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Vehicle-Specific Emissions Modeling Based Upon On-Road Measurements
Vehicle-Specific Emissions Modeling Based Upon On-Road Measurements
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_∆t aNO -bNO mj∆t ) A0,j + Ajav∆t + Bjv∆t + Cjvr∆t + Djv3∆t + εj (5)
mNO ) exp (3)
(P̄mapS̄engine∆t)0.5 _∆t
PmapSengine where av j ∆t ) average of the product av, for a consecutive
averaging, period of duration ∆t (km2/h2s), εj ) model residual
for specie j, j ) specie (i.e., NO, HC, CO, CO2, and fuel use),
where m j NO∆t ) average mass emission rate for NO for a j j∆t ) average of mass emission rate specie j for a consecutive,
m
consecutive averaging period ∆t, g/s, and aNO, bNO ) model averaging period of duration ∆t (g/s), vj∆t ) average of v for
coefficients. a consecutive averaging period of duration ∆t (km/h), vr j ∆t
The “R” statistical package (29) was used to fit eqs 1 and ) average of vr for a consecutive averaging period of duration
3 to PEMS data for each vehicle. ∆t (km/h), vj3∆t ) average of v3 for a consecutive averaging
Externally Observable Variables Model (EOVM). VSP is a period of duration ∆t (km3/h3), and A0, j, A j, B j, C j, D j )
measure of load on a vehicle and is defined as the power per model coefficients for specie j. The model intercept A0,j
unit mass to overcome inertial acceleration (power demand), represents the fuel use or emissions rate when the vehicle
rolling resistance, road grade, and aerodynamic drag (16) is idling.
NO:mNO )
_∆t aNO
_∆t
(PmapSengine) 0.5
exp
( -bNO
_∆t
PmapSengine )
¯∆t
HC, CO, Fuel:m i ) aiP̄mapS̄engine∆t
where aNO, bNO, and ai are fitted constants; m̄i and m̄NO are average mass rate, g/s Pmap is manifold absolute pressure, kPa; Sengine
is engine speed, rpm; P̄mapSengine is average of the product of Pmap and Sengine for a consecutive averaging period; and ∆t is the
duration for the averaging period (seconds). b Year, manufacturer, model, and engine size are indicated. c For this vehicle,
Pmap was not available from the on-board diagnostics (OBD) link. However, intake mass air flow, mIAF (g/s) is reported by
the OBD link. Hence, the model used here is
NO:mNO )
_∆t aNO
_∆t
(mIAF)0.5
exp
( ) -bNO
_∆t
mIAF
¯∆t
HC, CO, Fuel:mi ) aim̄IAF∆t
The averaging time for NO is 18 s and 12 s for other pollutants and fuel use. R2 and slope are based upon the model of actual
measurements vs model predicting values. R2m and Slm -R2 and slope using data from modeling databases; R2v and Slv - R2 and
slope using data from validation databases. e The numbers in italics indicate that the slope is significantly different from
unity.
The goodness-of-fit for the validation data is very similar Sensitivity of Models to Microscale Events. The sensitivity
to that for the modeling data, indicating consistent perfor- of cycle average gram per mile emission rates to eight selected
mance of the models. driving cycles, including five standardized and four empirical
MAP for the Ford vehicle was not reported by the OBD cycles, was evaluated for both the EOVMs and MOBILE6.
system; however, air intake flow rate was reported. Thus, for Relative trends in these normalized emission rates versus
this vehicle only, intake flow rate was used as an IOV. The average cycle speeds were compared between the EOVMs
R2 for fuel use and CO2 emissions is greater than 0.99 and and MOBILE6. In the EOVMs, second-by-second speed
ranges from 0.10 to 0.86 for other pollutants. profiles with corresponding average speeds are used as input.
The goodness-of-fit and model evaluation results for For MOBILE6, average speed is specified as an input. For
EOVMs are given in Table 3. For a given vehicle and pollutant CO, HC, and NO, the qualitative trends for the EOVM and
the R2 values are typically lower for the EOVM than for the MOBILE6 were similar for cycles with average speeds lower
IOVM. The average EOVM R2 values for a given pollutant are than that of the FTP: typically, the emission rate increases
0.17 to 0.59. Compared to IOVMs, the average decrease in as the average cycle speed decreases. The EOVMs predicted
the R2 values for EOVMs is -0.36, -0.37, -0.24, and -0.40 larger increases in emissions rates as cycle average speed
for NO, HC, and CO emissions and fuel use, respectively. was reduced. For example, for CO, the emission rate at an
The R2 values for EOVMs are similar for the validation and average speed of 7 mph is a factor of 1.4 greater than for the
calibration data. The slope of the validation cases is between FTP based on MOBILE6 and a factor of 2.1 greater based on
0.9 to 1.1 for 30 of the 40 pollutant/fuel and vehicle the average of the EOVMs for the 10 vehicles. At average
combinations. The average of the slopes does not significantly speeds higher than that of the FTP up to 65 mph, MOBILE6
differ from unity. predicts an increase in average emission rate for NOx and
Both IOVMs and EOVMs were developed based on tailpipe CO and a decrease for HC. On average over the 10 vehicles,
emissions. The tailpipe emissions are also influenced by the the EOVMs predict a decrease in average emission rate for
catalytic conversion efficiency (CCE). However, this influence all three of these pollutants, but there is substantial inter-
cannot be quantified because needed data such as engine out vehicle variability in which some vehicles have higher average
emissions and exhaust temperature are not observable with emission rates at the higher speeds. For CO2, MOBILE6 uses
OBD and PEMS data. One reason that R2 for fuel use is better a constant emission rate and therefore a comparison was
than for NO, CO, and HC is that the latter three are significantly not made. The EOVMs predict that the CO2 emission rate
influenced by CCE, whereas the former is not. decreases significantly as average cycle speed increases up
The averaging time period for NO is 18 s and 12 s for the others with nonzero corresponding average speed. R2 and slope are
based upon the model of actual measurements vs model predicting values. R2m and Slm -R2 and slope using data from modeling
databases; R2v and Slv - R2 and slope using data from validation databases. b The numbers in italics indicate that the slope
is significantly different from unity.