Fueling for contingencies: The hidden cost of unpredictability in the air transportation system

The aviation community is increasing its attention on the concept of predictability when conducting aviation service quality assessments. Reduced fuel consumption and the related cost is one of the various benefits that could be achieved through improved flight predictability. A lack of predictability may cause airline dispatchers to load more fuel onto aircraft before they depart; the flights would then in turn consume extra fuel just to carry excess fuel loaded. In this study, we employ a large dataset with flight-level fuel loading and consumption information from a major US airline. With these data, we estimate the relationship between the amount of loaded fuel and flight predictability performance using a statistical model. The impact of loaded fuel is translated into fuel consumption and, ultimately, fuel cost and environmental impact for US domestic operations. We find that a one-minute increase in the standard deviation of airborne time leads to a 0.88 min increase in loaded contingency fuel and 1.66 min in loaded contingency and alternate fuel. If there were no unpredictability in the aviation system, captured in our model by eliminating standard deviation in flight time, the reduction in the loaded fuel would between 6.12 and 11.28 min per flight. Given a range of fuel prices, this ultimately would translate into cost savings for US domestic airlines on the order of $120–$452 million per year.     

Vehicle mass as a determinant of fuel consumption and secondary safety performance

One interaction between environmental and safety goals in transport is found within the vehicle fleet where fuel economy and secondary safety performance of individual vehicles impose conflicting requirements on vehicle mass from an individual’s perspective. Fleet characteristics influence the relationship between the environmental and safety outcomes of the fleet; the topic of this paper. Cross-sectional analysis of mass within the British fleet is used to estimate the partial effects of mass on the fuel consumption and secondary safety performance of vehicles. The results confirmed that fuel consumption increases as mass increases and is different for different combinations of fuel and transmission types. Additionally, increasing vehicle mass generally decreases the risk of injury to the driver of a given vehicle in the event of a crash. However, this relationship depends on the characteristics of the vehicle fleet, and in particular, is affected by changes in mass distribution within the fleet. We confirm that there is generally a trade-off in vehicle design between fuel economy and secondary safety performance imposed by mass. Cross-comparison of makes and models by model-specific effects reveal cases where this trade-off exists in other aspects of design. Although it is shown that mass imposes a trade-off in vehicle design between safety and fuel use, this does not necessarily mean that it imposes a trade-off between safety and environmental goals in the vehicle fleet as a whole because the secondary safety performance of a vehicle depends on both its own mass and the mass of the other vehicles with which it collides.     

汽车燃料节约技术新发展

汽车燃料节约技术是以提高燃料利用率为根本为目的，采用此技术可以减少汽车的尾气排放污染和燃料的挥发污染。本文综合评述了近年来国内外汽车燃料节约技术的成果，分析了各项技术应用的手段，评价了其技术内容和特点，分析了今后的发展趋势，并对进一步技术改进，推广和应用提出了建议。     

燃料电池轿车车内噪声特性试验分析

在半自由场消声室内四轮转毂试验台上对燃料电池轿车进行了声振特性测试,采集了不同车速工况下车内噪声信号及运动部件的振动加速度信号。分析了不同车速工况下车内噪声的分布状况及主要频率成分。通过信号分析表明,车内噪声来源于驱动电机总成和燃料电池系统中的氢泵、风机,产生的噪声通过空气直接传到车内,同时引起车身板件振动并向车内辐射噪声。根据样车的结构特点提出了减振降噪措施。     

TJ376Q二气门汽油机准均质稀混合气燃烧实验研究

本文对夏利TJ376Q汽油机进气系统进行了改造，大大提高了涡流和滚流比，强化空气运动的结果有利于组织燃料在缸内的浓度分布，从而为在二气门汽油机上实现稀燃烧打下基础；原发动机油器式供油系统被改为电控气道内燃油喷射系统。在此基础上，采用了两次燃油喷射技术。通过对这两次喷油时刻、喷油量的分别调节，在缸内形成精细分层的混合气即所谓准均质混合气，从而优化了油耗和排放指标，成功地在产品二气门汽油机上实现了稀薄燃烧。     

液化石油气／柴油双燃料发动机放热规律分析

利用CB366燃烧分析仪测录的液化石油气（LPG）／柴油双燃料发动机和原柴油机示功图，比较了LPG／柴油双燃料发动机和原柴油机的燃烧特性及负荷对二者的影响，分析了供油提前角、掺烧比两因素对最高燃烧压力、燃烧放热率、着火开始时刻等双燃料发动机燃烧特性的影响，得出了有关双燃料发动机燃烧特性的结论。     

柴油机共轨式喷油系统的结构及发展动态

共轨式喷油系统分为中压共轨系统和高压共轨系统。中压共轨系统又分为共轨蓄压式系统和共液压式系统，二喷油压力的形成原理相同，只是所用的控制油和待喷燃油的压力源不同，高压共轨系统能够实现预喷射，后喷射，还可实现Δ型入靴型油规律，是柴油机燃油系统的主要发展方向。     

预混合式天然气/柴油双燃料发动机若干问题的分析与探讨

天然气／柴油双燃料发动机是目前柴油机燃用清洁气体燃料的技术方案之一。通过对气质影响、替代率、动力性、热效率、燃料经济性、排放及噪声等问题的研究和探讨，提出了双燃料发动机进一步发展的意见和建议。     

循环式燃油系统故障仿真及特征分析

介绍了一种船舶柴油机用循环式燃油系统的结构特点,详细分析了这种燃油系统的燃油压力波形特征。对该不同燃油粘度、不同燃油比重和１２种典型故障下的燃油喷射过程进行了计算机仿真计算和特征参数的相对偏差分析,揭示了各种故障的燃油压力波形特征及与系统故障的内在联系,分析了各特征参数对不同故障的敏感特性。     

基于大数据的乘用车油耗与续驶里程研究

基于全球乘用车整备质量、燃油箱容积和燃油消耗量数据的统计分析,推算出"NEDC工况"下的续驶里程;再通过众测油耗的统计分析,推算出乘用车满油箱燃料的实际续驶里程范围;对乘用车的供油系统设计及电动乘用车的续驶里程对标燃油车提供依据。