Fuel-efficient driving in the context of urban waste-collection: A Spanish case study
| Autor: | Florian Commans, Jerónimo Franco González, Mar Carlos, Antonio Gallardo Izquierdo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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020209 energy Strategy and Management Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Diesel fuel real-time feedback 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering fuel savings Environmental impact assessment Economic impact analysis 0505 law General Environmental Science Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 05 social sciences Building and Construction Environmental economics eco-driving Urban waste 050501 criminology Exhaust emission Fuel efficiency Environmental science waste-collection refuse trucks |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cleaner Production. 289:125831 |
| ISSN: | 0959-6526 |
| Popis: | While diesel use represents one of the most important costs of the waste-collection process, the impact of eco-driving practices in this context has been surprisingly little addressed so far. Here, we present the results obtained by implementing eco-driving through the installation of in-board driving-assistance devices in a Spanish waste-collection fleet. Driving parameters and diesel use were monitored for over a year on 67 vehicles. An average fuel consumption decrease of 7.45% was observed, ranging from 1.86% to 11.50% according to the type of vehicle and to its waste-collection mechanism. Waste-transfer trucks that were not performing stop-and-go cycles displayed the highest values of fuel savings. In addition, eco-driving benefits obtained through real-time feedback did not tend to get lost over time, as fuel consumption remained remarkably steady. An average difference of only −0.45% between the first and the last month of monitoring was observed. After 14 months, an economic and environmental assessment of eco-driving implementation in the fleet was carried out. Nearly 120,000 L of diesel were economized, leading to substantial financial savings and to a significant exhaust emission decrease that was theoretically quantified in terms of CO2, CO, HC, NOx and PM. Overall, our results tend to show a highly positive environmental and economic impact of fuel-efficient driving in the waste-collection context. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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