Download or read book Hydrogen Enrichment for the Extension of the Lean Limit and Enhanced Combustion in an Alcohol fueled Spark ignition Engine written by Jason Brian Greenwood and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation was made to determine the effects of hydrogen enrichment in the lean combustion regime for ethanol and to determine if it could extend the lean operating limit for both ethanol and methanol. In this study, a 0.745 liter 2-cylinder Kawasaki engine was modified to operate with both alcohol and hydrogen fuels. Hydrogen concentrations of 0%, 15%, and 30% by volume hydrogen in the primary fuel were fumigated into the intake before the throttle; the engine was operated at 2000 RPM and part throttle. Data were collected to calculate NO and HC emissions, power, exhaust gas temperature, thermal efficiency, volumetric efficiency, brake-specific fuel consumption, and flame development and rapid burning angles. It was shown that hydrogen enrichment demonstrated an ability to not only decrease NO emissions, but also stabilize and accelerate the combustion process in the lean combustion regime. At a given equivalence ratio, hydrogen addition decreased NO emissions; this decrease was attributed to a change in dominate NO production mechanism(s) under lean operating conditions. Hydrogen enabled a marginal extension of the lean operating limit (LOL) for both fuels, with the potential of further extending the LOL if the stability criteria are changed. Hydrogen enrichment at both 15% and 30% by volume reduced engine-out NO emissions near the lean operating limit by more than 95% relative to stoichiometric ethanol operation while both the COV and HC emissions were kept low, making it a potentially competitive alternative to NO reduction through traditional three-way catalytic after-treatment. Power, thermal efficiency, and volumetric efficiency were not significantly affected by hydrogen addition at a given equivalence ratio; however, if hydrogen addition is used to decrease the lean operating limit, decreases in power and thermal efficiency were observed. Power in the lean combustion regime decreased by between 31 and 37% when compared to stoichiometric operation without hydrogen.
Download or read book Hydrogen Enrichment in Internal Combustion Engines written by Eddie Allan Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation was made to determine the effects of hydrogen enrichment of ethanol at ultra-lean operating regimes utilizing both experimental and computational methods. A 0.745 liter 2-cylinder SI engine was modified to operate on both hydrogen and ethanol fuels. The study looked at part throttle, fixed RPM operation of 0%, 15%, and 30% hydrogen fuel mixtures operating in ultra-lean operating regimes. Data were collected to calculate NO and HC emissions, power, thermal efficiency, volumetric efficiency, brake-specific fuel consumption, and Wiebe burn fraction curves. The data from the experiments were used to develop an empirically based computational engine model utilizing Ricardo's WAVE. Once calibrated, WAVE combustion software was shown to be capable of accurately predicting the results of power and emissions of the ultra-lean hydrogen and ethanol mixtures. It was shown that hydrogen enrichment of ethanol demonstrated an ability to reduce NOx and stabilize and accelerate the combustion process. Both the model and experiments showed that operating near the LOL at both 15% and 30% hydrogen by volume reduced engine out NOx emissions by more than 95% as compared to stoichiometric gasoline operation. This reduction is comparable to the efficiency of modern three-way catalyst and could offer an alternative to current NOx reduction technologies. Power, thermal efficiency, and volumetric efficiency were not affected by the hydrogen mixture at a given equivalence ratio. However, hydrogen addition allowed an increase in the lean operating limit which helped further reduce NOx emissions, but at reduced power and thermal efficiency.
Download or read book Hydrogen Enrichment of Landfill Gas for Enhanced Combustion in Internal combustion Reciprocating Engines written by Kurt Lawrence Kornbluth and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Extension of the Lean Operating Limit of a Rotary Combustion Engine by Hydrogen enriched Fuel written by Joseph Edward Cichanowicz and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lean burn Characteristics of a Gasoline Engine Enriched with Hydrogen from a Plasmatron Fuel Reformer written by Edward Joseph Tully and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Onboard Hydrogen Generation for a Spark Ignition Engine Via Thermochemical Recuperation written by Isaac Alexander Silva and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A method of exhaust heat recovery from a spark-ignition internal combustion engine was explored, utilizing a steam reforming thermochemical reactor to produce a hydrogen-rich effluent, which was then consumed in the engine. The effects of hydrogen in the combustion process have been studied extensively, and it has been shown that an extension of the lean stability limit is possible through hydrogen enrichment. The system efficiency and the extension of the operational range of an internal combustion engine were explored through the use of a methane fueled naturally aspirated single cylinder engine co-fueled with syngas produced with an on board methane steam reformer. It was demonstrated that an extension of the lean stability limit is possible using this system.
Download or read book Combustion Optimization in a Hydrogen enhanced Lean Burn SI Engine written by Joshua Arlen Goldwitz and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Cont.) An inductive ignition system in conjunction with a high tumble-motion inlet configuration leads to the highest levels of combustion performance. Furthermore, hydrogen enhancement affects a nearly constant absolute improvement in the lean misfire limit regardless of baseline combustion behavior. Conversely, the amount of improvement in the point of peak engine NIMEP output is inversely related to the level of baseline performance.
