Open AccessA Research on the Performance, Emission and Combustion Parameters of the Hydrogen and Biogas Dual Fuel Engine
Author(s) -
Avinash Mutluri,
Radha Krishna Gopidesi,
Srinivas Viswanath Valeti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
incas buletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2247-4528
pISSN - 2066-8201
DOI - 10.13111/2066-8201.2020.12.3.10
Subject(s) - diesel fuel , biogas , nox , combustion , waste management , brake specific fuel consumption , environmental science , diesel engine , hydrogen fuel enhancement , hydrogen , inlet manifold , thermal efficiency , winter diesel fuel , internal combustion engine , diesel cycle , automotive engineering , petrol engine , engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry
In the present research a diesel engine has been converted to dual fuel mode, injecting hydrogen and biogas as secondary fuel and the tests were conducted in dual fuel mode to evaluate the performance, emissions and combustion parameters of the engine. Diesel as a pilot fuel, hydrogen and biogas as a secondary fuel were injected from the inlet manifold. The hydrogen and the biogas which is a gaseous fuel were injected at 5 liters per minute (lpm) and the tests were conducted separately. From these tests, it was noted that there is an enhancement of 27.28% in brake thermal efficiency (BTE) and increment of 10.70% in NOX emissions for diesel with 5 lpm hydrogen compared with diesel fuel under single fuel mode. Also, it was noted that the reduction in BTE was around 36.50% and NOX emissions about 15.68 % for diesel with 5 lpm biogas when compared with diesel fuel under single fuel mode.