Comparison of diesel and hybrid vehicle emissions by computer modelling.

Author(s)
Ackerman, M. Davies, T. Jefferson, C. Longhurst, J. & Marquez, J.
Year
Abstract

Regional passenger transport is a rapidly growing market in Europe, as a result of the need to minimise pollution in cities by reducing the demand for personal transport. Persistent requirements for mass transport include: Reduction in investment cost; Minimisation of emissions; Reduction of maintenance costs; and Improvements in energy efficiency. As the cost of electrification is often unacceptably high, diesel-powered vehicles are still the only remaining alternative. However, the maintenance costs associated with the diesel engine are very high, while frequent stop/start cycling on suburban routes results in high levels of noxious emissions and reduced energy efficiency. This paper describes a hybrid power train simulation model, in which an electric vehicle's operational performance has been set up to generate input data to a hybrid and a diesel vehicle model. Those models behave as independent vehicles predicting fuel consumption and emissions to be compared to each other running in identical traffic conditions. For the covering abstract see ITRD E128239.

Request publication

2 + 13 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.

Publication

Library number
C 35570 (In: C 35524 [electronic version only]) /15 /91 / ITRD E128285
Source

In: Urban transport VIII : urban transport and the environment in the 21st century : proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Urban Transport and The Environment in the 21st Century, Seville, Spain, 13-15 March 2002, p. 471-480, 10 ref.

Our collection

This publication is one of our other publications, and part of our extensive collection of road safety literature, that also includes the SWOV publications.