Eco-Driving Modeling Environment

The U. S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has been working on several initiatives to reduce traffic-related vehicle emissions and fuel consumption to help the nation's transportation activities become more sustainable and cost-effective. In recent years, eco-driving has been identified as one promising solution to palliate environmental and fuel consumption issues. Eco-driving is a collection of driving techniques designed to reduce fuel consumption and emissions in existing vehicles. Drivers are slowly becoming educated on the techniques of eco-driving but currently few tools exist to educate and train drivers about eco-driving practices. This proposed research project aims to develop a driver-simulator-based tool to evaluate driver behavior and to reliably estimate or measure fuel consumption and emissions. The proposed tool consists of a driving simulator integrated with an advanced engine modeling software in a hardware-in-the-loop modeling environment. The high-fidelity driving simulator has the advantages of being able to accurately simulate multiple driving environments and provide real-time feedback to the driver. The engine modeling tool (GT-Suite) has the advantage of modeling vehicle performance and produce accurate vehicle emission and fuel consumption estimates

• Record URL:
  http://tranliveutc.org/~/media/UIdaho-Responsive/Files/engr/research/tranlive/reports/UI_TranLive_Eco-Driving-Modeling-Environment-KLK914.ashx

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $92602.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT12GUTC17

  KLK914

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Performing Organizations:

  National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology

  University of Idaho, Moscow
  115 Engineering Physics Building
  Moscow, ID  United States  83844-0901
• Principal Investigators:

  Den Braven, Karen

  Abdel-Rahim, Ahmed

• Start Date: 20130903
• Expected Completion Date: 20160131
• Actual Completion Date: 20150131
• Source Data: RiP Project 35257

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver training; Driving simulators; Environmental protection; Exhaust gases; Fuel consumption; Pollutants; Real time information
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driving environments
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01563590
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12GUTC17, KLK914
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: May 19 2015 1:00AM