天然气发动机掺氢燃烧的探讨

根据氢气、天然气和天然气掺氢燃烧的一些特性，结合世界各国对天然气掺氢燃烧在发动机上应用的研究状况。探讨天然气发动机掺氢燃烧应用的前途和可行性。     

掺氢比对天然气发动机燃烧放热影响的研究

为分析掺氢燃烧对天然气发动机的影响,给出3种不同的计算燃烧质量比曲线的R-W方法,由 Wiebe 函数模拟燃烧过程.采用这3种方法根据模拟压力计算出的燃烧质量比曲线和输入的 Wiebe 曲线相比,选取精度最高的方法对不同掺氢比的天然气发动机燃烧放热过程进行分析.研究结果表明:RW-3方法精度最高,随着掺氢比的增加,燃烧速度加快,燃烧过程明显缩短.     

车用发动机燃用天然气掺氢燃料的性能计算分析与研究

为了研究天然气掺氢发动机的燃烧特性,从模拟试验的角度运用大型发动机软件建立了6缸火花点火天然气掺氢发动机的虚拟样机,并经过试验验证该模型基本准确.通过仿真计算得出,天然气发动机在掺入氢气之后,提高了燃烧速度,明显拓宽了发动机的稀燃极限.在掺入氢气30 %(体积百分比)时,发动机的综合性能指标较好;提高压缩比,指示热效率得到提高.     

预燃室式天然气掺氢发动机燃烧及排放模拟

为探索掺氢对预燃室式大功率中速天然气发动机燃烧和排放的影响,采用计算流体动力学耦合化学动力学方法,在一台6ACD320型天然气发动机上,对氢气体积分数为0～ 30％的天然气-氢气混合燃料的燃烧过程进行了数值模拟.结果表明:在天然气中掺氢促使缸内产生了更多的0、OH等活性自由基,从而加速了缸内火焰传播,发动机的指示燃气消...     

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。     

火花点火天然气掺氢发动机结合EGR时的循环变动规律

在火花点火式天然气掺氢发动机上,开展天然气掺氢结合EGR时发动机循环变动的试验研究,分析了不同EGR率和掺氢比时发动机燃烧循环变动规律.结果表明,对于给定的燃料,随EGR率的增加,缸内最高压力和最大压力升高率下降,循环变动增加,缸内最高压力和最大压力升高率与其对应的曲轴转角之间的相关性减弱.平均指示压力下降且分布趋于分...     

纯氢和天然气掺氢燃料发动机的试验研究

在某点燃式发动机上,试验研究了纯氢和不同比例天然气掺氢的燃烧与排放特性。结果表明：纯氢燃料燃烧快,燃烧持续期短,缸压和放热率升高率大且峰值较高,λ=1．1时,峰值压力为3．9MPa,燃烧持续期为12℃A。氢燃料的稀燃界限宽,过量空气系数λ=3时,峰值压力降低到1．7MPa,NOx排放趋于零。天然气掺氢可以改善天然气燃烧特性,拓展天然气的稀燃极限。在相同工况下,掺氢30％的混合气燃烧持续期比天然气缩短20℃A,但缸压峰值和NOx排放增加,这可以通过稀燃和优化点火提前角来降低峰值压力和NOx排放。掺氢30％的混合气可以在λ=1．857时稳定的工作,此时峰值压力降低到1．57MPa,NOx的排放小于50×10^-6。     

不同点火提前角时HCNG发动机的燃烧与排放特性

在一台火花点火天然气发动机上开展了在不同点火提前角下燃用不同体积掺氢比(O%～50%)的天然气掺氢燃料(HCNG)的试验研究,进行热效率、燃烧放热率、循环变动及排放特性的分析.结果表明:与原天然气发动机相比,HCNG发动机的最大扭矩点火提前角(MB了)减小,MBT时指示热效率变化不大;点火提前角增大时,火焰发展期增长,最大压力变动率减小,快速燃烧期和平均指示压力变动率先减小后增大;在相同点火提前角时,以上4个参数均随掺氢比的增加而减小.N0x、CO排放浓度随掺氢比增加而增大,CH4排放則相反.     

液态喷射LPG发动机掺氢燃烧的研究

通过对LPG发动机技术与氢发动机及其双燃料发动机的研究现状的分析,结合LPG液态喷射实验特点,提出了液态喷射LPG发动机掺氢燃烧的构想。设计了液态喷射LPG发动机掺氢燃烧的燃料供应系统和控制系统,重点考察了该发动机掺氢燃烧时的性能及排放特点。     

不同掺氢比的HCNG燃料对天然气发动机怠速性能影响研究

为了研究在天然气中掺入不同体积比氢气对发动机怠速性能的影响,针对一台6缸天然气发动机开展了不同体积掺氢比的氢气/天然气混合燃料(HCNG)的怠速性能试验研究.试验证实掺氢后热效率提高,要达到相同的怠速转速可减少怠速旁通阀开度;在怠速情况下,掺氢使CH4、CO、NMHC排放下降,Nox排放上升,可通过点火提前角推迟来有效降低怠速Nox排放;在天然气中掺入适量氢气后有利于改善发动机怠速燃烧,从而增加怠速稳定性.在怠速条件下,掺氢后CO、CH4排放随转速升高先减小后增加;怠速转速升高,怠速稳定性变好.在天然气中掺入适量氢气后,发动机热效率提高,经济性改善.     

