Effect of Heavy-Truck Platooning Fuel-Efficiency Gains on Overall Fuel Efficiency
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Washington, D.C. (United States)
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.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1558564
- Journal Information:
- Transportation Research Record, Journal Name: Transportation Research Record Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 2673; ISSN 0361-1981
- Publisher:
- National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and MedicineCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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