What is the purpose of idling. The scale of idling can be small, as when parents idle their vehicles while waiting for their children outside of school, or it can be large, as when ocean liners are in port. In many cases, the primary purpose for idling is to control the temperature of a passenger or freight compartment. Large line-haul trucks idle overnight to keep fuel and the engine warm, for the resting driver's comfort, to mask out noises and smells, and for safety. In addition, all classes of trucks idle during the workday at ports and terminals, busy delivery sites, border crossings, and other work sites. They may be idling to enable slow movement in a queue (creep idling) or to provide other services. Bus drivers also idle their vehicles while they wait for passengers and to warm up in the morning. Even locomotive engines are idled so they start, for hotel load, to keep the battery charged, to keep the toilet water from freezing, and for air brakes, or because the operator idles out of habit. Although this document focuses on long-haul trucks, much of the information applies to other vehicles as well.
Idling: Cruising the Fuel Inefficiency Expressway
2011
24 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Energy Use, Supply, & Demand , Road Transportation , Railroad Transportation , Marine & Waterway Transportation , Energy , Fuel consumption , Energy efficiency , Behavior , Comparative evaluations , Costs , Engines , Pollution sources , Regulations , Locomotives , Motor vehicles , Marine engines , Exhaust gases , Idling
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