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Nitrogen Oxides Emissions from a Diesel Engine Fuelled with Water-Diesel Microemulsions

Górska Milena, Skrzek Tomasz

Advances in Science and Technology. Research Journal

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2020

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Vol. 14, no 3

83--92

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In this study, an experiment was conducted to examine the AVL research diesel engine using two kinds of waterdiesel (W-D) fuel microemulsions. These W-D mixtures contained 3.5 and 7.0% by volume (%, v/v) of distilled water dispersed in regular diesel fuel meeting the requirements of the EN590 standard. The engine was tested under the conditions of low, moderate and higher loads. This research was focused on the emission characteristics of nitrogen dioxide (NO2 ) and nitrogen monoxide (NO). Cumulative emission of NOx was also analyzed before being further discussed. The obtained results of this study showed that the addition of distilled water to the regular diesel fuel has a minor effect on the variation of the nitrogen oxides emission. It was confirmed that NO is the main component of NOx detected in the exhaust stream of the AVL engine fuelled with all tested fuels. It proves that the thermal mechanism of the nitrogen oxides formation was dominant in the combustion process. Moreover, it was found that the addition of water dispersed as microemulsion in diesel fuel had a minor effect on the reduction of the NOx emission.

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Low Temperature Combustion of Jet Propellant-8 Fuel in Compression Ignition Engine with the Low Compression Ratio

Pawlak Grzegorz, Płochocki Patryk, Skrzek Tomasz

Advances in Science and Technology. Research Journal

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2020

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Vol. 14, no 4

273--283

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Jet Propellant-8 (JP-8) is used as a fuel for a standard Compression Ignition (CI) engine instead of diesel oil, especially in the military applications. The properties of a kerosene-type fuel, which is JP-8, encourage us to test different strategies of mixture creation and combustion, which could be more effective for this fuel than these elaborated for diesel oil. The experiment aimed to show whether it is possible to realise an effective Low Temperature Combustion (LTC) strategy in a CI engine with a low compression ratio for JP-8 fuel. The tests were focused on the combustion of a lean homogeneous JP-8/air mixture close to the knock limit. Additionally, the combustion process of the homogeneous mixtures diluted with EGR was examined. The AVL research engine with a common rail system and low compression ratio (CR = 12) was adapted for the tests. In order to create a homogeneous mixture early, multi injection of JP-8 under high pressure (90 MPa) was applied. The results of the HCCI operation were compared to the Partially Premixed Combustion (PPC) mode without EGR, tested on the same engine with a low CR. The experiment showed that it is possible to realise the LTC process for the HCCI engine fueled with JP-8, though the knock limited the engine load. The application of EGR allowed controlling the phase and rate of the heat release. The higher share of EGR made the HCCI engine cycles less repetitive. Generally, for the HCCI engine operation, the CO and total hydrocarbons (THC) emissions were on a high level. The PM emission was also relatively high, whereas NOx was maintained on a low level for all of the examined points.

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Investigation of Harmful Chemical Compounds from Dual-Fuelled Diesel Engine

Smigins Ruslans, Skrzek Tomasz, Górska Milena, Pawlak Grzegorz

Advances in Science and Technology. Research Journal

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2020

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Vol. 14, no 4

21--29

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This paper investigated the impact of the exhaust gas recirculation on the concentration of selected harmful chemical compounds from the AVL 5402 research diesel engine powered with diesel fuel (DF) and compressed natural gas (CNG). The engine was operated in the dual fuel mode. It means that the engine was conventionally fuelled by regular diesel fuel and simultaneously by CNG dosed into the inlet pipe. The necessary tests were carried out for the mixtures containing 30, 50 and 70% of CNG (by energy content) in the total chemical energy delivered together with diesel fuel (DF) into the combustion chamber. The research was conducted for the stationary conditions of the engine operation at 1200 rpm and constant 1004 Joules of a fuel chemical energy delivered in each cycle into the combustion chamber. Under such conditions, the impact of the EGR rate changed in range of 0–50% on the emissions of selected unburned hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx) as well as particulate matter (PM), was evaluated. The obtained results confirmed that the EGR system is effective in the reduction of the NOx formation for all tested fuel mixtures. Nevertheless, it was found that the addition of CNG combusted in the diesel engine generates more harmful pollutants in comparison with diesel fuel. However, in some cases the concentration of NOx as well as PM was comparable or lower. It suggests that the combustion of CNG in diesels allows achieving environmental benefits. In this case, further optimization of the engine fuel supply system is necessary.

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Research on the effect of diesel fuel injection parameters on the exhaust emissions in the turbocharged CI engine operating on propane

Luft Sławomir, Skrzek Tomasz

Combustion Engines

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2019

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R. 58, nr 2

180--186

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The article presents results of the studies on the charged, dual-fuel CI compression ignition engine fuelled with propane. The main goal of the studies was to fuel the engine so that the amount of energy provided with propane is possibly highest at the high efficiency, low emission of harmful exhaust constituents and proper combustion. As the studies conducted so far have shown, with the increase of energy from propane we observe crucial changes in the combustion process. As these changes may be a barrier in the further increase of energy, we decided to change the injection parameters of the diesel fuel. The changes introduced allowed for the 70% energetic contribution of gas fuel at the subsequent elimination of unfavourable phenomena. The fuel injection was realized divided into two doses. Both proportions and angle at the beginning of the injection for both doses were variable. The angle at the beginning of injection for the first dose was changed in a wide range and depended on the value of charging pressure. The angle at the beginning of injection for the second dose was changed in a much narrower range, mainly due to very clear changes in the nature of combustion process. The studies have been conducted for three values of charging pressure, namely 200; 400 and 600 [mbar], and also for the naturally aspirated version. Study results have been presented in a form of regulation characteristics for the angle of the beginning of injection of the pilot dose for the chosen charging variants, as well as volume and angle of the beginning of injection for the main dose. The obtained results show that the content of exhaust constituents for the dual-fuel CI engine depends highly on assumed regulations of injection parameters of the fuel dose initiating the ignition, as well as engine charging pressure.

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Duel fuel compression ignition engine fuelled with homogeneous mixtures of propane and kerosene-based fuel

Skrzek Tomasz

Combustion Engines

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2019

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R. 58, nr 3

191--197

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The paper presents some results of examination of DF CI engine fuelled with kerosene-based fuel (Jet A-1) and propane. The aim was to obtain the maximum engine thermal and overall efficiency and checking the engine emissions for the application of significant share of propane as a main source of energy. The fuel which initiates the ignition was Jet A-1 provided by common rail system during the beginning of compression stroke. Propane was provided to inlet manifold in a gas phase. The method of providing of both fuels to the engine cylinder allowed to create nearly homogeneous mixture and realized HCCI process for dual fuelling with Jet A-1 and propane. It was possible to compare two combustion strategies PCCI and HCCI for fuelling of CI engine with single fuel (Jet A-1) and dual fuelling with Jet A-1 and propane. The results of experiment show that the NOx and soot emissions are much lower than for standard CI or SI engines. The results also show very interesting potential role of propane in control of HCCI dual fuel combustion process which gives the new perspective of dual fuel engine development. The low levels of toxic components in exhaust gases encourage to test and develop this type of fuelling which could radically confine the negative influence on the environment as well as enable to apply an alternative fuels.