Retrieved from Vol. 26, No. 3, 2022
Pages 178 -185
Received 16.02.2022
Revised 09.07.2022
Accepted 22.08.2022
Retrieved from Vol. 26, No. 3, 2022
Pages 178 -185
Abstract
The scientific and technical problem of evaluating and improving the efficiency of urban passenger transport by the criterion of its environmental safety and energy consumption has been studied. A comprehensive energy efficiency indicator based on the use of weighted partial assessments of mechanical and energy efficiency of vehicles is proposed. Both estimates take into account the actual energy consumption of transport on urban routes. This indicator has been adapted to determine the energy efficiency of high-class buses. Partial assessment of mechanical efficiency takes into account the technical and operational characteristics of the vehicle, the parameters of passenger traffic on the route, the road gradient, weather conditions. The most important are the speed, acceleration and modes of movement of the vehicle. Analytical models for evaluating the efficiency of a high-class bus on a single haul and the sequence of hauls of a given route have been developed. Within the limits of realization of the constructed models the value of useful work on segments of the set haul during the fixed time interval is calculated. At the same time, the weighted energy efficiency of the bus on the studied route is equal to 0,20. The results of the study should be used to control and forecast efficiency, as well as to determine the optimal modes of urban passenger transport on the routes of the road network at the micro and macro levels in the process of transport planning of large cities. The proposed methodology is also appropriate to apply to the comparison and selection of a vehicle for the rational transportation of passengers within the city. Further research will focus on adjusting the integrated energy efficiency indicator to assess other categories of vehicles and adjust the relevant weights.
Keywords:
energy efficiency criteria; complex energy efficiency indicator; urban passenger transport; useful work