Economic Optimal Control for Minimizing Fuel Consumption of Heavy-Duty Trucks in a Highway Environment

• Published in: IEEE transactions on control systems technology Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 1652 - 1664
• Main Authors: Borek, John, Groelke, Ben, Earnhardt, Christian, Vermillion, Chris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.09.2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; Aerodynamics; Braking; Consumption; Dynamic programming; Economics; Energy consumption; Fuel consumption; Fuel economy; Fuels; Heavy duty trucks; heavy-duty vehicles; Intersections; Mathematical model; model predictive control; Optimal control; Optimization; Predictive control; Road transportation; Traffic information; Traffic models; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle-to-infrastructure; Velocity distribution

This paper provides a comparative assessment of three economic optimal control strategies, aimed at minimizing the fuel consumption of heavy-duty trucks in a highway environment, under a representative lead vehicle model informed by traffic data. These strategies fuse a global, off-line dynamic prog...