An Approach to the Development of a Methodology for Energy-Efficient Control of Cargo Vehicles
摘要
Cargo vehicles play a significant role in the road transport industry and make a major contribution to fuel consumption and air pollution. The authors of the article analyzed and structured the factors affecting fuel consumption in the process of truck cargo transportation. From the point of view of research and optimization, the factors of road parameters and driver influence were taken as priorities, on the basis of which the dependence of fuel consumption was compiled. The procedure of optimizing the speed profile over the predetermined route with respect to specific transport task was described. Tests on public roads were conducted to determine unknown coefficients of the target function and further evaluate the results of optimizing fuel consumption. The authors of the article analyzed various methods used and being developed for energy-efficient vehicle management. It is established that the proposed in the article approach is suitable for analysis and rapid prototyping of intelligent energy-efficient vehicle’s control systems.