Fuel Consumption and Emissions at China Automotive Test Cycle for A Heavy Duty Vehicle based on Engine-in-the-loop Methodology

Abstract

In this paper, the engine-in-the-loop (EIL) method was used to study the fuel consumption and emission characteristics of heavy-duty trucks at China Automotive Test Cycle (CHTC-HT) and world transient vehicle cycle (C-WTVC) on an engine test bed. The result of the vehicle speed followability shows that the difference between the actual vehicle speed and the target vehicle speed is within ±2 km/h, indicating that the vehicle cycle can be well reproduced on the engine test bed by EIL method. The consistency results of fuel consumption and emissions indicate that the fuel consumption error is 0.89%, the NOx error is 1.02%, and the particle number (PN) error is 5.04%. For this vehicle, the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers at CHTC-HT is 21.33L, which is 2% higher than that of C-WTVC; while NOx emissions of CHTC-HT are 59.2% higher than that of C-WTVC. It is more difficult for enterprises to meet the fuel consumption and NOx emission standards under China Automotive Test Cycle.