Analysis of Energy Consumption and Possibility of Further Reduction of a Fuel Cell Garbage Truck

Abstract

To reduce CO₂ emissions of garbage truck, we developed a fuel cell garbage truck. It was designed based on the analysis result of the garbage collection route of the target route, Shunan city of Yamaguchi prefecture. We performed chassis dynamo test for quantitatively comparing environmental performances with conventional diesel garbage truck. We analyzed possibility of further reduction of running energy of fuel cell garbage truck by self-developed vehicle simulator. We evaluated reduction of CO₂ emissions by introduction of Shunan city by self-developed CO₂ emissions estimation method based on energy consumption measured by chassis dynamo test.