Hydrogen energy share enhancement in a heavy duty diesel engine under RCCI combustion fueled with natural gas and diesel oil

The aim of this study is to enhance hydrogen energy share in a RCCI engine. The engine under consideration is fueled with diesel oil and natural gas enriched with hydrogen or syngas and is set to operate at 9.4 bar gross indicated mean effective pressure (Mid- Load). The syngas used in this study consists of hydrogen and carbon monoxide which are mixed together on a volumetric ratio of 80:20. A fixed amount of diesel oil is injected per cycle into the combustion chamber of the RCCI engine. Based on two different strategies, hydrogen or syngas mixed with exhaust gas recirculation are admitted gradually along with natural gas while ensuring that always the low temperature combustion concept is fulfilled. The RCCI engine operation is simulated through commercial software coupled with chemical kinetics solver. The simulation results show that without any engine diesel knock occurrence, by adding hydrogen to natural gas, the share of hydrogen energy could be increased up to 40.43% while the engine power output is reduced only by about 1%. Also, syngas addition to natural gas causes that the share of hydrogen energy could be increased up to 27.05% while improves the engine power more than 4%. At the same time, by considering two mentioned strategies, the overall hydrocarbon fuel consumption per cycle can be reduced by up to 46.60% and 33.86%, respectively. Moreover, having the gross indicated efficiency of well over 50% and significant reduction in the engine emissions compared to RCCI combustion fueled solely with natural gas and diesel oil are achievable.     

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.     

Numerical investigations on charge motion and combustion of natural gas-enhanced ammonia in marine pre-chamber lean-burn engine with dual-fuel combustion system

Ammonia, an efficient hydrogen carrier with the advantages of lower storage cost and higher stability comparing to hydrogen, is becoming a potential solution for carbon dioxide emission reduction from marine engine. In this paper, the CH₄/NH₃ mechanism applied to simulate the combustion process of elevated-pressure engine was experimentally verified. Then, simulations were conducted on a marine pre-chamber lean-burn engine to investigate the feasibility of dual-fuel combustion with natural gas and ammonia. The results show that the combustion of the rich mixture ignited by spark in the pre-chamber produces high-speed turbulent jet flames into the main chamber, which promotes the combustion of the lean gas mixture. Additionally, an anomalous pre-ignition pressure rise is observed at 50% natural gas addition. Finally, the performance evaluation of engine indicates that for the design of marine dual-fuel engine, the ammonia fraction range of 50%∼80% should be employed to achieve good engine thermal efficiency.     

Optical study on the effects of the hydrogen injection timing on lean combustion characteristics using a natural gas/hydrogen dual-fuel injected spark-ignition engine

Lean combustion has the potential to achieve higher thermal efficiency for internal combustion (IC) engines. However, natural gas engines often suffer from slow burning rate and large cyclic variations when adopting lean combustion. In this study, using a dual-fuel optical engine with a high compression ratio, the effects of direct-injected hydrogen on lean combustion characteristics of natural gas engines was investigated, emphasizing the role of hydrogen injection timing. Synchronization measurement of in-cylinder pressure and high-speed photography was performed for combustion analysis. The results show that the direct-injected hydrogen exhibits great improvement in lean combustion instability and power capability of natural gas engines. Visual images and combustion phasing analysis indicate that the underlying reasons are ascribed to the fast flame propagation with hydrogen addition. Regarding the direct injection timings, it is found that late injection of direct-injected hydrogen can achieve higher thermal efficiency, manifesting advanced combustion phasing, and increased heat release rate. Specifically, the flame propagation speed is elevated by approximately 50% at ?100 CAD than that of ?250 CAD. Further analysis indicates that the improvement of engine performance is ascribed to the increased volumetric efficiency and in-cylinder turbulence intensity, manifesting distinct flame centroid pathways at different injection timings. The current study provides insights into the combustion optimization of natural gas engines under lean burning conditions.     

Performance study using natural gas,hydrogen-supplemented natural gas and hydrogen in AVL research engine

In the future, hydrogen will be required to supplement and eventually replace a rapidly diminishing natural gas resource for stationary type combustion engines. Combustion properties, knock rating, engine performance and emissions of methane (the chief constituent of natural gas) and hydrogen are different as engine fuels. In the present work, investigations were carried out to obtain data on engine performance, fuel economy and emissions, using natural gas, hydrogen-supplemented natural gas (methane) and hydrogen in AVL² research engine. Investigations were also carried out to suppress flashback and to reduce nitric oxide emissions at different operating conditions, by water induction into the hydrogen-air mixture in the intake manifold for a hydrogen fueled engine.     

