Development of an onboard system to measure the on-road driving pattern for developing motorcycle driving cycle in Khon Kaen city, Thailand

Abstract

This study developed an onboard system to measure the on-road driving pattern for a motorcycle driving cycle in Khon Kaen city, Thailand. The developed system, validated with high accuracy results, could measure and record a driving pattern, i.e. a speed profile of a driving motorcycle. The selected motorcycle was driven along selected routes in Khon Kaen city under the existing traffic conditions to collect the on-road driving pattern. The Khon Kaen motorcycle driving cycle (KMDC) was developed by a repetitive algorithm using the principle of least total variance in the target parameters. The developed KMDC was compared with the existing motorcycle driving cycles for Bangkok and other cities. The result reveals that the KMDC is different from those of other cities.

Motorcycle On-Road Driving Parameters Influencing Fuel Consumption and Emissions on Congested Signalized Urban Corridor

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“…In total, 112 hours of driving data were collected. The parameters of driving behavior, determined according to many previous studies [16,[21][22][23][24], as well as fuel consumption and emissions from each driver/motorcycle were calculated. (%).…”

“…This study further developed the onboard measurement system previously developed from previous studies [15,16] to instantaneously measure and continuously measure speed-time profile, fuel consumption, and exhaust emissions of motorcycle driving on the road. A fuel injection sensor was installed at the fuel injection point in order to measure time injection.…”

Development of On-Road Exhaust Emission and Fuel Consumption Models for Motorcycles and Application through Traffic Microsimulation

“…This study developed an onboard measurement system based on previous researches [25,28,29] to instantaneously measure and continuously record the speed-time profile, fuel consumption, and exhaust emissions of motorcycles when driving on a road network. The developed system consists of several measurement units, including the GPS sensor, the rear wheel speed sensor, the mobile exhaust gas analyzer, and the fuel consumption sensor.…”

Development of a driving cycle for Colombo, Sri Lanka: an economical approach for developing countries

“…Driving cycles such as FTP72, FTP75, LA92 and LA01 in the USA ; the Sydney driving cycle , Perth driving cycle and Melbourne peak driving cycle in Australia and the ARTEMIS driving cycle in Europe have become well‐established means of estimating emission inventories in regions worldwide. Furthermore, many Asian countries have recently developed driving cycles such as the Chennai driving cycle in India , Hong Kong driving cycle , Vietnam driving cycle , Khon Kaen driving cycle in Thailand , Singapore driving cycle and Colombo driving cycle in Sri Lanka . Almost in all of these driving cycles, four main steps can be identified such as route selection, data collection, cycle construction and cycle assessment.…”