Mission Aware Energy Saving Strategies for Army Ground Vehicles

MISSION AWARE ENERGY SAVING STRATEGIES FOR ARMY GROUNDVEHICLESbyMACAM S DATTATHREYAAugust 2013 Advisor: Dr. Harpreet SinghMajor: Computer Engineering Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Fuel energy is a basic necessity for this planet and the modern technology to performmany activities on earth. On the other hand, quadrupled automotive vehicle usage by thecommercial industry and military has increased fuel consumption. Military readiness of Armyground vehicles is very important for a country to protect its people and resources. Fuelenergy is a major requirement for Army ground vehicles. According to a report, a departmentof defense has spent nearly $13.6 billion on fuel and electricity to conduct ground missions.On the contrary, energy availability on this plant is slowly decreasing. Therefore, saving energyin Army ground vehicles is very important. Army ground vehicles are embedded with numerous electronic systems to conduct mis-sions such as silent and normal stationary surveillance missions. Increasing electrical energyconsumption of these systems is influencing higher fuel consumption of the vehicle. To saveenergy, the vehicles can use any of the existing techniques, but they require complex, expen-sive, and time consuming implementations. Therefore, cheaper and simpler approaches arerequired. In addition, the solutions have to save energy according to mission needs and alsoovercome size and weight constraints of the vehicle. Existing research in the current literaturedo not have any mission aware approaches to save energy. UNCLASSIFIED: Distribution A. Approved for Public Release