Title
Effect of biogas enriched with hydrogen on the operation and performance of a diesel-biogas dual engine
Date Issued
01 January 2013
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Cacua-Madero K.P.
Iral-Galeano L.
Amell-Arrieta A.A.
Universidad de Antioquia
Publisher(s)
Ecopetrol S.A.
Abstract
The effect of hydrogen enrichment was tested for a diesel-biogas dual fuel engine. The operation and performance characteristics, such as thermal efficiency, pollutant emissions and combustion parameters were determined. Experiments have been carried with a stationary compression ignition (CI) engine coupled with a generator in dual mode using a typical biogas composition of 60% vol. CH4 and 40% vol. CO2. For every load engine evaluated, the hydrogen concentration was varied from 5 to 20% H2 v/v. The results showed increases in peak pressure chamber up to 10.7 bar, and diesel substitution levels up to 80% under conditions of steady combustion without knocking. Also, thermal efficiency increases up to 16% and carbon monoxide emissions decreases up to 13% at full load, and 20% of hydrogen in engines operating in diesel-biogas dual mode.
Start page
61
End page
72
Volume
5
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería del Petróleo, (combustibles, aceites), Energía, Combustibles
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84889243386
Source
CTyF - Ciencia, Tecnologia y Futuro
ISSN of the container
01225383
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