Evaluación del consumo de combustible de vehículos livianos en ruta (Ambato -Riobamba)

Abstract

The objective of this research work was to analyze the amount of fuel required to cover the Riobamba-Ambato route and return in a car. The importance of the study is in the lack of information concerning the proposed topic. The experimental part began with the proper vehicle selection and the fuel type, for which reports submitted by the AEADE and Petroecuador in 2019 were used. Once these study parameters were selected, they were subjected to road driving tests. Under two variables called A/C ON and A/C OFF, this depends on the activation status of the air conditioning. Since there is no regulation that regularizes the taking of fuel samples en route, the road safety regulations imposed by the ANT were used; for data collection, two methods are used: the volume obtained by the Jet clean plus equipment and by the OBD-II port, these were obtained using the OBD fusion mobile app. In order to validate the test, a multiple comparison analysis was employed using the ADEVA test on the consumption data in each section, obtaining in both cases a probability of less than 0.005, which invalidates the null hypothesis and accepts the alternative. In addition, in the present study, the VSP calculations were added, which are linked to fuel consumption, with which its behavior is compared and studied. It is concluded that the gasoline with the lowest consumption is the extra type in the A/C ON state, with an average consumption of 1.83 and 2.06 liters for section 1 and section 2, respectively. It is recommended to carry out more studies of this type on this route with vehicles from 2019 onwards to reinforce the information collected.