IS 18511 : 2024/ISO 24162 : 2022 Energy Consumption of Refuse Collection Vehicles - Methods of Test
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard which is identical to ISO 24162 : 2022 'Test method for energy consumption of refuse collection vehicles' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Solid Waste Management Sectional Committee and approval of the Chemical Division Council.
This document specifies a uniform, reproducible testing process for various drive units, chassis, constructions and lifting devices for the refuse collection vehicles described in EN 1501 (all parts, excluding EN 1501-4), with which a comparison for energy consumption can be performed.
This specification defines criteria for a reference area with regard to a synthesized tour (test circuit). This therefore serves to determine a representative test circuit and/or data for a software calculation tool, for example, VECTO (vehicle energy consumption calculation tool).
In order to be able to define appropriate characteristic numbers for the environmental effect of RCVs, it is therefore necessary to differentiate between refuse collection and transport trips with and without loads. The complete logistics shall be considered for an effective comparison of the various vehicle models and their respective drive units.
The text of ISO standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions and terminologies are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:
a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appear referring to this standard, they should be read as 'Indian Standard'; and
b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker in the International Standard, while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.