  
Vol 2070 (1) ◽  
pp. 012203
Author(s):  
Jeffin Francis ◽  
Aby Biju Narayamparambil ◽  
Anupama Johnson ◽  
Jeswant Mathew ◽  
Vishnu Sankar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Internal Combustion Engine ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Autonomous Driving ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Electric Car ◽  
Transportation Sector

Abstract Climate change, Green House Gases (GHG) and global warming are well-known terms in the world today. Global research efforts are focused towards increasing efficiency and reducing GHG emissions from various emitters to deal with climate change. Since the transportation sector accounts for a large share of global GHG emissions it is justifiable that curbing global warming should transpire in this sector. Worldwide there are large number of research taking place in the electrification of transportation sector and autonomous vehicles. In the footsteps of this global trend towards electrification, autonomous driving and automation of the transportation sector, a research to convert an existing internal combustion engine car to an electric car and implementation of few features found in SAE level 1 autonomous vehicles are explored through this project. These features include controlling vehicles remotely, collision detection, parking assistance, etc.

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