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http://dx.doi.org/10.7316/KHNES.2015.26.2.164

An Experimental Study on the Performance and Emission Characteristics with Hydrogen Enrichment in a CNG Engine  

Ryu, Kyuhyun (Department of Mechanical system Engineering, Incheon University)
Kim, Ingu (Graduate School of Automotive Engineering, Kookmin University)
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Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society / v.26, no.2, 2015 , pp. 164-169 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recent research has focused on alternative fuel to improve engine performance and to comply with emission regulation. Finding an alternative fuel and reducing environment pollution are the main goals for future internal combustion engines. The purpose of this study is to obtain low-emission and high-efficiency by hydrogen enriched CNG fuel in SI engine and is to clarify the effects of hydrogen enrichment in CNG fuelled engine on exhaust emission and performance. An experimental study was carried out to obtain fundamental data for performance and emission characteristics of hydrogen enrichment in SI engine. The experiment was conducted at 2500 rpm, bmep 2 bar, 4 bar conditions while CNG fuel was mixed with 10, 20 and 30% hydrogen blends. From the experimental results, combustion duration was shortened due to rapid flame propagation velocity of hydrogen and these were attributed to the burning velocity increasing exponentially with increasing hydrogen blending ratio. Hydrogen has much wider flammable limit than methane, gasoline and the minimum ignition energy is about an order of magnitude lower than for other combustion. By adding hydrogen, $CO_2$ and HC were reduced. However, $NO_X$ was increased dut to high rate of heat release for hydrogen substitutions.
Keywords
$H_2$; CNG; Part load; Emission; $H_2$-CNG;
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