火花点火发动机燃用CNG/H_2混合燃料配合EGR的性能和排放研究

在一台火花点火天然气发动机上开展了不同掺氢比和EGR率下发动机性能和排放的试验研究。研究结果表明:引入EGR后发动机输出功率下降,但掺氢可以提高大EGR工况下发动机的输出功率。有效热效率随EGR率的增大呈现先升高后降低的趋势;小EGR率下,有效热效率随掺氢比的增加而降低,而大EGR率下,有效热效率随掺氢比的增大而升高。天然气掺氢后NOx排放增加,EGR引入使NOx排放降低,这种降低作用在大掺氢比下更显著。因此,相对于小EGR率工况,大EGR率工况下天然气掺氢表现出更好的性能和排放效果。HC排放随EGR率的增大而增加,随掺氢比的增加而降低。CO和CO2都随EGR率的增加变化不大,随掺氢比的增加而降低。研究表明,天然气掺氢结合EGR可实现火花点火发动机高效低污染燃烧,并能满足欧Ⅳ排放标准。     

Experimental investigation on performance and emissions of a spark-ignition engine fuelled with natural gas–hydrogen blends combined with EGR

An experimental investigation on the influence of different hydrogen fractions and EGR rates on the performance and emissions of a spark-ignition engine was conducted. The results show that large EGR introduction decreases the engine power output. However, hydrogen addition can increase the power output at large EGR operation. Effective thermal efficiency shows an increasing trend at small EGR rate and a decreasing trend with further increase of EGR rate. In the case of small EGR rate, effective thermal efficiency is decreased with the increase of hydrogen fraction; while in the case of large EGR rate, thermal efficiency is increased with increasing of hydrogen fraction. For a specified hydrogen fraction, NO_x concentration is decreased with the increase of EGR rate and this effectiveness becomes more obviously at high hydrogen fraction. HC emission is increased with the increase of EGR rate and it decreases with the increase of hydrogen fraction. CO and CO₂ emissions show little variations with EGR rate, but they decrease with the increase of hydrogen fraction. The study shows that natural gas–hydrogen blend combining with EGR can realize high-efficiency and low-emission spark-ignition engine.     

A comparison between EGR and lean-burn strategies employed in a natural gas SI engine using a two-zone combustion model

Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) strategy has been recently employed in natural gas SI engines as an alternative to lean burn technique in order to satisfy the increasingly stringent emission standards. However, the effect of EGR on some of engine performance parameters compared to lean burn is not yet quite certain. In the current study, the effect of both EGR and lean burn on natural gas SI engine performance was compared at similar operating conditions. This was achieved numerically by developing a computer simulation of the four-stroke spark-ignition natural gas engine. A two-zone combustion model was developed to simulate the in-cylinder conditions during combustion. A kinetic model based on the extended Zeldovich mechanism was also developed in order to predict NO emission. The combustion model was validated using experimental data and a good agreement between the results was found. It was demonstrated that adding EGR to the stoichiometric inlet charge at constant inlet pressure of 130 kPa decreased power more rapidly than excess air; however, the power loss was recovered by increasing the inlet pressure from 130 kPa at zero dilution to 150 kPa at 20% EGR dilution. The engine fuel consumption increased by 10% when 20% EGR dilution was added at inlet pressure of 150 kPa compared to using 20% air dilution at 130 kPa. However, it was found that EGR dilution strategy is capable of producing extremely lower NO emission than lean burn technique. NO emission was reduced by about 70% when the inlet charge was diluted at a rate of 20% using EGR instead of excess air.     

Experimental study on combustion characteristics of a spark-ignition engine fueled with natural gas–hydrogen blends combining with EGR

An experimental study on the effect of hydrogen fraction and EGR rate on the combustion characteristics of a spark-ignition engine fueled with natural gas–hydrogen blends was investigated. The results show that flame development duration, rapid combustion duration and total combustion duration are increased with the increase of EGR rate and decreased with the increase of hydrogen fraction in the blends. Hydrogen addition shows larger influence on flame development duration than that on rapid combustion duration. The coefficient of variation of the indicated mean effective pressure increases with the increase of EGR rate. And hydrogen addition into natural gas decreases the coefficient of variation of the indicated mean effective pressure, and this effectiveness becomes more obviously at high EGR rate. Engine fueled with natural gas–hydrogen blends combining with proper EGR rate can realize the stable low temperature combustion in gas engine.     

