Analysis of the effect of syngas substitution of diesel on the Heat Release Rate and combustion behaviour of Diesel-Syngas dual fuel engine

Investigation of the heat release rate and particle generation during fixed bed gasification of sweet sorghum stalk

“…The radiant heat flux that was used during the test was 25 kW/m 2 . This was lower than the 35 kW/m 2 advocated by Irshad [12,13] for pine wood and this was because sweet sorghum released volatiles at a lower temperature than for pine wood, so the radiant heater in the cone calorimeter was reduced in power. This is equivalent to operating the gasifier at a lower temperature than for wood gasification.…”

“…Investigations have also been carried out to study the effect of syngas substitution of fossil diesel on the performance of diesel-syngas dual-fuel Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) engines [8][9][10][11][12]. Rith et al [8] and Kousheshi et al [9] utilised real syngas in their investigations while Mahgoub et al [10], Guo et al [11] and Olanrewaju et al [12] utilised simulated syngas in their investigations. These works confirm the feasibility of the use of diesel-syngas dual fuel in RCCI engines for power generation.…”