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aerodynamic resistance. To minimize the fuel wasted while braking, two more actions will be
taken: firstly, the brake only engages if the truck is going downhills. Secondly, the throttle input
is zero when the brake is engaged.
The original controller makes the engine operated in the range between 800 rpm and
1200 rpm. However, when truck is going uphill, the engine should be operated in the maximum
torque range to compensate the significantly increased resistance. Hence, the engines operating
range should be increased by 100 rpm, that means between 900 rpm and 1300 rpm. This will
ensure the engine to work within its maximum torque range while fuel consumption still
maintains minimized .
By examining the results generated from the the real time controller in figure 2 in the
winter quarter, the real time controller cannot minimize the fuel consumption and meet the
design constraints at the same time. Thus, the look ahead controller was added and tested to see
if it meet all the constraints. The goal of the look ahead controller is to improve the speed
control as well as the gear shifting strategy in advance. At first, a simple look ahead function was
designed. After the simulations, this simple look ahead function did not give satisfied results and
even worse than the sample controller. By using this look ahead controller, the engine will just
response to the road in advance blindly, and thus the truck will not perform better. The team then
start a new strategy, which is to set a length of the look-ahead horizon and divided it into several
equal steps. The new strategy has been tested and proved that it can reduce the fuel cost. The
team will do further development of this new strategy in the spring quarter.
resistance of the gravity force, rolling resistance, and aerodynamic resistance. The torque of
wheel then transferred to the engine torque through transmission, and the engine torque can be
matched to the feasible range of engine speed.
The logic of the new strategy has been completed, and it is in the building process. The
next step is to finish the strategy and estimate whether it can reduce the fuel consumption.
Due to the short period of the last quarter, all the design work has to be done at the first
several week. The new strategy will be done by week 2 in order to have enough time to make
comparison and decision.
Project management
Simulation Design
Assigned to Qi Jiang and Yuzhou Liu
Due time: the end of week 2
Complete the new look ahead strategy. Create new logic for computing the look ahead speed and
gear reference to avoid too much work during the simulation. Gather results from the new
controller.
Result test
Assigned to Xindi Yin
Due time: the end of week 4
Collect different results with different system inputs. Make
performances. Visualize the difference with respect to the change of different control inputs.
UI design
Assigned to Cheng Chen
Design and create a MATLAB GUI based UI that will be the graphical user interface to control
the inputs. Perform the usability test. Do the further improvement for the UI based on the
usability testing results.
Due time: the end of week 4
Market analysis
Assigned to Lanziye He
Due time: the end of week 4
Investigate and analyze the demand of the product. Examine the feasibility of transferring the
prototype to the real heavy duty truck. Estimate the look ahead controller annual fuel savings
based on the research.
Reference
[1] Eriksson, Lars, Anders Larsson, and Andreas Thomasson. "Heavy Duty Truck on Open
Road----The AAC2016 Benchmark." (2015). Print.
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