1D thermo-fluid dynamic modelling of an S.I. single-cylinder H2 engine with cryogenic port injection

This paper describes the numerical and experimental research work carried out on a single-cylinder spark-ignition research engine with cryogenic port injection of gaseous hydrogen. A 1D thermo-fluid dynamic simulation code for the simulation of a hydrogen fuelled S.I. engine has been developed; in particular, a quasi-D multi-zone combustion model has been enhanced to predict the burning rate of a homogeneous mixture of hydrogen and air, on the basis of an extended database for laminar burning velocities. Moreover, a 1D simulation of the unsteady flows in the whole intake and exhaust systems coupled to the engine has been addressed, considering the transport of chemical species to account for the port injection of hydrogen at very low temperature (cryogenic conditions). The working fluid is treated as a mixture of ideal gases, including para-hydrogen, with specific heats depending on the gas temperature and the mole fractions. A validation of the simulation model is shown in the paper, comparing the computed results with the experimental data of in-cylinder pressures, cylinder NO emissions and intake and exhaust instantaneous pressure pulses at different locations, for naturally aspirated engine conditions.     

Research on emission characteristics of hydrogen fuel internal combustion engine based on more detailed mechanism

A CFD simulation model with simplified chemical reaction mechanism was built based on CONVERGE software to study the in-cylinder combustion progress and NO generation mechanism of hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine (HICE). Simulation results show that the in-cylinder combustion progress experiences the ellipsoidal flame stable propagation stage and the rapid turbulent combustion stage. At the end of rapid turbulent combustion the OH concentration decreases quickly, the peak temperature and maximum NO mass appear at that time, and then the in-cylinder temperature and NO mass decrease step by step. The final emission depends on the peak temperature and NO decomposition time of high-temperature regions. The higher the maximum temperature, the greater the NO peak mass; and the faster the temperature drop, the less the NO decomposes. Adoption of EGR can reduce the in-cylinder maximum temperature, and NO decomposes sufficiently at low speed, which in turn leads to lower NO emission of HICE.     

Comparison of the effects of EGR and lean burn on an SI engine fueled by hydrogen-enriched low calorific gas

A naturally aspirated spark ignition (SI) engine fueled by hydrogen-blended low calorific gas (LCG) was tested in both exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and lean burn modes. The “dilution ratio” was introduced to compare their effects on engine performance and emissions under identical levels of dilution. LCG composed of 40% natural gas and 60% nitrogen was used as a main fuel, and hydrogen was blended with the LCG in volumes ranging from 0 to 20%. The engine test results demonstrated that EGR operations at stoichiometry showed a narrower dilution range, inferior combustion characteristics, lower brake thermal efficiency, faster nitrogen oxides (NO_x) suppression, and higher total hydrocarbon (THC) emissions for all hydrogen blending rates compared to lean burn. These trends were mainly due to the increased oxygen deficiency as a result of using EGR in LCG/air mixtures. Hydrogen enrichment of the LCG improved combustion stability and reduced THC emissions while increasing NO_x. In terms of efficiency, hydrogen addition induced a competition between combustion enhancement and increases in the cooling loss, so that the peak thermal efficiency occurred at 10% H₂ with excess air ratio of 1.5. The engine test results also indicated that a close-to-linear NO_x-efficiency relationship occurred for all hydrogen blending rates in both operations as long as stable combustion was achieved. NO_x versus combustion duration analysis showed that adding H₂ reduced combustion duration while maintaining the same level of NO_x. The methane fraction contained in the THC emissions decreased slightly with an increase in hydrogen enrichment at low EGR or excess air dilution ratios, but this tendency was diminished at higher dilution ratios because of the combined dilution effects from the inert gas in the LCG and the diluents (EGR or excess air).     

