Title: ESTIMATION OF THE FUEL CONSUMPTION AND EXHAUST GAS EMISSION FOR EVALUATING OF TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS. ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN LAND TRANSPORT. PROCEEDINGS OF A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR ENERGY, LUXEMBOURG, MAY 16-18, 1988
Abstract: This article presents the methods used in poland to evaluate fuel consumption and exhaust gas emission in order to assess the measure of effectiveness (moe) of different traffic signal plans. In the first method, the relationship between fuel consumption (fc) and various variables (average travel speed, number of stops, and average speed gradient), and the relationship between the masses of carbon monoxide, carbondioxide and hydrocarbons and average traffic speed and number of stops are both obtained from detailed field and laboratory tests. Once these relationships have been ascertained, the moe of any signal plan can be calculated from simple measurements of average travel speed, speed gradient and number of stops using a specially equipped test car. The second method which simulates traffic flow in a network utilizes the transyt/pg program enhanced by 2 additional moe's fuel consumption and travel costs. Fuel consumption is calculated using a formula which describes the relationship between fuel consumption and total distance travelled, delays, average number of stops, and unit fuel consumption at speed, per stop, and when idling, and speed. Two simplified general formulae for evaluating short term and long term plans are also presented. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 824263.
Publication Year: 1989
Publication Date: 1989-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Access and Citation
AI Researcher Chatbot
Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot