Highlights Studying non-regulatory parameters (wind speed, road grade, surface wetness, tire pressure, auxiliaries’ power). Assessing their effects on fuel and energy consumption, and soot and NO. Road grade identified as the major parameter followed by wind speed and auxiliaries power. Negative effect of uphill driving and headwinds is much more important compared to positive effect of (equivalent) downhill driving and tailwinds. Effect of surface wetness and tire pressure found much smaller.

    Abstract The effect of various non-regulatory parameters on a vehicle’s performance and emissions is investigated in this study, i.e. road grade, presence of crosswinds, surface wetness, tire pressure and use of the vehicle’s auxiliary systems. The vehicle under study is a diesel-powered turbocharged light commercial vehicle, running on the WLTC 3–2 cycle; comparison with the NEDC is also provided. The results derive from a computational code based on an engine-mapping approach applying experimentally derived correction coefficients accounting for transient operation. The engine code is coupled to a vehicle model that calculates the main longitudinal dynamic parameters (tire rolling resistance, aerodynamic performance, gearbox efficiency) on a fundamental basis. Soot and nitrogen monoxide are the examined pollutants, with fuel and energy consumption and CO2 emissions computed and discussed too. From the parameters examined, road grade was found to have the greatest impact on emissions (CO2: +116.8%, NO: +107.2%, Soot: +100.7%, for the maximum road grade examined of 8%), followed by wind speed (CO2: +38.9%, NO: +33.6%, Soot: +12%, for the maximum wind speed examined of 80 km/h). Auxiliary power demand can have a considerable effect, mostly on fuel consumption/CO2 emissions (+13.7% for maximum auxiliary power demand of 5000 W); the impact of tire inflation pressure and surface wetness is comparably smaller. Among the two driving cycles, the WLTC proved to be more ‘sensitive’ to road load changes, due to the broader speed range encompassed and its highly transient nature, compared to the softer NEDC.


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    Title :

    Non-regulatory parameters effect on consumption and emissions from a diesel-powered van over the WLTC




    Publication date :

    2019-01-01


    Size :

    20 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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