• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제7권7호
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• pp.86-93
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• 1999

Turbocharger has been used to increase the performance of diesel engine, especially ship engine , for years. Recently, the turbocharger is being adopted not only for an agricultural engine but also for an automobile engine. To improve the performance of diesel engine , the problem of the reduction of A/F ratio in high speed should be solved. Turbocharger is well known for its cost effectiveness, reliability and duration . In this study, an experiment was conducted to verify simulation program . The results for natural aspiration engine and turbocharged engine were compared. In order to estimate the characteristics of exhaust gas, D-13 mode was selected. Power, torque and BSFC of turbocharged engine were increased than those of natural aspiration engine by about 48%, 46% and 5%, respectively . The components in exhaust gas except NOx from turbocharger engine were less than the amount set up for 2000-year regulation.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2008

Natural gas has been considered one of the most promising alternative fuels for transportation because of its abundance as well as its ability to reduce regulated pollutants. We measured emission characteristics of nanoparticles from lean burn H/D(Heavy-Duty) CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) engine equipped with oxidation catalysts. The experiments were carried out to measure the emission and engine performance according to the ESC test cycle. The CO and THC conversion efficiencies on the best catalyst in the ESC test cycle achieved about 91 % and 83 %, respectively. From the measurement by the SMPS, the number of nanoparticles emitted from H/D CNG engine is reduced by about 99 % which is more than that of 2.5 L diesel engine. The particle number concentrations of H/D CNG engine were almost nanoparticles. Nanoparticles smaller than 30 nm emitted from the H/D CNG engine and diesel engine equipped with a CDPF(Catalyzed Diesel Particulate Filter) were quite similar. However, the particles bigger than 30nm from the CNG engine were smaller than the particles from diesel engine equipped with a CDPF. The higher the CNG engine load, the lower the particle number from engine-out, but it increased slightly at full load.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.32-41
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• 1999

Natural gas is an attractive fuel in view of environment benefits due to its flow carbon-to-hydrogen ratio. However, its compositions and properties are varied depending upon production regional groups. Therefore, study on the combustion characteristics of natural gas engines with a variety of compositions has been demanded for the efficient application of gas engines. This study aims to investigate the effects of gas composition on engine combustion characteristics. It was found that , by controlling an engine with fixed fuel nozzle area, power and heat release were subject to Wobbe Index. And at fixed excess air ratios, power and heat release were subject to low heating value of unit mixture . In addition, in case of constant nozzle area, combustion duration was found to be inversely proportional to CP(Combustion Potential), and the condition of fixed excess air ratios showed no change in combustion duration, regardless of CP.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.12-17
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• 2010

자동차 연료로서의 천연가스는 고옥탄가, 넓은 연소 한계, 낮은 미연탄화수소 배출 특성, 지구 온난화 물질인 $CO_2$배출 저감 등 디젤과 가솔린을 대신할 수 있는 현실성 있는 대체연료이다. 그러나 희박운전 영역에서는 느린 연소속도 등으로 연소가 불안정해지고 유해 배기가스가 증가하는 단점이 있다. 수소의 첨가는 연소속도를 빠르게 하고 가연한계를 확장시켜 초희박 영역에서도 안정된 운전을 가능하게 하며, NOx의 저감에 유리하다. 본 연구에서는 대형 수소-천연가스 혼합연료 엔진에서 수소 첨가에 따른 기본 연소특성과 희박영역 확장, 배기성능 및 효율 특성에 대해 검토하였다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2015

본 연구는 발전용 디젤 엔진을 천연가스/디젤 혼소 엔진으로 개조하기 위한 선행 연구로 1.5MW급 발전용 디젤 엔진을 대상으로 상용 프로그램인 GT-Power를 이용해 수치해석을 진행하였다. 흡기 포트에 천연가스 분사 장치를 추가한 수치해석 모델을 통해 기존 엔진에서 천연가스와 디젤을 혼소시킬 경우 엔진 성능에 미치는 영향과 특성에 대해 분석하였다. 엔진 속도 720RPM, 혼소율 0%~40%까지 5개 조건에서 수치해석을 진행했다. 연구 결과 혼합 연소 시 천연가스의 비율이 증가할수록 출력이 감소하는 경향을 보였으며 혼소율 40%에서 출력이 18.4% 감소하였다. 이에 따라 실험계획법(Design of Experiment)을 통해 연료 분사시기와 연료 분사 기간에 대한 영향을 분석했다. 또한 이러한 영향을 고려해 연료 분사시기와 분사기간을 최적화시켜 혼소 엔진 출력과 디젤 엔진의 출력을 비교하여 혼소엔진으로의 개조에 따른 엔진의 출력과 효율에 대한 변화를 정량적으로 도출하였다. 그 결과 혼소율 40%에서 엔진 출력은 8.55% 감소하여 최적화 이전에 비해 12.5%의 개선 효과를 보였다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2021

