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partnerships and with cooperative ef<strong>for</strong>ts with other federal agencies. The industry participation in<br />

this Program is valued in the multiple-hundreds-of-thousands of dollars.<br />

2.5.1 Dana<br />

With regard to industry participation, ORNL partnered with Dana which generously provided<br />

engineering support <strong>for</strong> instrumentation integration, instrumentation to generate vehicle dynamics<br />

data, and provided access to the Dana <strong>Truck</strong> Fleet (DTF) which was used in the Pilot Test portion of<br />

the <strong>Project</strong>. This partnership significantly reduced the Phase 1 costs to DOE.<br />

2.5.2 Michelin<br />

Michelin also provided resources <strong>for</strong> the Pilot Test and continued as a partner during the FOT.<br />

Michelin provided new standard dual tires <strong>for</strong> half of the Pilot Test runs, and NGSWBTs <strong>for</strong> the other<br />

half of the runs. For the FOT, they provided new NGSWBTs and dual tires used <strong>for</strong> five of the six<br />

instrumented tractors and two of the instrumented trailers. Michelin’s interest in the testing activities<br />

involved the energy efficiency effects of NGSWBTs vs. standard dual tires. Such in<strong>for</strong>mation is<br />

useful in contributing to the modeling and understanding of heavy truck rolling resistance.<br />

2.5.3 Schrader<br />

Initially, the test team experienced difficulty in locating a suitable fleet partner with all of the<br />

following characteristics:<br />

- Long-haul operations that spanned the continental US (rather than just regionally), in order<br />

to obtain duty cycle data <strong>for</strong> a variety of terrains and road types<br />

- Mated tractors and trailers (mostly drop-and-hook) – so that weight sensors can be installed<br />

on the trailer as well as the tractor in order to obtain weight data <strong>for</strong> all of the miles traveled<br />

- Usage of NGSWBTs acceptable – <strong>for</strong> comparison of singles and duals<br />

Ultimately, a partnership was <strong>for</strong>med with Schrader <strong>Truck</strong>ing. While Schrader did not appear to meet<br />

every one of the desired criteria, their interest in new technology and strong desire to assist the testing<br />

team allowed <strong>for</strong> novel solutions <strong>for</strong> accommodating the needs of the FOT. Schrader trucks travel<br />

throughout the eastern U.S. and occasionally even as far west as Cali<strong>for</strong>nia. Details of the routes<br />

taken by the instrumented Schrader trucks are provided in Section 6 of this report. Several Schrader<br />

tractors were already using NGSWBTs, along with over a quarter of their trailers. While Schrader<br />

runs primarily a drop-and-hook operation, they own their own trailers which means that although the<br />

tractor-trailers are not married, the tractors are pulling a quantifiable pool of trailers. Schrader made<br />

all tractor and trailer mating records available to ORNL on a weekly basis, along with a database<br />

indicating the tire type of each trailer. As a result, although there were a limited number of trailers<br />

that were instrumented, the data obtained from each DAS could be linked to a particular trailer type<br />

based on the data provided by Schrader.<br />

2.6 INSTRUMENTATION OF THE FLEET<br />

2.6.1 Sensor and DAS Integration into the Test Vehicles<br />

The test vehicles called out in Section 2.3.6 were fitted with the sensors listed in Section 2.3.7 (the<br />

J1939 Vehicle Data Bus already existed on the vehicle). The sensor-to-test-vehicle integration took<br />

place at the Schrader truck yard in Jefferson City, Tennessee.<br />

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