{"title":"Experimentally Based Methodology to Evaluate Fuel Saving and\u0000 CO\u00002\u0000 Reduction of Electrical Engine Cooling Pump during Real\u0000 Driving","authors":"M. Di Bartolomeo, D. Di Battista, R. Cipollone","doi":"10.4271/03-16-05-0041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4271/03-16-05-0041","url":null,"abstract":"Engine thermal management (ETM) is a promising technology that allows the\u0000 reduction of harmful emissions and fuel consumption when the internal combustion\u0000 engine (ICE) is started from a cold state. The key technology for ETM is the\u0000 decoupling of the cooling pump from the crankshaft and the actuation of the pump\u0000 independently. In this article, an electric engine cooling pump has been\u0000 designed through a novel experimentally based procedure and operated on a\u0000 vehicle equipped with an advanced turbocharged gasoline engine, particularly\u0000 interesting for its hybridization potential. In the first phase, a dedicated\u0000 experimental campaign was conducted off board on an engine identical to the one\u0000 equipped in the vehicle to assess the characteristics of the cooling circuit and\u0000 the reference pump performances. The experimental data have been used to design\u0000 an electric pump with a best efficiency point (BEP) located in a region more\u0000 representative of the real operating conditions faced by the vehicle during real\u0000 driving. Once prototyped, the electric pump has been compared to the reference\u0000 mechanical one on a real driving mission profile whose parameters have been\u0000 experimentally evaluated. The comparison was made in the same operating\u0000 conditions of flow rate and the pressure head acting on the revolution speed of\u0000 the prototype to focus the attention on the effect of the different design\u0000 choices made possible by the electric actuation. The procedure can evaluate the\u0000 pump-related fuel consumption, whatever the real vehicle speed profile and the\u0000 actuation of the pump. The results show that in a driving cycle with urban,\u0000 extra-urban, and highway phases, the electric pump absorbs 66% less power\u0000 compared to the mechanical one, which translates into a 0.55 gCO2/km\u0000 specific emission reduction. This demonstrates the validity of the novel design\u0000 procedure together with the benefits of the electric actuation.","PeriodicalId":47948,"journal":{"name":"SAE International Journal of Engines","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82216816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}