A Distributed Framework for Coordinated Heavy-Duty Vehicle Platooning
Heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) traveling in single file with small intervehicle distances experience reduced aerodynamic drag and, therefore, have improved fuel economy. In this paper, the authors attempt to maximize the amount of fuel saved by coordinating platoon formation using a distributed network of controllers. These virtual controllers, placed at major intersections in a road network, help coordinate the velocity of approaching vehicles so they arrive at the junction simultaneously and can therefore platoon. This control is initiated only if the cost of forming the platoon is smaller than the savings incurred from platooning. In a large-scale simulation of the German Autobahn network, the authors observe that savings surpassing 5% when only a few thousand vehicles participate in the system. These results are corroborated by an analysis of real-world HDV data that show significant platooning opportunities currently exist, suggesting that a slightly invasive network of distributed controllers, such as the one proposed in this paper, can yield considerable savings.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract reprinted with permission of IEEE. This paper was presented at the 16th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC’13), The Hague, The Netherlands, October 6–9, 2013.
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Authors:
- Larson, Jeffrey
- Liang, Kuo-Yun
- Johansson, Karl H
- Publication Date: 2015-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Photos; References;
- Pagination: pp 419-429
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Serial:
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Volume: 16
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- ISSN: 1524-9050
- Serial URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6979
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Distributed control; Fuel consumption; Network analysis (Planning); Speed control; Traffic platooning; Trucks
- Geographic Terms: Germany
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01561728
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TLIB, TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 27 2015 9:55AM