The article presents the results of research on the influence of two fuel additives that selectively affect the combustion process in a diesel engine cylinder. The addition of NitrON® reduces the concentration of nitrogen oxides (NOx), due to a reduction in the kinetic combustion rate, at the cost of a slight increase in the concentration of particulate matter (PM) in the engine exhaust gas. The Reduxco® additive reduces PM emissions by increasing the diffusion combustion rate, while slightly increasing the NOx concentration in the engine exhaust gas. Research conducted by the authors confirmed that the simultaneous use of both of these additives in the fuel not only reduced both NOx and PM emissions in the exhaust gas but additionally the reduction of NOx and PM emissions was greater than the sum of the effects of these additives—the synergy effect. Findings indicated that the waveforms of the heat release rate (dQ/dα) responsible for the emission of NOx and PM in the exhaust gas differed for the four tested fuels in relation to the maximum value (selectively and independently in the kinetic and diffusion stage), and they were also phase shifted. Due to this, the heat release process Q(α) was characterized by a lower amount of heat released in the kinetic phase compared to fuel with NitrON® only and a greater amount of heat released in the diffusion phase compared to fuel with Reduxco® alone, which explained the lowest NOx and PM emissions in the exhaust gas at that time. For example for the NOx concentration in the engine exhaust: the Nitrocet® fuel additive (in the used amount of 1500 ppm) reduces the NOx concentration in the exhaust gas by 18% compared to the base fuel. The addition of a Reduxco® catalyst to the fuel (1500 ppm) unfortunately increases the NOx concentration by up to 20%. On the other hand, the combustion of the complete tested fuel, containing both additives simultaneously, is characterized, thanks to the synergy effect, by the lowest NOx concentration (reduction by 22% in relation to the base). For example for PM emissions: the Nitrocet® fuel additive does not significantly affect the PM emissions in the engine exhaust (up to a few per cent compared to the base fuel). The addition of a Reduxco® catalyst to the fuel greatly reduces PM emissions in the engine exhaust, up to 35% compared to the base fuel. On the other hand, the combustion of the complete tested fuel containing both additives simultaneously is characterized by the synergy effect with the lowest PM emission (reduction of 39% compared to the base fuel).
This paper presents a concept and a technical analysis of a co-generation power set with a combustion engine powered by syngas produced in the process of wood waste gasification. The set is composed of a wood waste gas generator fitted with a filter system, a combustion engine, a current generator and heat exchangers. The foundations of the gasification process are described together with the most common solutions used worldwide. Moreover, the methods of adapting spark-ignition and compression-ignition engines to be powered by syngas produced in the wood waste gasification process are presented. The advantages of the presented solution and its possible applications in industry are shown. The assumed technical parameters of the set are as follows: mechanical-electrical energy -200 kWh, heat recovered from the gasifier -250 kWh, heat recovered from the engine -200 kWh. The concept and design of the module cogeneration set is the effect of actions taken by the Institute of Automobiles and Internal Combustion Engines and by the Institute of Thermal Power Engineering of the Cracow University of Technology.
The paper presents the results of the research on the influence of diesel fuel, rape oil methyl esters and rape oil on the evolution of the jet, velocity of the jet front and the atomization/spraying apex angle versus the crank angle of the engine. Measuring was performed using a single-cylinder Diesel engine with direct fuel injection and the apparatus AVL Engine VideoScope. It was found that physical and chemical parameters diversifying the tested fuels significantly influence the parameters of the sprayed fuel jet. It applied mainly to the increase of the fuel atomization apex angle for the fuels of high viscosity as compared with diesel fuel and to different course of the range and velocity of the jet front versus the engine crank angle. Large and heavy drops of vegetable oil have initially higher velocity than for diesel fuel. However, very soon, the velocity of rape oil jet front decreases to a lower value than for the petroleum fuel. From the visualisation process we can observed real start of injection and combustion processes. From these measure-delay of self-combustion in diesel engine. Delay of self-combustion for natural rapeseed oil is shorter than for standard diesel fuel. As a result of this fact, we can observe in next research lower combustion dynamic, lower max. combustion temperature and lower concentration of NOx in exhaust gases. A change of the organization of the injection process of tested fuels can bring on differences in the combustion course.
Transport is a major source of the particle pollution (PM). Combustion engine particulate emissions have the potential cause adverse health effects. These effects include cancer and other pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases. A substantial proportion of the number of particles, but not the mass, is ultrafine. For example -one million particles of 100 nanometers size with a unit density of 1 g/cm3 have a mass of approximately 0.0005 g. The paper includes research results of mass and number concentration of nanoPM for 1.9 TDI VW exhaust gases fuelled by standard diesel. The measurements were performed for ambient air and 3 different point of engine work (idle speed, low and high load at 2000 rpm). For nanoPM measurements was used Electrical Low Pressure Impactor ELPI from DECATI, was found, among other things, that the biggest mass concentration was at 0.1-10 m of PM diameter but the biggest number concentration was at 0,01 -0,1 m and thus for the size of solid particles of at least an order of magnitude smaller than the mass concentration. The biggest the negative differences in the mass concentration occur in the exhaust gases of the RME fuelled engine (in comparison with diesel fuel) at engine idling when the smallest injection pressure and temperature inside the engine cylinder exist and the oxygen availability is also the lowest (because of the small charging pressure and high EGR rate). Such measurements are important not only in terms of utilitarian but also in cognitive sense -for determining the effect of the engine construction parameters and/or regulating the engine (or the fuel composition) on the mass and the number of nanoparticles emitted in the exhaust gases.
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