EGR与进气富氧对直喷柴油机NO和碳烟排放的影响

使用增压中冷直喷柴油机,采用进气富氧与高比率EGR相结合的技术,实现富氧燃烧条件下的低NO-碳烟排放.单独使用富氧燃烧,NO的排放将随氧体积分数的上升而增加.单独使用高EGR,碳烟(Smoke)的排放会随EGR率的增加而增加.将富氧进气与高比率EGR的结合,可以通过富氧的强氧化性降低Smoke排放,通过大比率EGR来控制燃烧温度,抑制NO的过度增长.试验结果表明:1,600,r/min(经济转速)下,EGR率为35%～45%,进气氧体积分数为21%～23%;2,200,r/min(最高转矩)下,EGR率为20%～50%,进气氧体积分数为22%～24%;在上述范围内的EGR与O2搭配,可以实现低于原机的NO-Smoke排放.综合考察发动机在各种掺比下的功率、油耗,探索出适合发动机各个工况的富氧及EGR组合区域,在该区域内发动机的功率、油耗和排放水平都能得到兼顾.     

Numerical prediction of effects of CO2 or H2 content on combustion characteristics and generation efficiency of biogas-fueled engine generator

The fundamental effect of additives and the lean burn capability of methane combustion are investigated using cycle simulation and Latin hypercube sampling. The target engine is a spark-ignition engine fueled by methane and biogas mixed with hydrogen. The dominant variables were CO₂ and H₂ content, spark timing, and excess air ratio (EAR). Varying the amount of additives (CO₂ and H₂), spark timing, and EAR demonstrated that hydrogen plays an important role in extending the lean operating limit. The fractional factorial design of the experiment, Latin hypercube sampling, was applied to obtain the maximum brake torque (MBT) spark timing with variants in excess air ratios and additive content. When MBT spark timing is employed, the maximum mass fraction burned can be enhanced in the lean-burn region by increasing the hydrogen content with improved generating efficiencies under lean operating conditions.     

Effect of induction on exhaust gas recirculation and hydrogen gas in compression ignition engine with simarouba oil in dual fuel mode

Biofuels extracted from non-edible oil is sustainable and can be used as an alternative fuel for internal combustion engines. This study presents the performance, emission and combustion characteristic analysis by using simarouba oil (obtained from Simarouba seed) as an alternative fuel along with hydrogen and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) in a compression ignition (CI) engine operating on dual fuel mode. Simarouba biofuel blend (B20) was prepared on volumetric basis by mixing simarouba oil and diesel in the proportion of 20% and 80% (v/v), respectively. Hydrogen gas was introduced at the flow rate of 2.67 kg/min, and EGR concentration was maintained at 30% of total air introduction. Performance, combustion and emission characteristics analysis were examined with biodiesel (B20), biodiesel with hydrogen substitution and biodiesel, hydrogen with EGR and were compared with neat diesel operation. Results indicate that BTE of the engine operating with biodiesel B20 was decreased when compared to neat diesel operation. However, introducing hydrogen along with B20 blend into the combustion chamber shows a slight increase in the BTE by 1%. NO_x emission was increased to 18.13% with the introduction of hydrogen than that of base fuel (diesel) operation. With the introduction of EGR, there is a significant reduction in NO_x emission due to decrease in in-cylinder temperature by 19.07%. A significant reduction in CO, CO_2, and smoke emissions were also noted with the introduction of both hydrogen and EGR. The ignition delay and combustion duration were increased with the introduction of hydrogen, EGR with biodiesel than neat diesel operation. Hence, the proposed biodiesel B20 with H₂ and EGR combination can be applied as an alternative fuel in CI engines.     

