Title :
System-based product design and system structure changeover under integrated optimality: a case study on leading design of vehicles
Author :
Fujita, Kikuo ; Shiba, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Computer-Controlled Mech. Syst., Osaka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
The paper discusses the role of system-based optimal design under integrated optimality for environmentally-conscious products, which aim to reduce energy consumption, carbon dioxide gas release, etc., with a case study of leading design of vehicles. After providing a general conception, the system structures of vehicles are compared among gasoline internal combustion engine vehicle, THS-type hybrid electric vehicle and genuine electric vehicle, by fuel economy, total cost and life-cycle-based environmental impact. The influence of battery performance progress and the external changes such as environment taxation on system structure changeover is outlined. These reveal the importance of a system-based optimal design approach
Keywords :
automobiles; design for environment; electric vehicles; internal combustion engines; optimisation; THS-type hybrid electric vehicle; battery performance; carbon dioxide gas release; case study; electric vehicle; energy consumption; environment taxation; environmentally conscious products; fuel economy; gasoline internal combustion engine vehicle; integrated optimality; leading vehicle design; life-cycle-based environmental impact; system structure changeover; system-based optimal design; system-based product design; total cost; Batteries; Carbon dioxide; Costs; Energy consumption; Fuel economy; Hybrid electric vehicles; Internal combustion engines; Lead compounds; Petroleum; Product design;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1266-6
DOI :
10.1109/.2001.992338
