A Distributed Framework for Coordinated Heavy-Duty Vehicle Platooning
- 1 July 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Vol. 16 (1), 419-429
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2014.2320133
Abstract
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, we 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, we 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.Keywords
Funding Information
- KTH
- VINNOVA (2011-01144)
- EU FP7 Project COMPANION
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science (DE-AC02-06CH11357)
This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Development of a Cooperative Heavy-Duty Vehicle for the GCDC 2011: Team ScoopIEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2012
- Organization and Operation of Electronically Coupled Truck Platoons on German MotorwaysLecture Notes in Computer Science, 2009
- Coordinated Maneuvering of Automated Vehicles in PlatoonsIEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2006
- Optimizing route choice for lowest fuel consumption – Potential effects of a new driver support toolTransportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2006
- Fuel Consumption Reduction in a Platoon: Experimental Results with two Electronically Coupled Trucks at Close SpacingSAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility, 2000
- Control design of an automated highway systemProceedings of the IEEE, 2000
- Visual perception of obstacles and vehicles for platooningIEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2000
- Vehicle-to-vehicle communications for AVCS platooningIEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 1997
- Optimal regulation of systems described by a countably infinite number of objectsAutomatica, 1971
- On the optimal error regulation of a string of moving vehiclesIEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 1966