scholarly journals Excess Fuel Consumption Due to Selection of a Lower Than Optimal Gear—Case Study Based on Data Obtained in Real Traffic Conditions

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 7979
Author(s):  
Wojciech Adamski ◽  
Krzysztof Brzozowski ◽  
Jacek Nowakowski ◽  
Tomasz Praszkiewicz ◽  
Tomasz Knefel
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Reduction Factor ◽  
Gear Up ◽  
Manual Gearbox ◽  
Rural Roads ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Consumption Reduction ◽  
Gear Case ◽  
Real Traffic ◽  
Selection Of

Appropriate driving technique, in compliance with eco-driving principles, remains an effective method to reduce fuel consumption. The selection of the correct gear is one of the pertinent factors when driving a car with a manual gearbox. In this study we have analyzed fuel overconsumption based on data recorded in real traffic conditions for vehicles driven by experienced drivers, using a black-box model. It was found that the total share of trip time with a lower than optimal gear selected amounted to from c.a. 3% for motorway driving up to 28% on rural roads. The mean fuel consumption reduction factor (following selection of the next gear up) amounted to from c.a. 2% up to 20%, depending on the selected gear and type of driving. Unfortunately, the potential for reduction of fuel consumption is not evenly distributed over the entire operating area of the engine. Thus, the cumulative reduction of fuel consumption, due to selection of the optimal gear, amounted to from c.a. 0.2% for motorway driving up to 3–6%, for urban and rural driving. It was shown that due to the selection of the appropriate gear, there still exists a real possibility of reduction of fuel consumption, even in the case of experienced drivers.

scholarly journals The effect of applying the eco-driving rules on the exhaust emissions

2013 ◽  
Vol 155 (4) ◽  
pp. 66-74
Author(s):  
Jerzy MERKISZ ◽  
Maciej ANDRZEJEWSKI ◽  
Jacek PIELECHA
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Power Unit ◽  
Commercial Vehicle ◽  
Exhaust Emissions ◽  
Exhaust Emission ◽  
Driving Style ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Vehicle Engine ◽  
Harmful Substances ◽  
Real Traffic

The article presents the results of measurements of exhaust emissions of commercial vehicle in real traffic conditions. The aim of this study was to initial verification how the driving style affects on the exhaust emissions from vehicle engine and fuel consumption. The determinants were the measurements of the concentration of CO2 and others harmful substances emitted to the atmosphere from the power unit of the tested vehicle. In the measurements a portable exhaust emission analyzer was used (PEMS type).

Study to Compare CO2 Emissions from M1 Bharat Stage VI Passenger Vehicles at Chassis Dynamometer and Indian Real Traffic Conditions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
KIRAN THAKARE ◽  
ABHAY SINGH ◽  
OBAID ASHRAF Shah ◽  
REVANTH KUMAR bathina ◽  
ASHISH KULKARNI
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Chassis Dynamometer ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Passenger Vehicles ◽  
Real Traffic

scholarly journals PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC CONDITIONS OF RURAL ROADS AND BUILT-UP AREAS: THE ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING SITUATION AND POSSIBILITIES OF IMPROVING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-66
Author(s):  
Nemunas Abukauskas ◽  
Egidijus Skrodenis
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Rural Roads ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Pedestrian Traffic ◽  
Main Activity

The results of lengthy thorough investigations into traffic safety situation show that the percentage of pedestrians getting involved in road traffic accidents on Lithuanian roads is significantly higher (more than 33 % of the total number of injury and fatal accidents) than that compared to the other European Union member-states. The article studies traffic safety problems and their factors causing the largest influence on the occurrence of these accidents. Considering valuable experience gained by foreign countries, investigation was carried out to establish general and main factors causing insufficient road safety conditions and significance of these factors to road safety. The article also shows the main activity improving road safety in Lithuania and discusses the effectiveness of strategic and local (temporary and long term) measures to improve conditions for pedestrian road safety.

scholarly journals Selection of efficient ships according to the criterion of marginal price at the feasibility study

2021 ◽  
pp. 172-181
Author(s):  
Oksana Y. Vasileva ◽  
Marina V. Nikulina Nikulina ◽  
Juri I. Platov Platov
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Optimization Methods ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Level Of Use ◽  
High Level ◽  
Selection Of

The article deals with the problem of selecting efficient ships by the feasibility study in which brake power, main dimensions, payload, speed and fuel consumption are determined. The necessity of using the proposed selection at the initial stage of the ship's design is justified; the problems that arise at the present time are denoted. The purpose of the article is to propose a criterion for the selection of efficient vessels, "tied" to the operating conditions, based on the marginal cost of the ship. A method for its determination is presented. At the same time, annual revenues and operating costs should be determined by modern methods of business planning for the operation of the fleet. When searching for the parameters of the ship, the optimal fuel consumption is determined. The rest of the costs can be found according to the coefficients "tied" to the fuel consumption and calculated on the basis of existing prototypes. The results of calculations by the proposed method are shown; its merits and opportunities for improvement are noted with the availability of relevant information. The conclusion is made about the convenience and applicability of the proposed option for selecting efficient ship for the feasibility study based on optimization methods for determining the parameters of vessels under conditions of a high level of use of information technologies.

