IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/appene/v98y2012icp448-457.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Wet ethanol in HCCI engines with exhaust heat recovery to improve the energy balance of ethanol fuels

Author

Listed:
  • Saxena, Samveg
  • Schneider, Silvan
  • Aceves, Salvador
  • Dibble, Robert

Abstract

This study explores the use of wet ethanol as a fuel for HCCI engines while using exhaust heat recovery to provide the high input energy required for igniting wet ethanol. Experiments were conducted on a 4-cylinder Volkswagen engine modified for HCCI operation and retrofitted with an exhaust gas heat exchanger connected to one cylinder. Tested fuel blends ranged from 100% ethanol to 80% ethanol by volume, with the balance being water. These blends are directly formed in the process of ethanol production from biomass. Comprehensive data was collected for operating conditions ranging from intake pressures of 1.4–2.0bar and equivalence ratios from 0.25 to 0.55. The heat exchanger was used to preheat the intake air allowing HCCI combustion without electrical air heating. The results suggest that the best operating conditions for the HCCI engine and heat exchanger system in terms of high power output, low ringing, and low nitrogen oxide emissions occur with high intake pressures, high equivalence ratios, and highly delayed combustion timings.

Suggested Citation

  • Saxena, Samveg & Schneider, Silvan & Aceves, Salvador & Dibble, Robert, 2012. "Wet ethanol in HCCI engines with exhaust heat recovery to improve the energy balance of ethanol fuels," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 98(C), pages 448-457.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:98:y:2012:i:c:p:448-457
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.04.007
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261912002930
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.04.007?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Mack, J. Hunter & Aceves, Salvador M. & Dibble, Robert W., 2009. "Demonstrating direct use of wet ethanol in a homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 34(6), pages 782-787.
    2. Maurya, Rakesh Kumar & Agarwal, Avinash Kumar, 2011. "Experimental investigation on the effect of intake air temperature and air-fuel ratio on cycle-to-cycle variations of HCCI combustion and performance parameters," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 88(4), pages 1153-1163, April.
    3. Bedoya, Iván D. & Saxena, Samveg & Cadavid, Francisco J. & Dibble, Robert W. & Wissink, Martin, 2012. "Experimental evaluation of strategies to increase the operating range of a biogas-fueled HCCI engine for power generation," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 618-629.
    4. Maurya, Rakesh Kumar & Agarwal, Avinash Kumar, 2011. "Experimental study of combustion and emission characteristics of ethanol fuelled port injected homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion engine," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 88(4), pages 1169-1180, April.
    5. Shapouri, Hosein & Duffield, James A. & Graboski, Michael S., 1995. "Estimating the Net Energy Balance of Corn Ethanol," Agricultural Economic Reports 34005, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Awad, Omar I. & Mamat, Rizalman & Ibrahim, Thamir K. & Kettner, Maurice & Kadirgama, K. & Leman, A.M. & Saiful, A.I.M., 2018. "Effects of fusel oil water content reduction on fuel properties, performance and emissions of SI engine fueled with gasoline -fusel oil blends," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 858-869.
    2. Bendu, Harisankar & Deepak, B.B.V.L. & Murugan, S., 2017. "Multi-objective optimization of ethanol fuelled HCCI engine performance using hybrid GRNN–PSO," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 187(C), pages 601-611.
    3. Bahri, Bahram & Shahbakhti, