MICROPROCESSOR VEHICLE MONITOR: FUEL CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT

A microprocessor vehicle monitor (MVM) is being developed which will monitor the use of a vehicle. The data to be measured are date and time of day, fuel consumed and distance travelled. The MVM will recognise the start and end of every trip and record trip statistics. Some preliminary work is reported which was intended to demonstrate the accuracy of measurement of fuel flow using a low-cost equipment, but which also shows that the trip statistics produced by an MVM can be expected to differ from accepted norms. (Author/TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Lewis, P A
  • Tillotson, H T
• Publication Date: 1982-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 556-558
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle monitoring; Fuel consumption; Length; Measurement; Microprocessors; Speed; Travel; Trip length; Vehicles
• ITRD Terms: 232: Fuel consumption; 698: Journey; 6488: Length; 6136: Measurement; 8643: Microprocessor; 5408: Speed; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00370440
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-034 125
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1983 12:00AM