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Effect of Fuel and Air Dilution on Syngas Combustion in an Optical SI Engine.
Title: | Effect of Fuel and Air Dilution on Syngas Combustion in an Optical SI Engine. |
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Authors: | Martinez-Boggio, S.D., Merola, S.S., Teixeira Lacava, P., Irimescu, A., Curto-Risso, P.L. |
Source: | Energies (19961073); 4/15/2019, Vol. 12 Issue 8, p1566, 1p |
Abstract: | To mitigate the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, energy production processes must change from fossil to renewable resources. Bioenergy utilization from agricultural residues can be a step towards achieving this goal. Syngas (fuel obtained from biomass gasification) has been proved to have the potential of replacing fossil fuels in stationary internal combustion engines (ICEs). The processes associated with switching from traditional fuels to alternatives have always led to intense research efforts in order to have a broad understanding of the behavior of the engine in all operating conditions. In particular, attention needs to be focused on fuels containing relatively high concentrations of hydrogen, due to its faster propagation speed with respect to traditional fossil energy sources. Therefore, a combustion study was performed in a research optical SI engine, for a comparison between a well-established fuel such as methane (the main component of natural gas) and syngas. The main goal of this work is to study the effect of inert gases in the fuel mixture and that of air dilution during lean fuelling. Thus, two pure syngas blends (mixtures of CO and H |
Subject Terms: | SYNTHESIS gas, FUEL consumption of spark ignition engines, CARBON dioxide mitigation, LEAN combustion, ELECTRIC power production |
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ISSN: | 19961073 |
DOI: | 10.3390/en12081566 |
Database: | Complementary Index |
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