Hydrogen-Enriched Compressed Natural Gas (Hcng) Engines

A Technology for Low Impact Engines
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-323-90448-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Hydrogen-Enriched Compressed Natural Gas (HCNG) Engines: A Technology for Low Impact Engines presents the latest research on HCNG internal combustion engines, highlighting the benefits and advantages on improving efficiency and reducing emissions. The author's team bring their wealth of practical experience, which starts by covering the fundamentals and characteristics of HCNG engines before moving onto more advanced topics such as the optimization of different types of HCNG engines, numerical and technical modeling and advanced methods. Engineers and researchers of internal combustion engines will gain a thorough understanding of the technical aspects of HCNG engines and benefit from the experience of the authors.Readers will take away a thorough understanding of spark ignition engines and the effect of fuel composition on their general behavior, considering emissions, efficiency and performance improvement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fanhua, Ma

Huang, Zuohua

Thakur, Amit Kumar

Thakur, Amit K.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Technologien für Fossile Energieträger
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Brennstoffe, Kraftstoffe, Explosivstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I Introduction 1. Introduction to HCNG engines2. Background of HCNG engines3. Impact on current transportation infrastructure4. Challenges involved in HCNG adaptation5. Fundamentals of HCNG6. Physical Characteristics of HCNG7. Experimental system and methodology8. Laminar flame characteristics9. Flammability limit10. Flame propagation and dynamics11. Early flame development12. Performance characteristics of HCNG engine13. Effect of compression ratio14. Effect of spark timings15. Effect of excess air ratio at idle conditions16. Effect of wide open throttle operating conditions17. Combustion and emission characteristics of HCNG engine18. Effect of hydrogen addition on cycle-by cycle variations19. Extension of Lean limit20. Effect of Excess air ratio21. Effect of spark timings22. Reduction of idle speed23. Engine combustion characteristics24. Engine cycle-by-cycle variations25. Engine emission characteristics26. Effect of compression ratio on combustion, emissions and cyclic variations27. Effect of fuel injection timings28. Combustion and emission characteristics of DI HCNG engine29. Application of direct injection in HCNG engines30. Effect of fuel injection timing31. Effect of hydrogen addition on emission32. Effect of cyclic variabilitySection II Optimization of HCNG engines-lean burn33. Hydrogen ratio34. Excess air ratio35. Spark timings36. Exhaust gas recycle (EGR)37. Compression ratio38. Extension of lean operation limit39. Effect of hydrogen addition40. Effect of engine load41. Effect of engine speed42. Effect of spark timing43. Catalytic converters usageSection III Optimization of HCNG engines-stoichiometric Combustion44. Hydrogen ratio45. Exhaust gas recycle (EGR)46. Spark timings47. TWC performanceSection IV Numerical modelling of HCNG engines 48. Statistical Analysis method49. Overview50. Design of experiments51. Gaussian function modeling52. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) optimization53. ANN modeling to study the performance of HCNG engine54. ANN modeling to study the emission of HCNG engine55. Intelligent Regression Algorithm optimization56. Support Vector Machine(SVM) method57. Support Vector Machine(SVM) to study performance of HCNG engines58. Support Vector Machine(SVM) to study NOx emission of HCNG engines59. Quasi dimensional combustion model60. Effect of calibration coefficients on the model61. Two zone thermodynamic model62. Turbulent entrainment combustion model63. Adiabatic flame temperature model64. Laminar burning velocity modelSection V Life Cycle Assessment of HCNG engines65. Life Cycle Assessment of HCNG engines66. Sources of Hydrogen Production

Über Autor(innen)

Fanhua, Ma
Dr. Fanhua Ma is currently associated with Tsinghua University as Associate Professor with more than twenty years of experience in academics and research. His area of expertise includes combustion, emission and control of internal combustion engines, especially focuses on Hydrogen enriched compressed natural gas (HCNG) engines. He has published around sixty research papers in referred journals/conferences. He is technical advisor of various national and international engine manufacturers. He has appointed as lead technical advisor of HCNG fuel station infrastructure project of Chinese 863 project and deputy project coordinator of UNDP-GEF fuel-cell bus commercialization project of China.

Thakur, Amit K.
Dr. Amit K. Thakur received his B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) from Birsa Institute of Technology, Sindri, Dhanbad, India, M. Tech (Chemical Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, and Ph. D (Chemical Engineering) from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. He has total 12 years of teaching and research experience. He has published more than 25 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and participated in many conferences, workshops, and training programs. He has 1 patent granted by the government of India. He is reviewer of many journals such as, Separation science and Technology, Powder Technology, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Particuology, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, etc. His research interest includes Advanced oxidation process, Pharmaceuticals, and personal care products (PPCPs) degradation, multi-scale modeling & optimization and Pharmaceutical Crystallization. He has published several chapters with Springer, Elsevier and Nova Science, USA, edited books.

Huang, Zuohua
Dr. Zuohua Huang is Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. He received his Ph. D degree in 1994 at Xi'an Jiaotong University. His research interests are internal combustion engines, combustion physics and chemistry, combustion diagnostics and simulation. He is Editor of FUEL and Fellow of the Combustion Institute. He is highly cited researcher in the field of engineering and energy.