Effects of driving style on the fuel consumption of city buses under different road conditions and vehicle masses

Authors

Hongjie Ma
Hui Xie
Denggao Huang
Shuo Xiong

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2015

Subject Area

mode - bus, infrastructure - vehicle

Keywords

Driving style, Fuel consumption, Road condition; Vehicle mass, Eco-driving

Abstract

The variance in fuel consumption caused by driving style (DS) difference exceeds 10% and reaches a maximum of 20% under different road conditions, even for experienced bus drivers. To study the influence of DS on fuel consumption, a method for summarizing DS characteristic parameters on the basis of vehicle-engine combined model is proposed. With this method, the author proposes 26 DS characteristic parameters related to fuel consumption in the accelerating, normal running, and decelerating processes of vehicles. The influence of DS characteristic parameters on fuel consumption under different road conditions and vehicle masses is quantitatively analyzed on the basis of real driving data over 100,000 km. Analysis results show that the influence of DS characteristic parameters on fuel consumption changes with road condition and vehicle mass, with road condition serving a more important function. However, the DS characteristics in the accelerating process of vehicles are decisive for fuel consumption under different conditions. This study also calculates the minimum sample size necessary for analyzing the effect of DS characteristics on fuel consumption. The statistical analysis based on the real driving data over 2500 km can determine the influence of DS on fuel consumption under a given power-train configuration and road condition. The analysis results can be employed to evaluate the fuel consumption of drivers, as well as to guide the design of Driver Advisory System for Eco-driving directly.

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Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

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Recommended Citation

Ma, H., Xie, H., Huang, D., & Xiong, S. (2015). Effects of driving style on the fuel consumption of city buses under different road conditions and vehicle masses. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Vol. 41, pp. 205–216.