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Title

ANALYSIS OF FUEL CONSUMPTION SENSITIVITY IN FORESTRY ROAD TRANSPORT.

Authors

Guimarães, Pompeu Paes; Arce, Julio Eduardo; da Silva Lopes, Eduardo; Fiedler, Nilton Cesar; Robert, Renato César Gonçalves; Seixas, Fernando

Abstract

The objective of this work was to analyze how the variation of traveled distance, operational speed, journey time and net cargo transported influence the fuel consumption of vehicles in forest road transport. The data were collected in this operation, covering the area between the regions of Campo do Tenente (forest unit) and Piên (industrial unit), in the state of Paraná. We analyzed the partial elements, loaded trip and empty trip, as well as the total transport cycle (loading, unloading and travel). Using the same mechanical tractor, two vehicular compositions were studied, an articulated vehicle (truck tractor semitrailer trailer) and a conjugated vehicle (truck tractor semitrailer). The vehicle telemetric system was used to perform the data collection of travel time, traveled distance, speed average and fuel consumption of the both vehicles. The results showed that the higher fuel consumption occurred in the loaded trips for longer distances. The sensitivity of fuel consumption was mostly influenced by was traveled distance, so it is recommended the use of vehicles of less load capacity for shorter distances.

Subjects

PARANA (Brazil : State); ENERGY consumption; FORESTS & forestry; ARTICULATED vehicles; SEMI-trailer trucks; FREIGHT & freightage; FOREST roads; AUTOMOTIVE fuel consumption

Publication

Floresta, 2019, Vol 49, Issue 2, p155

ISSN

0015-3826

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.5380/rf.v49i2.49137