At the Commercial Vehicle Conference at the Great American Trucking Show in August, 2010, the commercial vehicle industry unveiled technologies that save fuel by forecasting the landscape ahead through onboard geographical positioning systems (GPS).
These new applications of GPS and digital mapping really fine-tune the use of several systems already in place on the Class 8 trucks.
Because legislation has recurrently been light years ahead of industry technologies, engineers are scrambling to ready special equipment that reduce greenhouse gases by burning less diesel.
New deadlines are approaching at the speed of light and one of the most ingenious ideas was predictive equipment.
Railroads have already been running this idea down also to save diesel.
In the trucking industry, GPS enables the truck to foretell the terrain ahead and adjust fuel consumption accordingly just as with trains.
The GPS and digital mapping techniques available today would save fuel by predicting hills and valleys.
Enabled cruise controls will refine leveled fuel consumption before the adjustment is needed instead of after as with the current cruise control systems.
"Gunning" the engine "hammered down" to climb a hill will be a thing of the past.
Another idea unveiled at the trucking shoe is equipment which forecasts terrain for the best engine cooling.
By looking down the road with GPS, cooling systems accurately adjust thermostats and air fans in advance for lowering engine temperatures before the hill so the engine is not as heated from the climb at the top.
Of course, the most severe state in the union when it comes to green technologies is California.
The Gold Rush state has the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
Most "green" air-quality regulations begin in California and make their way east across the country to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and/or Congress.
Fuel-savings guidelines set by CARB forced the Utility Trailer Company (which is based in California) to design and test its own trailer side skirts.
CARB's had mandated 6.
5% fuel savings for trailers.
Trailers with these skirts tested out at 4% fuel savings so Utility added low rolling resistance tires and other green features to satisfy CARB.
Recovery of heat generated from the engine power systems are now used in the newest Class 8 trucks that improve horsepower.
These new waste recovery systems use super-heated fluid to create steam to recover heat for power and a complete diesel burn in the cylinder.
Engine capacity goes up eight percent with engine heat recovery systems in some cases.
A cleaner environment and trucking operations benefit at the same time.
Want to make over $.
50 at the pump and help the environment? Boost gas mileage and diesel Cetane ratings!Get more miles per gallon.
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These new applications of GPS and digital mapping really fine-tune the use of several systems already in place on the Class 8 trucks.
Because legislation has recurrently been light years ahead of industry technologies, engineers are scrambling to ready special equipment that reduce greenhouse gases by burning less diesel.
New deadlines are approaching at the speed of light and one of the most ingenious ideas was predictive equipment.
Railroads have already been running this idea down also to save diesel.
In the trucking industry, GPS enables the truck to foretell the terrain ahead and adjust fuel consumption accordingly just as with trains.
The GPS and digital mapping techniques available today would save fuel by predicting hills and valleys.
Enabled cruise controls will refine leveled fuel consumption before the adjustment is needed instead of after as with the current cruise control systems.
"Gunning" the engine "hammered down" to climb a hill will be a thing of the past.
Another idea unveiled at the trucking shoe is equipment which forecasts terrain for the best engine cooling.
By looking down the road with GPS, cooling systems accurately adjust thermostats and air fans in advance for lowering engine temperatures before the hill so the engine is not as heated from the climb at the top.
Of course, the most severe state in the union when it comes to green technologies is California.
The Gold Rush state has the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
Most "green" air-quality regulations begin in California and make their way east across the country to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and/or Congress.
Fuel-savings guidelines set by CARB forced the Utility Trailer Company (which is based in California) to design and test its own trailer side skirts.
CARB's had mandated 6.
5% fuel savings for trailers.
Trailers with these skirts tested out at 4% fuel savings so Utility added low rolling resistance tires and other green features to satisfy CARB.
Recovery of heat generated from the engine power systems are now used in the newest Class 8 trucks that improve horsepower.
These new waste recovery systems use super-heated fluid to create steam to recover heat for power and a complete diesel burn in the cylinder.
Engine capacity goes up eight percent with engine heat recovery systems in some cases.
A cleaner environment and trucking operations benefit at the same time.
Want to make over $.
50 at the pump and help the environment? Boost gas mileage and diesel Cetane ratings!Get more miles per gallon.
Go to: http://www.
morempgforsure.
com