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The influence of fuel composition on a heavy-duty, natural-gas direct-injection engine

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posted on 2009-12-08, 12:30 authored by G.P. McTaggart-Cowan, S.N. Rogak, S.R. Munshi, P.G. Hill, W.K. Bushe
This work investigates the implications of natural gas composition on the combustion in a heavy-duty natural gas engine and on the associated pollutant emissions. In this engine system, natural gas is injected into the combustion chamber shortly before the end of the compression stroke; a diesel pilot that precedes the natural gas injection provides the ignition source. The effects of adding ethane, propane, hydrogen, and nitrogen to the fuel are reported here. The results indicate that these additives had no significant effect on the engine’s power or fuel consumption. Emissions of unburned fuel are reduced for all additives through either enhanced ignition or combustion processes. Black carbon particulate matter emissions are increased by ethane and propane, but are virtually eliminated by including nitrogen or hydrogen in the fuel.

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School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Citation

MCTAGGART-COWAN, G.P. ... et al, 2010. The influence of fuel composition on a heavy-duty, natural-gas direct-injection engine. Fuel, 89 (3), pp.752-759.

Publisher

© Elsevier

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2010

Notes

This article was published in the journal, Fuel [© Elsevier] and the definitive version is available at: www.elsevier.com/locate/fuel

ISSN

0016-2361

Language

  • en