Affiliation:
1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Abstract
This paper experimentally investigates the impact of EGR on the combustion performance and emissions of methane/hydrogen blends for the diesel pilot ignition (DPI) combustion strategy. Different speed/load cases were evaluated on a single-cylinder compression ignition engine for hydrogen energy shares ranging from 0% to 20%. As hydrogen was added to the premixed mixture, the combustion phasing (CA50) was held constant by either adjusting the pilot start of injection (SOI) timing or using EGR at constant intake pressure (varying premixed equivalence ratio). The experimental results show that the use of EGR at constant intake pressure with methane/hydrogen blends leads to lower unburned hydrocarbon (UHC), carbon-monoxide (CO), and nitric oxide (NO) emissions when compared to the methane-only baseline. Adiabatic flame temperature calculations were used to help explain the observed engine out nitric oxides (NO
x
) emissions trends. The UHC emissions, however, were significantly higher than the baseline split-injection diesel case due to incomplete combustion and crevice effects. Combustion efficiency improved without a thermal efficiency reduction with hydrogen addition, suggesting that substitution with hydrogen can be beneficial for dual-fuel compression ignition strategies that utilize natural gas. The decay rate for CH
4
and H
2
was more than linear, which is attributed to the chemical effects of hydrogen addition and EGR.
Funder
De-carbonized Engine Research Consortium
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