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develop versions that could be sent to Dana and Michelin <strong>for</strong> their signatures. After considerable<br />

interaction with ORNL’s contracts office through July, 2005, further pursuance of a signed MOU<br />

between ORNL and Dana and ORNL and Michelin were abandoned.<br />

3.3.1.5 21 st Century <strong>Truck</strong>: ORNL was invited by the 21 st Century <strong>Truck</strong> Partnership (21CTP)<br />

Industry Working Group (IWG), to provide an overview of the HVDC project at a 21CTP-IWG<br />

meeting held at DOT’s Nassif Building in Washington, DC on March 21, 2005. The presentation<br />

was well received, and participants verbally agreed that the baseline data to be collected within the<br />

HVDC could be valuable as a benchmark against which the per<strong>for</strong>mance of 21CTP technologies<br />

could be compared.<br />

3.3.1.6 Post-Pilot Test Discussions: As the pilot testing came to an end in January 2006, discussions<br />

regarding the initiation of the field tests became more active. Discussions held in January and<br />

February, 2006 identified the candidate fleets <strong>for</strong> the Field Test, their base of operations, and their<br />

hours of operations/yr. In addition, progress was made in determining the roles of Partners in the<br />

Field Test buildup, integration, and test conduction.<br />

3.3.2 Task 2: Identification of Relevant <strong>Heavy</strong> <strong>Truck</strong> Per<strong>for</strong>mance Measures and Development of a<br />

Pilot Testing Plan.<br />

The objectives of the HVDC project are to gather real-world long-haul data that can: a) generate<br />

duty cycle in<strong>for</strong>mation on tractor-trailers engaged in long-haul activities, b) support development,<br />

testing and evaluation of the ANL class-8 module of the PSAT code, and c) to provide a data archive<br />

on long-haul trucking <strong>for</strong> use by DOE in associated technology decisions, and by researchers<br />

involved in energy efficiency studies.<br />

Because funding <strong>for</strong> the HVDC ef<strong>for</strong>t was not unlimited, the primary per<strong>for</strong>mance measures to be<br />

collected would be those that support PSAT class-8 model development, and the Dana and Michelin<br />

interests related to vehicle dynamics and fuel consumption. The method used to compile this<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation was the development of a per<strong>for</strong>mance measurement survey sheet that was prepared and<br />

circulated to partners in February, 2005.<br />

3.3.2.1 PSAT Ef<strong>for</strong>ts: In order to better understand the per<strong>for</strong>mance measures of interest to PSAT,<br />

ORNL initiated ef<strong>for</strong>ts shortly after the initiation of the project in January 2005 to gather<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation about PSAT, interface with PSAT developers at ANL, and to get PSAT up and running<br />

at ORNL. In January, 2005, ORNL obtained a two-year license from ANL <strong>for</strong> PSAT, and received<br />

the PSAT CD and its USB key. In February, 2005, a copy of Simulink was obtained, but initial<br />

ef<strong>for</strong>ts to get the simulation system functioning were unsuccessful. Success in running PSAT at<br />

ORNL was achieved in March, 2005. Through this experience and with interactions with PSAT<br />

staff at ANL, a comprehensive list of PSAT per<strong>for</strong>mance measures were identified.<br />

3.3.2.2 Per<strong>for</strong>mance Measurement Survey Sheets: The per<strong>for</strong>mance measurement survey sheets<br />

were sent to Dana, Michelin and ANL in February, 2005 and were completed and returned to ORNL<br />

in early March, 2005. Integration of these per<strong>for</strong>mance measures with those compiled by ORNL<br />

stemming from the PSAT experience provided a long and comprehensive list of candidate<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance measures. A draft report on the compiled Per<strong>for</strong>mance Measures was completed in<br />

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