Effect of natural gas enrichment with hydrogen on combustion characteristics of a dual fuel diesel engine

Environmental benefits are one of the main motivations encouraging the use of natural gas as fuel for internal combustion engines. In addition to the better impact on pollution, natural gas is available in many areas. In this context, the present work investigates the effect of hydrogen addition to natural gas in dual fuel mode, on combustion characteristics improvement, in relation with engine performance. Various hydrogen fractions (10, 20 and 30 by v%) are examined. Results showed that natural gas enrichment with hydrogen leads in general to an improved gaseous fuel combustion, which corresponds to an enhanced heat release rate during gaseous fuel premixed phase, resulting in an increase in the in-cylinder peak pressure, especially at high engine load (4.1 bar at 70% load). The highest cumulative and rate of heat release correspond to 10% Hydrogen addition. The combustion duration of gaseous fuel combustion phase is reduced for all hydrogen blends. Moreover, this technique resulted in better combustion stability. For all hydrogen test blends, COV_IMEP does not exceed 10%. However, no major effect on combustion noise was noticed and the ignition delay was not affected significantly. Regarding performance, an important improvement in energy conversion was obtained with almost all hydrogen blends as a result of improved gaseous fuel combustion. A maximum thermal efficiency of 32.5%, almost similar to the one under diesel operation, and a minimum fuel consumption of 236 g/kWh, are achieved with 10% hydrogen enrichment at 70% engine load.     

Research on the hydrogen injection strategy of a direct injection natural gas/hydrogen rotary engine considering apex seal leakage

The purpose of the present paper is to investigate the hydrogen injection strategy on the combustion performance of a natural gas/hydrogen rotary engine. Considering that apex seal leakage (ASL) is an inevitable problem in the actual working process of a rotary engine, the action of ASL cannot be ignored for an in-depth study of its combustion performance. Therefore, in this paper, a 3D dynamic simulation model that put the effect of ASL into consideration was established. Furthermore, based on the established 3D model, the combustion process of a natural gas/hydrogen rotary engine under various hydrogen injection angle (HIA) and hydrogen injection timing (HIT) was investigated. The results indicated that the hydrogen jet flow first impacted on the rotor wall after entering the cylinder, and then diffused under the action of the vortexes in the cylinder. Therefore, the HIA and HIT could change the hydrogen distribution by changing the hydrogen impact location and the intensities of the vortexes in the cylinder. In addition, the ideal hydrogen distribution at the ignition timing which could improve the combustion efficiency was given. That is, under the premise of ensuring minimized hydrogen leakage, the hydrogen should mainly distribute in the middle and the front of the cylinder, and a high hydrogen concentration is maintained near the spark plug.     

Multi-criteria evaluation of hydrogen and natural gas fuelled power plant technologies

This paper evaluates nine types of electrical energy generation options with regard to seven criteria. The options use natural gas or hydrogen as a fuel. The Analytic Hierarchy Process was used to perform the evaluation, which allows decision-making when single or multiple criteria are considered.The options that were evaluated are the hydrogen combustion turbine, the hydrogen internal combustion engine, the hydrogen fuelled phosphoric acid fuel cell, the hydrogen fuelled solid oxide fuel cell, the natural gas fuelled phosphoric acid fuel cell, the natural gas fuelled solid oxide fuel cell, the natural gas turbine, the natural gas combined cycle and the natural gas internal combustion engine.The criteria used for the evaluation are CO₂ emissions, NO_X emissions, efficiency, capital cost, operation and maintenance costs, service life and produced electricity cost.A total of 19 scenarios were studied. In 15 of these scenarios, the hydrogen turbine ranked first and proved to be the most preferred electricity production technology. However since the hydrogen combustion turbine is still under research, the most preferred power generation technology which is available nowadays proved to be the natural gas combined cycle which ranked first in five scenarios and second in eight. The last in ranking electricity production technology proved to be the natural gas fuelled phosphoric acid fuel cell, which ranked in the last position in 13 scenarios.     

湍流射流点火对天然气发动机燃烧特性影响的试验研究

湍流射流点火（Turbulent Jet Ignition,TJI）是一种有效的燃烧增强技术,可提供更高的点火能量,使发动机稳定着火,且可以提高燃烧压力和燃烧速率,缩短燃烧持续期,是实现发动机稀薄燃烧的有效手段。基于一台带有预燃室的点燃式单缸试验机,开展了TJI模式下天然气发动机性能的试验研究。首先,研究了不同过量空气系数下TJI对天然气发动机动力性能、排放性能及燃烧特性的影响,并与火花塞点火（Spark Ignition,SI）模式进行对比;其次,在稀燃条件下分别探究了进气增压和预燃室喷氢对天然气发动机动力性、经济性及燃烧过程的优化作用。结果表明：TJI的使用可有效拓展天然气发动机的稀燃极限,且燃烧滞燃期和燃烧持续期均更短,放热率更高;过量空气系数1.5为甲烷TJI最佳稀燃工况,此时燃油消耗率最低,且可实现氮氧化物近零排放;此外,采用进气增压的方式可以提高TJI发动机在高负荷下的经济性;TJI模式下,相较于预燃室喷甲烷,预燃室喷氢气可进一步缩短滞燃期和燃烧持续期,提高放热率,达到提升TJI性能的效果。