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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Abbreviations and Acronyms." Transportation Research Board and National Research Council. 2010. Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12845.
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Abbreviations and Acronyms

21CTP 21st Century Truck Partnership

ABS antilock brake system

ACC adaptive cruise control

ACEA European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association

AMPT alternative maritime power

AMT automated manual transmission

ANL Argonne National Laboratory

APU auxiliary power unit

AT automatic transmission

ATI automatic tire inflation

BAC battery air conditioning

BES (Office of) Basic Energy Sciences (DOE)

BOP balance of plant

BSFC brake-specific fuel consumption

Btu British thermal unit

C&S codes and standards

CAFE corporate average fuel economy

CAR Cooperative Automotive Research

CARB California Air Resources Board

CCP coordinated cam phasers

CCPPR capital cost per percent reduction

CCS carbon capture and sequestration

Cd drag coefficient

CDL commercial driver’s license

CFD computational fluid dynamics

CFRP carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer

CIL component-in-the-loop

CLEERS crosscut lean exhaust emission reduction simulation

CMEM Comprehensive Modal Emissions Model

CNG compressed natural gas

CO2 carbon dioxide

CO carbon monoxide

COE center of excellence

CPM cost per mile

CRC Coordinating Research Council

Crr coefficient of rolling resistance

CVISN Commercial Vehicle Information System and Networks Program

CVO commercial vehicle operations

CVT continuously variable transmission

DCP dual cam phasers

DCT dual clutch transmission

DDC Detroit Diesel Corporation

Deac cylinder deactivation

DF durability/deterioration factor

DOC U.S. Department of Commerce

DOC diesel oxidation catalyst

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

DOT U.S. Department of Transportation

DPF diesel particulate filter

DSRC Dedicated Short Range Communications

DTI Directed Technologies, Inc.

DTT delivery technical team

DVVL discrete variable valve lift

E85 85 percent ethanol

EC European Commission

EERE (Office of) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

EEA Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc.

EGR exhaust gas recirculation

EIA Energy Information Administration

EISA Energy Independence and Security Act

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ePTO electric power takeoff

ePS electric power steering

EPS electrified parking space

ePump electric engine oil and coolant pump

ETC electronic toll collection

EUCAR European Council for Automotive R&D

EU European Union

EV battery electric vehicle

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Abbreviations and Acronyms." Transportation Research Board and National Research Council. 2010. Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12845.
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FACE fuels for advanced combustion engines

FC fuel consumption

FCC Federal Communications Commission

FCHEV fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle

FE fuel economy

FFV flexible fuel vehicle

FMVSS Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard

FOH fuel-operated heater

FPITT fuel pathway integration technical team

FTP federal test procedure

GATE Graduate Automotive Technology Education

GDI gasoline direct injection

GDL gas diffusion layer

GFRP glass-fiber-reinforced plastic

gge gallons gasoline equivalent

GHG greenhouse gas

GPS Global Positioning System

GREET Greenhouse Gas, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (model)

GS generator set

GVW gross vehicle weight

GVWR gross vehicle weight rating

GW gigawatt (1 billion watts)

H or H2 hydrogen

H2A Hydrogen Technology Analysis (model)

HAMMER Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response (facility)

HC hydrocarbon

HCCI homogeneous charge compression ignition

heAlt high-efficiency alternator

HEV hybrid electric vehicle

HFCIT Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies (program)

HFCV hydrogen fuel cell vehicle

HFET highway fuel economy test

HFI Hydrogen Fuels Initiative

HHDDT Heavy Heavy-Duty Diesel Truck schedule

HHV hydraulic hybrid vehicle

HIL hardware-in-the-loop

HILS hardware-in-the-loop simulation

HLA hydraulic launch assist

HOT high-occupancy toll (lane)

HOV high-occupancy vehicle (lanes)

HSS high-strength steel

HV hybrid vehicle

HVAC heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

HyTrans Hydrogen Transition (model)

ICC International Codes Council

ICE internal combustion engine

IEA International Energy Agency

IGBT insulated gate bipolar transistor

IGCC integrated gasification combined cycle

ITS intelligent transportation system

IVT Intelligent Vehicle Technologies

kg kilogram

kW kilowatt

kWe kilowatt (electric)

kWh kilowatt-hour

Li-ion lithium ion

LCV longer combination vehicle

LCFS low-carbon fuel standard

LNC lean NOx catalyst

LNG liquefied natural gas

LPG liquefied petroleum gas

LSFC load-specific fuel consumption

LTC low-temperature combustion

M85 85 percent methanol

MARKAL Market Analysis (model)

