Technical Paper
Comparison of Energy Consumption and CO2 Reduction with Combined Application of the Start and Stop and Intelligent Alternator in a Flex Fuel Vehicle
2017-11-07
2017-36-0115
There is a worldwide race to adopt measures that are efficient in reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into the planet's atmosphere and consequently minimize the possibility of global warming. In this regard, several countries have adopted laws and programs that encourage the automotive industry to apply advanced and innovative technologies to increase the vehicles energy efficiency. In many cases the adoption of more than one technology does not mean that the result of energy efficiency is the simple sum of the effects of each one of them. Therefore, the relevance of analyzing the interactivity between technologies is justified. The objective of this work is to present the experimental evaluation of the comparison of energy consumption and CO2 reduction with the combined application of Start & Stop and Intelligent Alternator.