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Combustion Behaviors and Unregular Emission Characteristics in an Ammonia–Diesel Engine

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  • Kaiyuan Cai

    (School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Yi Liu

    (School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Qingchu Chen

    (School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Yunliang Qi

    (School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Li Li

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University City College, Xi’an 710018, China)

  • Zhi Wang

    (School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

Abstract

Ammonia is considered one of the attractive alternatives for fossil fuels to realize carbon neutralization. However, low chemical reactivity limits its use in compression ignition (CI) engines. This study investigated dual-fuel combustion, involving the use of ammonia for port fuel injection (PFI) and diesel for direct injection (DI) in a heavy-duty engine. Unregular emissions, specifically HCN, were studied for the first time in an ammonia–diesel engine. The combustion and emission performance of the engine with pure diesel mode was also studied to reveal the influence on ammonia addition. The engine was consistently operated at a fixed condition of 0.556 MPa IMEP and 800 r/min. The findings reveal the successful achievement of stable dual-fuel combustion in the tested engine. The addition of ammonia led to delayed ignition and an extended combustion duration. Implementing early pilot injection timing (SOI 1 ) strategies significantly improved ammonia combustion efficiency, elevating it from 74% to 89%. This enhancement could be attributed to the diesel injected during pilot injection, which facilitated ammonia decomposition. However, early pilot injection had adverse effects on emissions, including CO, THC, NO x , N 2 O, and HCN. Advancing the main injection timing (SOI 2 ) within the early SOI 1 strategies accelerated the oxidation processes for CO, THC, N 2 O, and HCN. Nevertheless, this adjustment resulted in increased thermal NO x emissions. The highest HCN emission detected in this study was 9.2 ppm. Chemical kinetics analysis indicated that HCN production occurred within the temperature range of 1000 K to 1750 K under fuel-lean conditions. Furthermore, H 2 CN played a significant role in HCN formation as temperatures increased. More HCN was formed by H 2 CN as temperature rose. Strategies such as increasing pilot injection fuel quantity, raising premixed gas intake temperature, or advancing combustion phases close to TDC could potentially reduce HCN emissions.

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  • Kaiyuan Cai & Yi Liu & Qingchu Chen & Yunliang Qi & Li Li & Zhi Wang, 2023. "Combustion Behaviors and Unregular Emission Characteristics in an Ammonia–Diesel Engine," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(19), pages 1-14, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:19:p:7004-:d:1256053
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    1. Youcef Sehili & Khaled Loubar & Lyes Tarabet & Mahfoudh Cerdoun & Clément Lacroix, 2024. "Computational Investigation of the Influence of Combustion Chamber Characteristics on a Heavy-Duty Ammonia Diesel Dual Fuel Engine," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-19, March.

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