Download or read book Dual Firing of Hydrogen and Heavy Hydrocarbon Fuels written by Michael Lane Seibert and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heavy hydrocarbon fuels are common logistics fuel, even for small, mobile systems. In this work, jet fuel is used as a representative heavy hydrocarbon fuel. At low power output (under 2 kilowatts), technologies such as Stirling engines, thermo-electric thermo-photovoltaic generators have the potential to compete with diesel engines, but require reliable jet fuel combustion. Hydrogen enrichment is presented as a control parameter to improve jet fuel combustion. Research in fuel reforming gives an opportunity for hydrogen production at the point of use. Hydrogen enriched combustion of jet fuel seeks to take advantage of the energy density of jet fuel and the combustibility of hydrogen. Experiments were conducted with atomized jet fuel in an open flame. Jet fuel is sprayed through an air atomizing nozzle. Hydrogen was added to either the atomizing air or to a concentric tube supplying the main combustion air. During hydrogen enrichment, jet fuel flow rate was reduced to maintain constant fuel energy input. Temperature is measured vertically and laterally through the flame. Gaseous pollutant emissions were measured above the visible flame. The use of hydrogen and gases other than air to control an air siphon nozzle is demonstrated. In these experiments, hydrogen represented up to 26% of the fuel energy contribution. Substantial changes to the combustion profile occur with small amounts of hydrogen enrichment. Hydrogen enrichment increased peak temperature and reduced standoff distance. It expanded lower flammability limit and reduced emission of unburned hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. Numerical simulations expanded the results to examine an enclosed burner more suitable for power generation applications. Results showed that at lean conditions, dual firing of hydrogen or reformate with jet fuel provided improved fuel conversion, better flame stability and higher fuel burnout. The advantages provided by dual firing jet fuel and hydrogen represent opportunities for reduced combustor size, improved power system operational reliability and control and reduced pollutant emissions.
Download or read book Alcohol as an Alternative Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines written by Pravesh Chandra Shukla and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: div="" This book covers different aspects related to utilization of alcohol fuels in internal combustion (IC) engines with a focus on combustion, performance and emission investigations. The focal point of this book is to present engine combustion, performance and emission characteristics of IC engines fueled by alcohol blended fuels such as methanol, ethanol and butanol. The contents also highlight the importance of alcohol fuel for reducing emission levels. Possibility of alcohol fuels for marine applications has also been discussed. This book is a useful guide for researchers, academics and scientists. ^
Download or read book Hydrogen Engine Performance Analysis Project written by Robert R. Adt and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lean Mixture Operation of Hydrogen fueled Spark Ignition Engines written by James S. Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Hydrogen Ethanol Dual Fuel For Future Engine Fuel Demands written by Syed Yousufuddin and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the feasibility of operating Spark Ignition engines on hydrogen-ethanol dual fuels. Hydrogen-Ethanol could be the best option of dual fuelling, which not only minimizes all types of exhaust emissions but also has better power outputs, complete and strong combustion and smooth engine operation. However handling, delivery and injection of hydrogen requires additional care.The important improvement of hydrogen addition is to reduce the Specific fuel consumption of ethanol engines.Recent activities on that matter focus on hydrogen blended ethanol engines rather that pure hydrogen combustion engines due to its high costs and research needs. Today, in order to take the advantages of the fossil fuels, which are being consumed rapidly, we need to adapt ourselves to such dual fuel systems. Hydrogen fuel is a very strong candidate for being used in dual fuel applications with ethanol due to a main reason that it has an advantage of being found everywhere. The present book rely on the idea of low emission and high efficiency advantages of hydrogen, which would lead hydrogen blended ethanol engines in the near future.
