摘要: |
A Medium Heavy-Duty Truck (MHDT) schedule, developed by the California Air Resources Board (ARB), was examined experimentally to determine its suitability as a future research tool. The MHDT was developed to aid in emissions characterization of trucks with 14,001 to 33,000 lb. gross vehicle weight, exercised on a chassis dynamometer. This weight range encompasses a wide variety of vehicles, with varying power to weight ratios and with synchronized manual, unsynchronized manual, and automatic transmissions. A major objective of this program was to examine repeatability of emissions data from MHDT driven through this schedule. The MHDT schedule consisted of three modes; namely, a Lower Speed Transient, a Higher Speed Transient, and a Cruise mode. The maximum speeds of these modes were 28.9, 58.2 and 66.0 mph, respectively. |