Open AccessHydrogen a new fuel for internal combustion engines
Author(s) -
D Gheorghe,
Dragoș Tutunea,
Marin Bică,
A. Gruia,
Mãdãlina Cãlbureanu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/595/1/012032
Subject(s) - combustion , nox , automotive industry , homogeneous charge compression ignition , hydrogen fuel enhancement , internal combustion engine , automotive engine , fossil fuel , renewable fuels , hydrogen vehicle , hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicle , automotive engineering , ignition system , environmental science , hydrogen fuel , hydrogen , waste management , engineering , combustion chamber , fuel cells , chemistry , aerospace engineering , chemical engineering , organic chemistry
The depletion of fossil fuels and the strict emissions regulations have motivated researchers to find and invest considerable resources in finding new renewable fuels. Hydrogen can be used in automotive industry to control the pollutant emissions and to improve engine performances. However, the producing of hydrogen is expensive, the supply infrastructure is not ready and the engines are affected by knocking phenomena and the increase of NOx emissions. The focus is now in the research of advance combustion technologies such dual fuel engines, homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) and low-temperature combustion (LTC). The main limitations, challenges and perspectives are presented.