运行在不同海拔下增压柴油机的EGR试验研究

随着海拔高度的增加，大气压力降低，导致柴油机的过量空气系数减小，然而柴油机在进行EGR后，过量空气系数减小的幅度增加，柴油机的各项工作特性参数发生不同程度的变化，以至于各个工况点下的最佳EGR率发生变化。使用内燃机大气模拟综合系统，对在不同海拔地区运行的柴油机进行EGR后的经济性和烟度的变化规律进行了初步研究，所获得的结论为在高原地区运行的柴油机采用EGR以及EGR技术的进一步研究提供了依据。     

进气加湿结合废气再循环技术对高压直喷双燃料低速机燃烧及排放的影响

基于CONVERGE软件建立了高压直喷双燃料船用发动机三维仿真模型,研究了空气加湿技术和废气再循环(exhaust gas recirculation,EGR)对发动机燃烧过程及排放的影响,并通过耦合进气加湿、EGR和天然气喷射策略等技术,最终得到满足TierⅢ排放法规的可行性技术路线。结果表明,进气加湿降低NOx排放潜力较大(约55%),且对燃料经济性恶化程度较小(约1.6%);单独采用进气加湿技术难以满足TierⅢ排放标准,60%进气加湿程度结合较低程度EGR率(20%)可进一步提高降低NOx排放的潜力(78%);为降低进气加湿和EGR带来的功率损失,在20%EGR率耦合60%进气加湿氛围下,提前2°曲轴转角喷射天然气可使天然气消耗率可降低约1g/(kW·h),同时NOx排放满足TierⅢ排放法规要求。     

Generating efficiency and emissions of a spark-ignition gas engine generator fuelled with biogas–hydrogen blends

We investigated the generating efficiency and pollutant emissions of a four-stroke spark-ignition gas engine generator operating on biogas–hydrogen blends of varying excess air ratios and hydrogen concentrations. Experiments were carried out at a constant engine speed of 1200 rpm and a constant electric power output of 10 kW. The experimental results showed that the peak values of generating efficiency, maximum cylinder pressure, and NO_x emissions were elevated at an excess air ratio of around 1.2 as the hydrogen concentration was increased. CO₂ emissions decreased as the excess air ratio and hydrogen concentration increased, due to lean-burn conditions and hydrogen combustion. An efficiency per NO_x emissions ratio (EPN) was defined to consider the relationship between the generating efficiency and NO_x emissions. A maximum EPN value of 0.7502 was obtained with a hydrogen concentration of 15%, for an excess air ratio of 2.0. At this EPN value, the NO_x and CO₂ emissions were 39 ppm and 1678.32 g/kWh, respectively, and the generating efficiency was 29.26%. These results demonstrated that the addition of hydrogen to biogas enabled the effective generation of electricity using a gas engine generator through lean-burn combustion.     

CFD modeling and experimental study of combustion and nitric oxide emissions in hydrogen-fueled spark-ignition engine operating in a very wide range of EGR rates

In the current work, the variation of EGR rates is investigated in a hydrogen-fueled, spark-ignition engine. This technique is followed in order to control the engine load and decrease the exhaust nitrogen oxides emissions. The external EGR is varied in the very wide range of 12% up to 47% (by mass), where in each test case the in-cylinder mixture is stoichiometric, diluted with the appropriate EGR rate. The operation of this engine is explored using measured data with the aid of a validated CFD code. Moreover, a new residual gas term existing in the expression of the hydrogen laminar flame speed, which has been derived from a one-dimensional chemical kinetics code, is tested in a real application for appraising its capabilities. The investigation conducted provides insight on the performance and indicated efficiency of the engine, the combustion processes, and the emissions of nitrogen oxides. More precisely, an experimental study has been deployed with the aim to identify the characteristics of such a technique, using very high EGR rates, focusing on the combustion phenomena. At the same time, the CFD results are compared with the corresponding measured ones, in order to evaluate the CFD code under such non-conventional operating conditions and to test a recent expression for the residual gas term included in the hydrogen laminar flame speed expression. It is revealed that the combustion takes place in few degrees of crank angle, especially at high engine loads (low EGR rates), whereas the exhaust nitrogen oxides emissions are significantly decreased in comparison to the use of lean mixtures for controlling the engine load. Additionally, the recent expression of the residual gas term, which has been tested and incorporated in the CFD code, seems to be adequate for the calculation of combustion phenomena in highly diluted, with EGR, hydrogen-fueled spark-ignition engines, as for every EGR rate tested (even for the higher ones) the computational results are compared in good terms with the measured data.     

