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Effect of Valve Timing and Excess Air Ratio on Torque in Hydrogen-Fueled Internal Combustion Engine for UAV

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  • Cheolwoong Park

    (Engine Research Team, Environmental System Research Division, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon 34103, Korea)

  • Wonah Park

    (Engine Research Team, Environmental System Research Division, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon 34103, Korea)

  • Yongrae Kim

    (Engine Research Team, Environmental System Research Division, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon 34103, Korea)

  • Young Choi

    (Engine Research Team, Environmental System Research Division, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon 34103, Korea)

  • Byeungjun Lim

    (Engine Component Technology Team, Aeropropulsion Division, Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Daejeon 34133, Korea)

Abstract

In this study, in order to convert a 2.4 L reciprocating gasoline engine into a hydrogen engine an experimental device for supplying hydrogen fuel was installed. Additionally, an injector that is capable of supplying the hydrogen fuel was installed. The basic combustion characteristics, including torque, were investigated by driving the engine with a universal engine control unit. To achieve stable combustion and maximize output, the intake and exhaust valve opening times were changed and the excess air ratio of the mixture was controlled. The changes in the torque, excess air ratio, hydrogen fuel, and intake airflow rate, were compared under low engine speed and high load (wide open throttle) operating conditions without throttling. As the intake valve opening time advanced at a certain excess air ratio, the intake air amount and torque increased. When the opening time of the exhaust valve was retarded, the intake airflow rate and torque decreased. The torque and thermal efficiency decreased when the opening time of the intake and exhaust valve advanced excessively. The change of the mixture condition’s excess air ratio did not influence the tendency of the torque variation when the exhaust valve opening time and torque increased, and when the mixture became richer and the intake valve opening time was fixed. Under a condition that was more retarded than the 332 CAD condition, the torque decreased by about 2 Nm with the 5 CAD of intake valve opening time retards. The maximum torque of 138.1 Nm was obtained at an optimized intake and the exhaust valve opening time was 327 crank angle degree (CAD) and 161 CAD, respectively, when the excess air ratio was 1.14 and the backfire was suppressed. Backfire occurred because of the temperature increase in the combustion chamber rather than because of the change in the fuel distribution under the rich mixture condition, where the other combustion control factors were constantly fixed from a three-dimensional (3D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code simulation.

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  • Cheolwoong Park & Wonah Park & Yongrae Kim & Young Choi & Byeungjun Lim, 2019. "Effect of Valve Timing and Excess Air Ratio on Torque in Hydrogen-Fueled Internal Combustion Engine for UAV," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-14, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:5:p:771-:d:209038
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    1. Oh, Sechul & Park, Cheolwoong & Nguyen, Ducduy & Kim, Seonyeob & Kim, Yongrae & Choi, Young & Lee, Jeongwoo, 2021. "Investigation on the operable range and idle condition of hydrogen-fueled spark ignition engine for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 237(C).
    2. M. I. Lamas & C. G. Rodriguez, 2019. "NOx Reduction in Diesel-Hydrogen Engines Using Different Strategies of Ammonia Injection," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-13, April.
    3. Quang Trung Nguyen & Minh Duc Le, 2022. "Effects of Compression Ratios on Combustion and Emission Characteristics of SI Engine Fueled with Hydrogen-Enriched Biogas Mixture," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(16), pages 1-18, August.

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