MATT modular automotive technology testbed

MBD Model-Based Design

MEA membrane electrode assembly

Meeh mechanical driven accessories

MHDVs medium- and heavy-duty vehicles

MOU memorandum of understanding

MPa megapascal

mpg miles per gallon

MSM MacroSystem Model

MT manual transmission

MWe megawatt (electric)

NAE National Academy of Engineering

NAS National Academy of Sciences

NE Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE)

NEMS National Energy Modeling System

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

NGNP Next-Generation Nuclear Powerplant

NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NiMH nickel metal hydride

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NOx nitrogen oxides

NORPASS North American Preclearance and Safety System

NPC National Petroleum Council

NPV net present value

NRC National Research Council

NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory

O&M operation and maintenance

OBD onboard diagnostic (system)

OCTA Orange County Transit Authority

OEM original equipment manufacturer

O&M operations and maintenance

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Abbreviations and Acronyms." Transportation Research Board and National Research Council. 2010. Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12845.
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ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PBA (Office of) Planning, Budget, and Analysis (DOE)

PCCI premix charge compression ignition

PCE passenger car equivalent

PDP product development process

PEIS programmatic environmental impact statement

PEM proton exchange membrane

PeMS (California) performance measurement system

PHEV plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

PM particulate matter

PNGV Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles

PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PRD pressure relief device

PSAT Powertrain Systems Analysis Toolkit

PSR power split ratio

PTO power takeoff

PV photovoltaic

RCP rapid control prototyping

RDR rear drive ratio

RFP request for proposal

RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration (DOT)

RMC ramp modal cycle

ROI return on investment

RPE retail price equivalent

rpm revolutions per minute

RSPA Research and Special Projects Administration (DOT)

SA selective availability (of GPS signal)

SAE Society of Automotive Engineers

SBIR Small Business Innovation Research

SCI special crash investigation

SCR selective catalytic reduction

SER strategic environmental review

SiC silicon carbide

SIL software-in-the-loop

SMR steam methane reforming

SNL Sandia National Laboratories

SRI Stanford Research Institute

STTR small business technology transfer

SUV sport utility vehicle

SwRI Southwest Research Institute

TG number of transmission gears

TMC traffic management center

TP test procedure

TPMS tire pressure monitoring system

TRB Transportation Research Board

TREAD Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation

TSS thermal storage system

UC ultracapacitor

UDDS Urban Dynamic Driving Schedule

USABC U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium

USCAR U.S. Council for Automotive Research

VDP Vehicle Development Process

VGT variable geometry turbine

VITT Vehicles Integration Tag Team

VIUS Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey

VMT vehicle miles traveled

VVA variable valve actuation

VVL variable valve lift

VVT variable valve timing

WAAS weighted aerodynamic average speed

WBS wide-base single (tires for low rolling resistance)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Abbreviations and Acronyms." Transportation Research Board and National Research Council. 2010. Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12845.
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Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles evaluates various technologies and methods that could improve the fuel economy of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, such as tractor-trailers, transit buses, and work trucks. The book also recommends approaches that federal agencies could use to regulate these vehicles' fuel consumption. Currently there are no fuel consumption standards for such vehicles, which account for about 26 percent of the transportation fuel used in the U.S.

The miles-per-gallon measure used to regulate the fuel economy of passenger cars. is not appropriate for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, which are designed above all to carry loads efficiently. Instead, any regulation of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles should use a metric that reflects the efficiency with which a vehicle moves goods or passengers, such as gallons per ton-mile, a unit that reflects the amount of fuel a vehicle would use to carry a ton of goods one mile. This is called load-specific fuel consumption (LSFC).

The book estimates the improvements that various technologies could achieve over the next decade in seven vehicle types. For example, using advanced diesel engines in tractor-trailers could lower their fuel consumption by up to 20 percent by 2020, and improved aerodynamics could yield an 11 percent reduction. Hybrid powertrains could lower the fuel consumption of vehicles that stop frequently, such as garbage trucks and transit buses, by as much 35 percent in the same time frame.

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