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Partner Universities

National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology

Physical Address:

875 Perimeter Dr, MS 0901
Moscow, ID 83844-0901

Phone: 208-885-0576

Fax: 208-885-2877

Email: niatt@uidaho.edu

Transportation Research Institute

Physical Address:

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering and Technology
Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0241

Phone: 757-683-3753

Fax: 757-683-5354

Email: mcetin@odu.edu

Physical Address:

L.C. Smith College of Engineering & Computer Science
223 Link Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244

Phone: 315-443.2545

Email: omsalem@syr.edu

Innovative Transportation Research Institute

Physical Address:

College of Science & Technology
Texas Southern University
3100 Cleburne Avenue
Houston, Texas 77004-9986

Phone: 713-313-7282

Fax: 713-313-1856

Email: yu_lx@tsu.edu

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Physical Address:

3500 Transportation Research Plaza
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: 540-231-1500

Fax: 540-231-1555

Email: hrakha@vtti.vt.edu

Calibration of Multi-scale Energy and Emission Models

Project Title

Calibration of Multi-scale Energy and Emission Models

University

University of Idaho

Principal Investigator

U of I Civil & Environmental Engineering

PI Contact Information

U of I Civil & Environmental Engineering

Funding Sources and Amounts Provided

US Department of Transportation — $50,791.77
Idaho Transportation Department — $25,000
University of Idaho — $25,791.77

Total Project Cost

$101,583.54

Agency ID or Contract Number

DTRT12GUTC17; KLK905

Start Date

2/1/13

End Date

1/31/16

Description of Research Project

The primary goal of the project is to provide vehicle emission and fuel consumption data that can be used to calibrate and validate multi-scale energy and emission models that can assess the environmental impact of different transportation alternatives. The outcome of this project will be better tools for evaluating the energy and environmental impacts of alternative traffic and transportation management strategies.

Implementation of Research Outcomes

  • Generated and documented more vehicle-emission and fuel consumption data for different vehicle types under different speed and acceleration operation model using the GT-Suite, an advanced engine modeling software tool.
  • Validated emission and fuel consumption models for hybrid vehicles using the GT-Suite software.
  • Developed optimized rule-based energy management system for hybrid electric vehicles.
  • Used vehicle-emission and fuel consumption data for different vehicle types under different speed and acceleration operation, generated using the GT-Suite advanced engine modeling software, to calibrate fuel consumption and emission models in two microscopic simulation models: VISSIM and Integration and one macroscopic model Transyt 7-F.

Impacts and Benefits of the Project

Education:

  • One Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering graduated
  • One undergraduate electrical engineering student continued working as undergraduate research intern

Research

  • Validated emission and fuel consumption models for hybrid vehicles
  • Optimized rule-based energy management system for hybrid electric vehicles that improves their fuel economy
  • Calibrated fuel consumption and emission models for three traffic engineering software tools: VISSIM Integration, and Transyt 7-F

Web Links

Partner Universities

National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology

Physical Address:

875 Perimeter Dr, MS 0901
Moscow, ID 83844-0901

Phone: 208-885-0576

Fax: 208-885-2877

Email: niatt@uidaho.edu

Transportation Research Institute

Physical Address:

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering and Technology
Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0241

Phone: 757-683-3753

Fax: 757-683-5354

Email: mcetin@odu.edu

Physical Address:

L.C. Smith College of Engineering & Computer Science
223 Link Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244

Phone: 315-443.2545

Email: omsalem@syr.edu

Innovative Transportation Research Institute

Physical Address:

College of Science & Technology
Texas Southern University
3100 Cleburne Avenue
Houston, Texas 77004-9986

Phone: 713-313-7282

Fax: 713-313-1856

Email: yu_lx@tsu.edu

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Physical Address:

3500 Transportation Research Plaza
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: 540-231-1500

Fax: 540-231-1555

Email: hrakha@vtti.vt.edu