APEKS - a method of making decisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Jan Szybka ◽  
Sylwester Pabian
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Passenger Car ◽  
Utility Values ◽  
Decision Method ◽  
Individual Comparison ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Aesthetic Values ◽  
Selection Of

The APEKS method was developed in the 1970s. It has a wide range of applications for making a decision. The article describes the APEKS method, which is a multi-criteria method and consists of 10 steps. The application of this method was presented in the example of car selection. The problem of choosing a passenger car was analyzed taking into account 6 evaluation criteria: fuel consumption, power, price, annual operating costs, aesthetic values, and utility values. Following the APEKS method, the analysis was completed with the selection of the best variant, using the forced decision method, consisting of an individual comparison of all criteria with one another. The APEKS variant is used for this, which has all the best features of the variants to choose from. This indicates that APEKS is an idealized and fictional variant.

Impact of Optimal Selection of Merging Position on Fuel Consumption at Highway On-Ramps

2021 ◽  
Vol 147 (5) ◽  
pp. 04021023
Author(s):  
Mohammad-Reza Sonbolestan ◽  
Saeed Monajjem ◽  
Ehsan Rouhani
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Optimal Selection ◽  
Selection Of

scholarly journals Experimental Analysis of Calculation of Fuel Consumption Rate by On-Road Mileage in a 2.0 L Gasoline-Fueled Passenger Vehicle

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaehyuk Lim ◽  
Yumin Lee ◽  
Kiho Kim ◽  
Jinwook Lee
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Fuel Efficiency ◽  
Co2 Concentration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Fuel Consumption Rate ◽  
Driving Cycles ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Consumption Value

The five-driving test mode is vehicle driving cycles made by the Environment Protection Association (EPA) in the United States of America (U.S.A.) to fully reflect actual driving environments. Recently, fuel consumption value calculated from the adjusted fuel consumption formula has been more effective in reducing the difference from that experienced in real-world driving conditions, than the official fuel efficiency equation used in the past that only considered the driving environment included in FTP and HWFET cycles. There are many factors that bring about divergence between official fuel consumption and that experienced by drivers, such as driving pattern behavior, accumulated mileage, driving environment, and traffic conditions. In this study, we focused on the factor of causing change of fuel efficiency value, calculated according to how many environmental conditions that appear on the real-road are considered, in producing the fuel consumption formula, and that of the vehicle’s accumulated mileage in a 2.0 L gasoline-fueled vehicle. So, the goals of this research are divided into four major areas to investigate divergence in fuel efficiency obtained from different equations, and what factors and how much CO2 and CO emissions that are closely correlated to fuel efficiency change, depending on the cumulative mileage of the vehicle. First, the fuel consumption value calculated from the non-adjusted formula, was compared with that calculated from the corrected fuel consumption formula. Also, how much CO2 concentration levels change as measured during each of the three driving cycles was analyzed as the vehicle ages. In addition, since the US06 driving cycle is divided into city mode and highway mode, how much CO2 and CO production levels change as the engine ages during acceleration periods in each mode was investigated. Finally, the empirical formula was constructed using fuel economy values obtained when the test vehicle reached 6500 km, 15,000 km, and 30,000 km cumulative mileage, to predict how much fuel consumption of city and highway would worsen, when mileage of the vehicle is increased further. When cumulative mileage values set in this study were reached, experiments were performed by placing the vehicle on a chassis dynamometer, in compliance with the carbon balance method. A key result of this study is that fuel economy is affected by various fuel consumption formula, as well as by aging of the engine. In particular, with aging aspects, the effect of an aging engine on fuel efficiency is insignificant, depending on the load and driving situation.

Capturing driving behavior Heterogeneity based on trajectory data

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 2050023
Author(s):  
Dong-Fan Xie ◽  
Tai-Lang Zhu ◽  
Qian Li
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Driving Behavior ◽  
Surprising Result ◽  
Trajectory Data ◽  
Dimensional Approach ◽  
Time Headway ◽  
Fuel Consumption And Emissions ◽  
Measure Index ◽  
Real Traffic

Driving behavior is heterogeneous for various drivers due to the different influencing factors as reaction time, gender, driving years and so on. Some existing works tried to reproduce some of the complex characteristics of real traffic flow by taking into account the heterogeneous driving behavior, and the drivers are generally divided into two classes (including aggressive drivers and careful drivers) or three classes (including aggressive drivers, normal drivers and careful drivers). Nevertheless, the classification approaches have not been verified, and the rationality of the classifications has not been confirmed as well. In this study, the trajectory data of drivers is extracted from the NGSIM datasets. By combining the K-Means method and Silhouette measure index, the drivers are classified into four clusters (named as clusters A, B, C and D, respectively) in accordance with the acceleration and time headway. The two-dimensional approach is applied to analyze the characteristics of different clusters. Here, one dimension consists of “Cautious” and “Aggressive” behaviors in terms of velocity and acceleration, and the other dimension consists of “Sensitive” and “Insensitive” behaviors in terms of reaction time. Finally, the fuel consumption and emissions for different clusters are calculated by using the VT-Micro model. A surprising result indicates that overly “cautious” and “sensitive” behaviors may result in more fuel consumption and emissions. Therefore, it is necessary to find the balance between the driving characteristics.

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