Simulation of fuel economy for Malaysian urban driving

By understanding the implications of real-world driving conditions, improved fuel economy via a strategy of key technologies can be implemented to assist fuel economy validation during development programs. Vehicles in real-world driving conditions regularly travel at idle, low and medium speeds, pa...

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Main Authors: Abas, M. A., Muhamad Said, M. F., Zainal Abidin, S. F., Zahari, I.
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2015
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author Abas, M. A.
Muhamad Said, M. F.
Zainal Abidin, S. F.
Zahari, I.
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Muhamad Said, M. F.
Zainal Abidin, S. F.
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description By understanding the implications of real-world driving conditions, improved fuel economy via a strategy of key technologies can be implemented to assist fuel economy validation during development programs. Vehicles in real-world driving conditions regularly travel at idle, low and medium speeds, particularly for urban driving, and this has a crucial weight in overall vehicle fuel economy, given the residencies at the lower engine speed and load region. This paper presents the validation of the derived engine conditions representing Malaysian actual urban driving in an attempt to formulate representative fuel economy data. The measurements were conducted through on-road urban driving within Kuala Lumpur to establish representative driving conditions. The effectiveness of the proposed conditions was then validated in terms of fuel economy using a simulation. The discrepancy between the fuel economy in the proposed conditions and the real-world measurements has improved, falling to 11.9% compared to 43.1% reported by the NEDC.
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spelling uthm-63552022-01-30T06:58:53Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6355/ Simulation of fuel economy for Malaysian urban driving Abas, M. A. Muhamad Said, M. F. Zainal Abidin, S. F. Zahari, I. HE305-311 Urban transportation TP315-360 Fuel By understanding the implications of real-world driving conditions, improved fuel economy via a strategy of key technologies can be implemented to assist fuel economy validation during development programs. Vehicles in real-world driving conditions regularly travel at idle, low and medium speeds, particularly for urban driving, and this has a crucial weight in overall vehicle fuel economy, given the residencies at the lower engine speed and load region. This paper presents the validation of the derived engine conditions representing Malaysian actual urban driving in an attempt to formulate representative fuel economy data. The measurements were conducted through on-road urban driving within Kuala Lumpur to establish representative driving conditions. The effectiveness of the proposed conditions was then validated in terms of fuel economy using a simulation. The discrepancy between the fuel economy in the proposed conditions and the real-world measurements has improved, falling to 11.9% compared to 43.1% reported by the NEDC. Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6355/1/J12982_21dfee0b65b7686f93d9349c8945b47e.pdf Abas, M. A. and Muhamad Said, M. F. and Zainal Abidin, S. F. and Zahari, I. (2015) Simulation of fuel economy for Malaysian urban driving. International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering (IJAME), 11. pp. 2306-2316. ISSN 2229-8649 http://dx.doi.org/10.15282/ijame.11.2015.13.0194
spellingShingle HE305-311 Urban transportation
TP315-360 Fuel
Abas, M. A.
Muhamad Said, M. F.
Zainal Abidin, S. F.
Zahari, I.
Simulation of fuel economy for Malaysian urban driving
title Simulation of fuel economy for Malaysian urban driving
title_full Simulation of fuel economy for Malaysian urban driving
title_fullStr Simulation of fuel economy for Malaysian urban driving
title_full_unstemmed Simulation of fuel economy for Malaysian urban driving
title_short Simulation of fuel economy for Malaysian urban driving
title_sort simulation of fuel economy for malaysian urban driving
topic HE305-311 Urban transportation
TP315-360 Fuel
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http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6355/1/J12982_21dfee0b65b7686f93d9349c8945b47e.pdf