Operation of a Spark Ignition Engine With High Compression Ratio Using Biogas Blended With Natural Gas, Propane, and Hydrogen

2018 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Pablo Gómez Montoya ◽  
Andrés A. Amell ◽  
Daniel B. Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Output Power ◽  
Compression Ratio ◽  
Maximum Output Power ◽  
Spark Ignition ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Maximum Output ◽  
High Compression Ratio ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
High Compression

This research evaluated the operational conditions for a diesel engine with high compression ratio (CR) converted to spark ignition (SI), under stable combustion conditions close to the knocking threshold. The main fuel used in the engine was biogas, which was blended with natural gas, propane, and hydrogen. The engine limit to test the maximum output power was using the knocking threshold; just below the knocking threshold, the output power and generating efficiency are the highest for each blend. Leaner mixtures increased the engine knocking tendency because the required increase in the % throttle reduced the pressure drop at the inlet stroke and increased the mixture pressure at the end of the compression stroke, which finally reduced the ignition delay time of the end gas and increased the knocking tendency of the engine for all the blends. Therefore, the output power should be decreased to operate the engine below to the knocking threshold. Purified biogas achieved the highest output power and generating efficiency compared with the other blends and the original diesel operation; this blend was operated with five equivalence ratios. Purified biogas exhibits an optimal balance between knocking resistance, low heating value, flame speed, and energy density.

scholarly journals Spark ignition engine performance and emissions in a high compression engine using biogas and methane mixtures without knock occurrence

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1919-1930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Montoya Gómez ◽  
Arrieta Amell ◽  
Lopez Zapata
Keyword(s):  
Output Power ◽  
Compression Ratio ◽  
Thermal Efficiency ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Maximum Output Power ◽  
Spark Ignition ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Maximum Output ◽  
Engine Operation ◽  
High Compression

With the purpose to use biogas in an internal combustion engine with high compression ratio and in order to get a high output thermal efficiency, this investigation used a diesel engine with a maximum output power 8.5 kW, which was converted to spark ignition mode to use it with gaseous fuels. Three fuels were used: Simulated biogas, biogas enriched with 25% and 50% methane by volume. After conversion, the output power of the engine decreased by 17.64% when using only biogas, where 7 kW was the new maximum output power of the engine. The compression ratio was kept at 15.5:1, and knocking did not occur during engine operation. Output thermal efficiency operating the engine in SI mode with biogas enriched with 50% methane was almost the same compared with the engine running in diesel-biogas dual mode at full load and was greater at part loads. The dependence of the diesel pilot was eliminated when biogas was used in the engine converted in SI mode. The optimum condition of experiment for the engine without knocking was using biogas enriched with 50% methane, with 12 degrees of spark timing advance and equivalence ratio of 0.95, larger output powers and higher values of methane concentration lead the engine to knock operation. The presence of CO2 allows operating engines at high compression ratios with normal combustion conditions. Emissions of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and unburnt methane all in g/kWh decreased when the biogas was enriched with 50% methane.

scholarly journals Experimental analysis of super-knock occurrence based on a spark ignition engine with high compression ratio

Energy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 68-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhou ◽  
Rui Kang ◽  
Haiqiao Wei ◽  
Dengquan Feng ◽  
Jianxiong Hua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Compression Ratio ◽  
Experimental Analysis ◽  
Spark Ignition ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
High Compression Ratio ◽  
High Compression
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