Simulation of Optimal Driving for Minimization of Fuel Consumption or NOx Emissions in a Diesel Vehicle

Pablo Fernández-Yáñez, José A. Soriano, Carmen Mata, Octavio Armas, Benjamín Pla and Vicente Bermúdez
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Pablo Fernández-Yáñez: Campus de Excelencia Internacional en Energía y Medioambiente, Instituto de Investigación Aplicada a la Industria Aeronáutica, Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial y Aeroespacial, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Av. Carlos III, s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
José A. Soriano: Campus de Excelencia Internacional en Energía y Medioambiente, Instituto de Investigación Aplicada a la Industria Aeronáutica, Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial y Aeroespacial, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Av. Carlos III, s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
Carmen Mata: Campus de Excelencia Internacional en Energía y Medioambiente, Instituto de Investigación Aplicada a la Industria Aeronáutica, Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial y Aeroespacial, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Av. Carlos III, s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
Octavio Armas: Campus de Excelencia Internacional en Energía y Medioambiente, Instituto de Investigación Aplicada a la Industria Aeronáutica, Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial y Aeroespacial, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Av. Carlos III, s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
Benjamín Pla: IU CMT-Motores Térmicos, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Vicente Bermúdez: IU CMT-Motores Térmicos, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-15

Abstract: Significant reduction in fuel consumption and NOx emissions can be achieved just by changing the driving along the road. In this paper, dynamic programming is employed to find two different driving profiles optimized for fuel consumption and NOx creation minimization in a diesel vehicle. Results, show that the fuel reduction driving cycle leads to fuel savings of 4% compared with the average consumption with arbitrary driving. The NOx reduction driving profile improves the emissions of arbitrary driving by a 34.5%. NOx oriented driving profile improves the emissions of the fuel-oriented cycle by a 38% at the expense of a fuel consumption penalty of 10%. This result points out the difficulty of a simultaneous NOx and fuel consumption reduction, stressing the efforts to be done in this field during the following years. Strategies followed and conclusions drawn from this paper are relevant concerning vehicle autonomy integration.

Keywords: optimal driving; NOx; fuel consumption; RDE; dynamic programming; autonomous vehicle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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