Intelligent Engine Systems: Alternate Fuels Evaluation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781289236410)

The performance and gaseous emissions were measured for a well-stirred reactor operating under lean conditions for two fuels: JP8 and a synthetic Fisher-Tropsch fuel over a range of equivalence ratios from 0.6 down to the lean blowout. The lean blowout characteristics were determined in LBO experiments at loading parameter values from 0.7 to 1.4. The lean blowout characteristics were then explored under higher loading conditions by simulating higher altitude operation with the use of nitrogen as a dilution gas for the air stream. The experiments showed that: (1) The lean blowout characteristics for the two fuels were close under both low loading and high loading conditions. (2) The combustion temperatures and observed combustion efficiencies were similar for the two fuels. (3) The gaseous emissions were similar for the two fuels and the differences in the H2O and CO2 emissions appear to be directly relatable to the C/H ratio for the fuels.

Author: Dilip Ballal
ISBN-10: 1289236410
ISBN-13: 9781289236410
Publisher: Bibliogov
Language: English
Published: 07/23/2013
Pages: 44
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.09d