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
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $92602.00
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Contract Numbers:
DTRT12GUTC17
KLK914
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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