Cycle-by-cycle variations in a spark ignition engine fueled with natural gas–hydrogen blends combined with EGR

Study of cycle-by-cycle variations in a spark ignition engine fueled with natural gas–hydrogen blends combined with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) was conducted. The effects of EGR ratio and hydrogen fraction on engine cycle-by-cycle variations are analyzed. The results show that the cylinder peak pressure, the maximum rate of pressure rise and the indicated mean effective pressure decrease and cycle-by-cycle variations increase with the increase of EGR ratio. Interdependency between the above parameters and their corresponding crank angles of cylinder peak pressure is decreased with the increase of EGR ratio. For a given EGR ratio, combustion stability is promoted and cycle-by-cycle variations are decreased with the increase of hydrogen fraction in the fuel blends. Non-linear relationship is presented between the indicated mean effective pressure and EGR ratio. Slight influence of EGR ratio on indicated mean effective pressure is observed at low EGR ratios while large influence of EGR ratio on indicated mean effective pressure is demonstrated at high EGR ratios. The high test engine speed has lower cycle-by-cycle variations due to the enhancement of air flow turbulence and swirls in the cylinder. Increasing hydrogen fraction can maintain low cycle-by-cycle variations at high EGR ratios.     

富氧进气与水乳化柴油的掺烧试验及数值模拟

在直喷柴油机上采用体积分数21％、22％、23％和24％的进气增氧技术,燃用纯柴油与30％水乳化柴油进行燃烧及排放试验.采用CFD软件与正庚烷简化模型耦合进行数值模拟.试验结果表明,燃用纯柴油时,随进气氧体积分数的增加,燃烧始点提前;在使用30％水乳化柴油时,着火延迟加大,但其依然遵循随掺入的氧体积分数增大着火时刻提前的规律,NO和烟度的排放低于燃用纯柴油的情况.模拟计算显示:CFD与动力学模型的耦合可以较为准确地预测富氧燃烧的缸内着火时刻及燃烧状况.分析上止点后2° CA时刻燃烧室温度场切片可知,燃用30％水乳化柴油使缸内温度下降,即使掺入体积分数24％的O2,NO生成也低于燃用纯柴油、空气助燃的情况,实现富氧条件下相对于原机的低温燃烧,减少了污染物的排放.     

Performance and emission characteristics of a turbocharged spark-ignition hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas engine under wide open throttle operating conditions

This paper investigates the effect of various hydrogen ratios in HCNG (hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas) fuels on performance and emission characteristics at wide open throttle operating conditions using a turbocharged spark-ignition natural gas engine. The experimental data was taken at hydrogen fractions of 0%, 30% and 55% by volume and was conducted under different excess air ratio (λ) at MBT operating conditions. It is found that under various λ, the addition of hydrogen can significantly reduce CO, CH₄ emissions and the NO_x emission remain at an acceptable level when ignition timing is optimized. Using the same excess air ratio, as more hydrogen is added the power, exhaust temperatures and max cylinder pressure decrease slowly until the mixture’s lower heating value remains unchanged with the hydrogen enrichment, then they rise gradually. In addition, the early flame development period and the flame propagation duration are both shorter, and the indicated thermal efficiency and maximum heat release rate both increase with more hydrogen addition.     

