A Statistical Model of Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Consumption
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Author(s)
Cappiello, Alessandra
Chabini, Ismail
Nam, Edward K.
Lue, Alessandro
Zeid, Maya Abou
Date Issued
September 17, 2002
Abstract
A number of vehicle emission models are overly simple, such as static speed-dependent models widely used in
practice, and other models are sophisticated as to require excessive inputs and calculations, which can slow
down computational time. We develop and implement an instantaneous statistical model of emissions (CO2,
CO, HC, and NOx) and fuel consumption for light-duty vehicles, which is derived from the physical loadbased
approaches that are gaining in popularity. The model is calibrated for a set of vehicles driven on standard
as well as aggressive driving cycles. The model is validated on another driving cycle in order to assess its
estimation capabilities. The preliminary results indicate that the model gives reasonable results compared to
actual measurements as well as to results obtained with CMEM, a well-known load-based emission model.
Furthermore, the results indicate that the model runs fast and is relatively simple to calibrate. The model
presented can be integrated with a variety of traffic models to predict the spatial and temporal distribution of
traffic emissions and assess the impact of ITS traffic management strategies on travel times, emissions, and
fuel consumption.
Subjects
vehicle emission models
fuel consumption
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