국내에서 사용되는 천연가스가 저열량화 되면서 발생할 수 있는 문제점에 대응하기 위해서는 국내 산업용 가스기기에 미칠 수 있는 문제점을 사전에 파악하고, 이를 기반으로 에너지의 효율적인 사용을 위한 대응방안이 선행되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 EURO-6 규제를 대응하는 희박연소방식의 천연가스 엔진을 이용할 경우, 저열량 가스의 도입으로 인한 엔진 출력성능과 효율의 저하 문제를 해결하기 위해, 실험을 토대로 한 구체적인 제어방안과 결과를 제시하고자 하였다. 전부하 운전조건인 1,400 rpm의 엔진 회전수에서 스로틀이 전부 개방된 전부하 조건과 정격운전조건의 엔진회전수인 2,100 rpm, 450 Nm의 토크 조건에서 점화시기로 대표되는 제어변수에 의한 개선효과 확인을 위해, 각 가스연료에 대해서 점화시기를 변경하여 열효율 및 배출가스특성을 파악하고 최적화하였다. 전부하조건에서 토크를 기준으로 가장 낮은 값을 보이는 순수메탄의 경우 기준 조건에서 약 2 CAD 정도 점화시기를 진각하면 NOx 배출의 큰 증가 없이 토크를 보상할 수 있다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.146-153
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• 2013

CNG buses has contributed to improve air quality in cities. But it is difficult to meet the next emission regulations such as EURO-VI without the help of additional post-processing device. Hydorgen has higher flame speed and lower combustion temperature that make it thermal efficiency increase with leaner operation. Using hydrogen natural gas blend (HCNG) fuel is promising technology which can reduce $NO_x$ and $CO_2$ emissions for a natural gas vehicle. However, fuel flow rate of HCNG should be increased since hydrogen's energy density per volume is much smaller than natural gas. In the present study, the characteristics of fuel supply system and its applicability were evaluated in a heavy duty natural gas engine. The results showed that the potential of fuel pressure regulator and fuel metering valve had enough capacity with HCNG. Employed mixer did not affect the distribution characteristics of mixture.

• 에너지공학
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.83-88
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• 2000

In this study, the performance and pollutant emission of CNG engine using diesel oil as a source of ignition, so called CNG dual fuel diesel engine is considered by experiment. One of the unsolved problems of the natural gas dual fuel engine is that there is too much exhaust of total hydrocarbon (THC) at a low equivalent mixture ratio. To fix it, a natural gas mixed with hydrogen was applied to engine test. The results showed that the higher the mixture ratio of hydrogen to natural gas, the higher the combustion efficiency. and when the amount of the intake air is reached to 90% of WOT, the combustion efficiency was promoted. But, like a case making the injection timing earlier, the equivalent mixture ratio for the knocking limit decrease and the produce of NOx increases.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2010

HCCI engines fueled DME and natural gas have been studied on single-cylinder engine due to availability of reducing on $NO_X$ and PM simultaneously without deteriorating into high thermal efficiency, and thus it is clarified that higher maximum engine load is achieved as DME equivalence is smaller. In this study, combustion tests were accomplished on multi-cylinder engine for practical use of it. When minimum DME equivalence achieved maximum engine load on single-cylinder engine was applied to 4-cylinders engine, there was in unstable running condition that engine revolution fluctuated greatly and cyclically. It is the reason what misfire occurred intermittently with one the same as minimum DME equivalence on single-cylinder due to increase in energy for ignition at No. 1 cylinder with lower cylinder liner temperature. Maximum engine load was achieved by adopting EGR, though it decreased because of knocking at smaller engine load than single-cylinder due to increase in minimum DME equivalence.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제3권6호
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• pp.112-122
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• 1995

As an alternative fuel producing less exhaust emissions, natural gas is of interest for use both in SI and CI engines. The potential of natural gas fuelled dual-fuel engine is considered high enough. However, much effort has to be made so that gaseous fuel is used efficiently with simultaneous minimum use of pilot oil. Hence, a simplified three-dimensional model, using a finite volume method in cylindrical coordinates, has been developed to facilitate an understanding of the dual-fuel combustion phenomena and to predict the complex interactions between the pilot distillate and natural gas. The computer model was calibrated by comparing it with the experimental results obtained from diesel engine like combustion bomb tests. In the pre-mixed natural gas combustion, the fuel burning was highly reliant on the injection condition and subsequent burning nature of the pilot distillate.