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Title: In-Cab Air Quality of Trucks Air Conditioned and Kept in Electrified Truck Stop

Abstract

At night, long-haul truck drivers rest inside the cabins of their vehicles. Therefore, the in-cab air quality while air conditioning (A/C) is being provided can be a great concern to the drivers health. The effect of using different A/C methods [truck's A/C, auxiliary power unit (APU), and truck stop electrification (TSE) unit] on in-cab air quality of a heavy-duty diesel vehicle was investigated at an electrified truck stop in the El Paso, Texas, area. The research team measured the in-cabin and the ambient air quality adjacent to the parked diesel truck as well as emissions from the truck and an APU while it was providing A/C. The measured results were compared and analyzed. On the basis of these results, it was concluded that the TSE unit provided better in-cab air quality while supplying A/C. Furthermore, the truck and APU exhaust emissions were measured, and fuel consumption of the truck (while idling) and the APU (during operation) were compared. The results led to the finding that emissions from the APU were less than those from the truck's engine idling, but the APU consumed more fuel than the engine while providing A/C under given conditions.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [3]
  1. Texas Transportation Institute
  2. University of Texas, El Paso
  3. ORNL
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Fuels, Engines and Emissions Research Center (FEERC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1038088
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Transportation Research Record
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2123; Journal Issue: -1; Journal ID: ISSN 0361-1981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; ENGINES; FUEL CONSUMPTION; TRUCKS; idling emissions; diesel

Citation Formats

Lee, Doh-Won, Zietsman, Josias, Farzaneh, Mohamadreza, Li, Wen-Whai, Olvera, Hector, Storey, John Morse, and Kranendonk, Laura. In-Cab Air Quality of Trucks Air Conditioned and Kept in Electrified Truck Stop. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.3141/2123-03.
Lee, Doh-Won, Zietsman, Josias, Farzaneh, Mohamadreza, Li, Wen-Whai, Olvera, Hector, Storey, John Morse, & Kranendonk, Laura. In-Cab Air Quality of Trucks Air Conditioned and Kept in Electrified Truck Stop. United States. https://doi.org/10.3141/2123-03
Lee, Doh-Won, Zietsman, Josias, Farzaneh, Mohamadreza, Li, Wen-Whai, Olvera, Hector, Storey, John Morse, and Kranendonk, Laura. 2009. "In-Cab Air Quality of Trucks Air Conditioned and Kept in Electrified Truck Stop". United States. https://doi.org/10.3141/2123-03.
@article{osti_1038088,
title = {In-Cab Air Quality of Trucks Air Conditioned and Kept in Electrified Truck Stop},
author = {Lee, Doh-Won and Zietsman, Josias and Farzaneh, Mohamadreza and Li, Wen-Whai and Olvera, Hector and Storey, John Morse and Kranendonk, Laura},
abstractNote = {At night, long-haul truck drivers rest inside the cabins of their vehicles. Therefore, the in-cab air quality while air conditioning (A/C) is being provided can be a great concern to the drivers health. The effect of using different A/C methods [truck's A/C, auxiliary power unit (APU), and truck stop electrification (TSE) unit] on in-cab air quality of a heavy-duty diesel vehicle was investigated at an electrified truck stop in the El Paso, Texas, area. The research team measured the in-cabin and the ambient air quality adjacent to the parked diesel truck as well as emissions from the truck and an APU while it was providing A/C. The measured results were compared and analyzed. On the basis of these results, it was concluded that the TSE unit provided better in-cab air quality while supplying A/C. Furthermore, the truck and APU exhaust emissions were measured, and fuel consumption of the truck (while idling) and the APU (during operation) were compared. The results led to the finding that emissions from the APU were less than those from the truck's engine idling, but the APU consumed more fuel than the engine while providing A/C under given conditions.},
doi = {10.3141/2123-03},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1038088}, journal = {Transportation Research Record},
issn = {0361-1981},
number = -1,
volume = 2123,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2009},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2009}
}