Hydrogen Use in Internal Combustion Engine: A Review

Kumar, Vasu; Gupta, Dhruv; Kumar, Naveen

doi:10.17703/ijact.2015.3.2.87

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“…1. Internal combustion engines (ICE)-To fulfill India's prolonging quest for clean fuel, hydrogen is promoted through IC engines (V. Kumar et al, 2015;Morrison et al, 2012). For example, hydrogen-compressed natural gas (H-CNG) buses are under trial in Delhi to curb smog.…”

Section: Hydrogen Applicationsmentioning

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“…Application and demonstration of the following hydrogen‐based modules are undergoing performance testing for automobile and decentralized power generation in India. Internal combustion engines (ICE) —To fulfill India's prolonging quest for clean fuel, hydrogen is promoted through IC engines (V. Kumar et al, 2015; Morrison et al, 2012). For example, hydrogen‐compressed natural gas (H‐CNG) buses are under trial in Delhi to curb smog.…”

Section: India's Hydrogen Energy Programs: Current Statusmentioning

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Hydrogen economy in India: A status review

Kar

Sinha

Harichandan

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WIREs Energy & Environment

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India's rapid population growth and steady industrialization mean that energy demand will grow in industry, transport, electricity, and cooling. Due to greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, fossil fuels will be less preferred to meet energy demand and consumption. Significantly, the transport sector will move toward green fuel, including hydrogen. However, most hydrogen is now produced from fossil fuels through partial oxidation or steam reforming natural gas or coal gasification. This article examines the continuous progress of hydrogen regarding its production, storage, and commercialization in India. Given the versatility in nature, hydrogen shall play a crucial role in decarbonizing the Indian economy by 2050. India's hydrogen energy roadmap was envisioned for an operational hydrogen economy by 2020. The objectives of the hydrogen roadmap remained unfulfilled. We found that inadequate infrastructural developments, lack of proactive policies, insufficient investment in the hydrogen value chain, slow market readiness, and a shortage of public awareness have contributed to the hydrogen economy's derailment in India. The proposed National hydrogen energy mission aims to revive India's hydrogen economy. Stakeholders should focus on hydrogen research, development, value chain development, and hydrogen technology commercialization. This article is categorized under: Emerging Technologies > Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Human and Social Dimensions > Social Acceptance Policy and Economics > Energy Transitions

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Section: Hydrogen Applicationsmentioning

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Hydrogen economy in India: A status review

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Harichandan

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WIREs Energy & Environment

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“…In recent years, there have been several review papers [37][38][39] and books [29,36] published regarding hydrogen combustion engines. The conclusions only vary slightly between the different authors.…”

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Comparison of Hydrogen Powertrains with the Battery Powered Electric Vehicle and Investigation of Small-Scale Local Hydrogen Production Using Renewable Energy

Handwerker

Wellnitz

Marzbani³

2021

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Climate change is one of the major problems that people face in this century, with fossil fuel combustion engines being huge contributors. Currently, the battery powered electric vehicle is considered the predecessor, while hydrogen vehicles only have an insignificant market share. To evaluate if this is justified, different hydrogen power train technologies are analyzed and compared to the battery powered electric vehicle. Even though most research focuses on the hydrogen fuel cells, it is shown that, despite the lower efficiency, the often-neglected hydrogen combustion engine could be the right solution for transitioning away from fossil fuels. This is mainly due to the lower costs and possibility of the use of existing manufacturing infrastructure. To achieve a similar level of refueling comfort as with the battery powered electric vehicle, the economic and technological aspects of the local small-scale hydrogen production are being investigated. Due to the low efficiency and high prices for the required components, this domestically produced hydrogen cannot compete with hydrogen produced from fossil fuels on a larger scale.

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“…29 Some researches illustrated that the unique properties of hydrogen make enrichment of natural gas with hydrogen a desirable way to overcome the challenge of the gas engine emissions like CO and unburned-methane. [30][31][32][33] A comparison of hydrogen properties with those of three conventional hydrocarbon fuels (i.e. natural gas, gasoline, and diesel fuel) is listed in Table 1.…”

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“…As mentioned in Table 1, hydrogen has more than twice the LHV compared to NG, gasoline, and diesel fuel, more than four times the flame velocity compared to NG and gasoline, and one-third of the wall quenching distance compared to NG and gasoline. 30,31 In engines such as RCCI engines that use natural gas enriched with hydrogen, these characteristics of hydrogen cause to overcome the slow burning velocity of methane (Table 1). Thus, by increasing the combustion rate of air-methane mixture and advancing the combustion toward the RCCI engine cylinder wall, the complete combustion occurs and the opportunity of the methane burning increases.…”

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Maximum reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by complete replacement of natural gas with pure hydrogen as a sole low reactive fuel in a RCCI engine

Sattarzadeh

Ebrahimi

Jazayeri

2022

International Journal of Engine Research

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In order to maximum reduction in hydrocarbon fuels consumption as the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, the aim of this study is to evaluate a RCCI engine performance fueled with diesel fuel and pure hydrogen as sole low reactive fuel. For this purpose, a single-cylinder heavy-duty diesel engine with bathtub piston bowl profile and compression ratio of 14.88:1 is assessed that operates at its mid-load range from 9.4 to 13.5 bar gross IMEPs. In order to overcome the NOx challenge resulted from using pure hydrogen, the use of suitable amount of EGR and nitrogen addition as air-hydrogen diluents along with the advanced SOI timing were employed. The simulation results show that in a hydrogen-fueled RCCI engine, while reducing the diesel fuel energy share as the only supplier of air-hydrogen mixture ignition energy to about 13%, the HES percentage can be enhanced up to 87%. Although, the SOC will occur with a long delay and the CA50 will take place about 15°CA after the TDC compared to the experimental data, however, the maximum loss of the engine load is less than 6% with the GIE of more than 48% without any exposure to diesel knock. Moreover, not only the EURO VI level of the CO and UHC emissions and the EPA level of Formaldehyde emission can be met, but also, the EURO VI level of NOx emission as the most important challenge of a hydrogen-fueled engine is achievable.

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Hydrogen Use in Internal Combustion Engine: A Review

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Cited by 48 publications

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Hydrogen economy in India: A status review

Hydrogen economy in India: A status review

Comparison of Hydrogen Powertrains with the Battery Powered Electric Vehicle and Investigation of Small-Scale Local Hydrogen Production Using Renewable Energy

Maximum reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by complete replacement of natural gas with pure hydrogen as a sole low reactive fuel in a RCCI engine

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