Comparative study using hydrogen and gasoline as fuels: combustion duration effect

✍ Scribed by Jehad A. A. Yamin

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 282 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0363-907X
• DOI: 10.1002/er.1213

✦ Synopsis

This paper presents an analytical investigation to study the effect of combustion duration on the engine's performance and emission characteristics using both gasoline and hydrogen fuels. Certain minimum value for the combustion duration was found beyond which the performance of the engine deteriorates. This combustion duration was also found to vary with engine speed for each type of fuel studied. This value should be maintained for best performance of the engine. The results show that the combustion duration of hydrogen is much less than that for gasoline. Further, with hydrogen fuel, the cylinder parameters reach its maximum/minimum values at shorter time than with gasoline fuels. Further shown in this study is the clear advantage of using hydrogen as fuel is its significant reduction in the specific fuel consumption.