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Effect of Heavy-Truck Platooning Fuel-Efficiency Gains on Overall Fuel Efficiency
Abstract
Many studies addressing the fuel-efficiency gains derived from heavy-truck platooning operations have shown that it is possible to achieve increases in fuel efficiency of 10% or more. These studies focus only on the gains realized while traveling under platooning conditions (i.e., highway speeds sustained for sizable intervals of time). However, heavy-truck long-haul operations involve many other travel conditions that fall outside platooning-travel conditions. In this paper, we study the effect of platooning fuel-efficiency gains on the fuel efficiency of the overall operation. The authors used real-world data collected by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for a U.S. Department of Energy study to determine the percentage of distance traveled that is “platoonable.” Lastly, with this and the fuel consumption information collected in the study, the fuel-efficiency gain for the entire operation was computed, as well as annual fuel cost savings.
- Authors:
-
[1];
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Washington, D.C. (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1558564
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Transportation Research Record
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2673; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0361-1981
- Publisher:
- National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; Heavy-Truck Platooning; Fuel-Efficiency Gains; Annual Cost Savings; Real-World Data
Citation Formats
Franzese, Oscar, Lascurain, Mary Beth, and Loy, Luke W. Effect of Heavy-Truck Platooning Fuel-Efficiency Gains on Overall Fuel Efficiency. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1177/0361198119840340.
Franzese, Oscar, Lascurain, Mary Beth, & Loy, Luke W. Effect of Heavy-Truck Platooning Fuel-Efficiency Gains on Overall Fuel Efficiency. United States. doi:10.1177/0361198119840340.
Franzese, Oscar, Lascurain, Mary Beth, and Loy, Luke W. Mon .
"Effect of Heavy-Truck Platooning Fuel-Efficiency Gains on Overall Fuel Efficiency". United States. doi:10.1177/0361198119840340.
@article{osti_1558564,
title = {Effect of Heavy-Truck Platooning Fuel-Efficiency Gains on Overall Fuel Efficiency},
author = {Franzese, Oscar and Lascurain, Mary Beth and Loy, Luke W.},
abstractNote = {Many studies addressing the fuel-efficiency gains derived from heavy-truck platooning operations have shown that it is possible to achieve increases in fuel efficiency of 10% or more. These studies focus only on the gains realized while traveling under platooning conditions (i.e., highway speeds sustained for sizable intervals of time). However, heavy-truck long-haul operations involve many other travel conditions that fall outside platooning-travel conditions. In this paper, we study the effect of platooning fuel-efficiency gains on the fuel efficiency of the overall operation. The authors used real-world data collected by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for a U.S. Department of Energy study to determine the percentage of distance traveled that is “platoonable.” Lastly, with this and the fuel consumption information collected in the study, the fuel-efficiency gain for the entire operation was computed, as well as annual fuel cost savings.},
doi = {10.1177/0361198119840340},
journal = {Transportation Research Record},
number = 5,
volume = 2673,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {4}
}
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