The effect of EGR and hydrogen addition to natural gas on performance and exhaust emissions in a diesel engine by AVL fire multi-domain simulation,GPR model,and multi-objective genetic algorithm

In this study, the effect of adding hydrogen to natural gas and EGR ratio was conducted on a diesel engine to investigate the engine performance and exhaust gases by AVL Fire multi-domain simulation software.For this investigation, a mixture of hydrogen fuel and natural gas replaced diesel fuel. The percentage of hydrogen in blend fuel changed from 0% to 40%. The compression ratio converted from 17:1 to 15:1. The EGR ratios were in three steps of 5%, 10%, and 15%, with different engine speeds from 1000 to 1800 RPM. The Gaussian process regression (GPR) was developed to model engine performance and exhaust emissions. The optimal values of EGR and the percentage of hydrogen in the blend of HCNG were extracted using a multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA).The results showed that by increasing EGR, thermal efficiency, the engine power, and specific fuel consumption decreased due to prolongation of combustion length while cumulative heat release increased but, its effect on cylinder pressure is insignificant. Adding hydrogen to natural gas increased the combustion temperature and, consequently NOx. While the amount of CO and HC decreased. The results of GPR and MOGA illustrated that at different engine speeds, the optimum values of EGR and HCNG were 6.35% and 31%, respectively.     

Modeling study on the production of hydrogen/syngas via partial oxidation using a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine fueled with natural gas

The production of hydrogen and syngas from natural gas using a homogeneous charge compression ignition reforming engine is investigated numerically. The simulation tool used was CHEMKIN 3.7, using the GRI-3 natural gas combustion mechanism. This simulation was conducted on the changes in hydrogen and syngas concentration according to the variations of equivalence ratio, intake temperature, oxygen enrichment, engine speed, initial pressure, and fuel additives with partial oxidation combustion. The simulation results indicate that the hydrogen/syngas yields are strongly dependent on the equivalence ratio with maxima occurring at an optimal equivalence ratio varying with engine speed. The hydrogen/syngas yields increase with increasing intake temperature and oxygen contents in air. The hydrogen/syngas yields also increase with increasing initial pressure, especially at lower temperatures, yet high temperature can suppress the pressure effect. Furthermore, it was found that the hydrogen/syngas yields increase when using fuel additives, especially hydrogen peroxide. Through the parametric screening studies, optimum operating conditions for natural gas partial oxidation reforming are recommended at 3.0 equivalence ratio, 530 K intake temperature, 0.3 oxygen enrichment, 500 rpm engine speed, 1 atm initial pressure, and 7.5% hydrogen peroxide.     

A combined experimental and numerical study of thermal processes, performance and nitric oxide emissions in a hydrogen-fueled spark-ignition engine

This work concerns the study of a spark-ignition engine fueled with hydrogen, using both measured and numerical data at various conditions, focusing on the combustion efficiency, the heat transfer phenomena and heat loss to the cylinder walls, the performance, as well as the nitric oxide (NO) emissions formed, when the fuel/air and compression ratio are varied. For the investigation of the heat transfer mechanism, the local wall temperatures and heat flux rates were measured at three locations of the cylinder liner in a CFR engine. These fluxes can provide a reliable estimation of the total heat loss through the cylinder walls and of the hydrogen flame arrival at specific locations. Together with the experimental analysis, the numerical results obtained from a validated in-house CFD code were utilized for gaining a more complete view of the heat transfer mechanism and the hydrogen combustion efficiency for the various cases examined. The performance of the CFR engine is then identified, since the calculated cylinder pressures are compared with the measured ones, from which performance and heat release rates are calculated and discussed. Further, NO emission studies have been accomplished, with the calculated results not only being compared with the measured exhaust NO ones, but also further processed for conducting an in-depth investigation of the dependence of NO production on the spatial distribution of in-cylinder gas temperature. It is revealed that for lower fuel/air ratio the burned gas temperature is held at low level and the heat loss ratio is quite low. As the load increases and stoichiometric mixtures are used, the wall and in-cylinder gas temperatures increase substantially, together with the heat loss and the NO emissions, owing to the high hydrogen combustion velocity and the consequent high rate of temperature rise. The combustion efficiency is slightly increased, but the indicated efficiency is decreased due to higher heat loss.