ECO-Friendly Navigation System Research for Heavy-Duty Trucks Project

Heavy-duty trucks are a critical component of the U.S. goods movement system; however, these trucks consume a large amount of fuel and emit significant pollutants and greenhouse gases. The trucking industry is always looking for any measure to improve operations and reduce fuel consumption, including efficient routing and scheduling. Most existing routing systems are based on minimizing total miles traveled. However, fuel consumption and emissions aren't necessarily minimized by distance, particularly in congestion and areas that have significant changes in road grade. In this project, it is proposed to develop a new set of routing algorithms that are specifically designed to minimize fuel consumption and emissions for heavy-duty trucks. These ECO-Friendly Navigation algorithms will build upon our previous research in eco-routing algorithms developed for light-duty vehicles. The key innovation in this proposed research is the integration of our navigation technology with a rich set of truck energy and emissions data collected by CE-CERT's state-of-the-art heavy-duty Mobile Emissions Laboratory (MEL) as well as sophisticated truck energy and emissions models that CE-CERT has developed over the years. New algorithms will be researched and developed, followed by an actual prototype implementation in our heavy-duty truck (MEL). Using this prototype system, the effectiveness of the routing algorithms will be carefully evaluated. It is expected that significant fuel and emissions savings will occur, particularly when road congestion is high and in areas that have significant elevation changes.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $77986.00
• Contract Numbers:

  7504

• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95843

  Department of Transportation

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590
• Performing Organizations:

  University of California, Irvine

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  4000 Anteater Instruction and Research Building
  Irvine, CA  United States  92697

  University of California Transportation Center (UCTC)

  University of California, Berkeley
  2614 Dwight Way, 2nd Floor
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1782
• Principal Investigators:

  Barth, Matthew

• Start Date: 20100801
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 27973

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Driving; Fuel consumption; Greenhouse gases; Pollutants; Trucks
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01463743
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University of California Transportation Center (UCTC)
• Contract Numbers: 7504
• Files: UTC, RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:29PM