Developing Singapore Driving Cycle for passenger cars to estimate fuel consumption and vehicular emissions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 353-362

  Ho, Sze Hwee ^a   Wong, Yiik Diew ^a   Chang, Victor Wei Chung ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arterial road; Chase car; Driving cycle; Expressway; Microtrip

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARBON; EMISSION CONTROL; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

ARTERIAL ROADS; CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS; DRIVING CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; EXPRESSWAY; MICROTRIP; NEW EUROPEAN DRIVING CYCLES; CHASE-CAR;

ROAD VEHICLES;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FUEL; NITRIC OXIDE;

CARBON EMISSION; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; AUTOMOBILE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA ACQUISITION; EMISSION INVENTORY; MOTORWAY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TREND ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHASE CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DRIVING CYCLE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; TIME; VELOCITY; AIR POLLUTANT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; SINGAPORE DRIVING CYCLE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84906334030     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.042     Document Type: Article

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