Download or read book Hydrogen Enrichment and Thermochemical Recuperation in Internal Combustion Engines written by David R. Vernon and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thermochemical recuperation process uses endothermic reformation reactions to upgrade a portion of an engine's primary fuel into a hydrogen-rich gas, thereby converting part of the exhaust heat from an internal combustion engine into chemical potential energy. Enriching the primary fuel air mixture of the internal combustion engine with this hydrogen-rich gas potentially enables combustion with very lean or dilute mixtures, resulting in higher efficiency and lower emissions as compared to standard combustion regimes. It may be possible to simplify thermochemical recuperation system architecture by directly mixing exhaust gases with the fuel in the reformation process to supply a significant portion of the heat and water required. To evaluate the effect of direct exhaust gas mixing on ethanol autothermal reformation, this work experimentally and theoretically investigated dilution with a mixture of nitrogen and carbon dioxide to simulate an exhaust composition, in combination with a range of inlet temperatures, to simulate exhaust gas temperatures, at a constant steam to carbon ratio. Parameters such as the chemical coefficient of performance, chemical energy output divided by chemical energy input, are introduced to better enable quantification of thermochemical recuperation. Trends in yield and performance metrics for ethanol autothermal reformation were observed under operating conditions across a range of oxygen to carbon ratio, a range of dilution amount, and a range of inlet temperature. For high inlet temperature cases, dilution increases hydrogen yield and chemical coefficient of performance suggesting that direct exhaust mixing would be beneficial. However, for low inlet temperatures, dilution decreased hydrogen yield and other performance metrics suggesting that direct exhaust mixing would not be beneficial. Dilution decreased methane production for many conditions. High inlet temperature conditions were found to cause homogeneous oxidation and homogenous conversion of ethanol upstream of the catalyst leading to high conversions of ethanol and high methane yields before reaching the catalyst. Coke formation rates varied over two orders of magnitude, with high coke formation rates for the high inlet temperature cases and low coke formation rates for the low inlet temperature cases. Dilution decreased the rate of coke formation. Models of intrinsic rate phenomenon were constructed in this study. The models predict that mass transport rates will be faster than the rate of chemical reaction kinetics over the range of ethanol concentrations and temperatures measured in the catalyst monolith both with and without dilution. Bounding cases for heat generation and transfer rates indicate that these phenomena could be the rate limiting mechanism or could be faster than both chemical kinetics and mass transport rates depending upon the distribution of oxidation heat between the catalyst and gas stream. Based on these results direct exhaust gas mixing is expected to be a practical method for supplying heat and water vapor for ethanol autothermal reformation in thermochemical recuperation systems when exhaust temperatures are above a certain threshold. For low exhaust temperatures direct exhaust gas mixing can supply water vapor but reduces other performance metrics.
Download or read book Reduction of Hydrocarbons in the Cold Start in an Alcohol Burning Internal Combustion Engine written by Ryan Kyle Gehmlich and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol fuels offer a potential alternative to gasoline in modern spark ignition engines. Benefits include reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, lesser dependence on foreign oil assets, and increased thermal efficiency. However, due to their large latent heats of vaporization and low vapor pressures, it can be difficult to produce a flammable vapor composition during the cold start transient. Various methods have been introduced to compensate for this deficiency when running engines on pure or highly concentrated alcohol fuels. One proposed method is the addition of a hydrogen-rich gas to the intake during the cold start transient to open the flammability limits of the mixture to a wider and more stable range. While several studies have investigated cold start performance and reliability using alcohol fuels, few have measured and reported on the actual engine-out cold start hydrocarbon emissions of systems using alcohol fuels enhanced by hydrogen. A 2-cylinder, 0.745 L 4-stroke engine was modified to run with hydrogen fumigation into a custom mixing chamber and intake manifold. The study compares cold start hydrocarbon emissions performance using ethanol and methanol fuels with and without hydrogen enrichment during the cold start transient. The hydrogen flow rate used for fumigation was 15 SLPM. Using moderately lean cold start calibrations, an average of 36% reductions in hydrocarbon emissions was measured for ethanol and 16% reduction for methanol. Furthermore, nitrogen oxide emissions were reduced by 34% for ethanol and 32% for methanol. Carbon monoxide emissions, however, increased by 100% and 21%, respectively. Further leaning of the cold start calibration was found to be possible, which would further reduce both hydrocarbon emissions and carbon monoxide emissions for the alcohol fuels.
Download or read book An Experimental Investigation of Hydrogen Fumigation in a Small Direct injection Diesel Engine During Part load Operation written by William Enrique Marin and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hydrogen enrichment may offer enhanced performance of internal combustion engines. Hydrogen's high specific energy, wide flammability limits, and high flame speed are all desireable traits that can potentially enhance combustion. However, hydrogen's low energy density and its need to be produced from another energy source pose significant challenges for implementation. Hydrogen enrichment involves co-firing of hydrogen and another primary fuel. The hydrogen can be aspirated through the intake manifold via fumigation or injected at the port or cylinder with the primary fuel. The effect of hydrogen fumigation in diesel engines has been studied to some degree but is not fully understood. In this research, a single-cylinder four-stroke direct-injection diesel engine was modified for hydrogen fumigation and was instrumented to monitor combustion related performance parameters. This engine is representative of low-cost systems that are widely used in developing nations for agricultural and other low power applications. A factorial design of experiments was implemented to study the effects and interactions of hydrogen fumigation, injection timing, and diesel fuel flow rate on part-load engine performance. At relatively low energy fractions, hydrogen was found to have statistically insignificant effects on brake torque and indicated mean effective pressure, leading to modest decreases in brake thermal efficiency. Exhaust gas temperature increased with hydrogen enrichment. The coefficient of variance of indicated mean effective pressure decreased with hydrogen enrichment, and visible changes to the in-cylinder pressure trace were observed, particularly when injection timing was retarded. The results of this investigation show that for this specific configuration, hydrogen enrichment is not beneficial to the combustion process. The marginal improvements in coefficient of variance and changes of in-cylinder pressure cannot justify the decrease in thermal efficiency of the engine.
Download or read book A Study of Lean Combustion in a Spark Ignited Engine Fueled by Natural Gas and Hydrogen Mixtures written by Manishi Gupta and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
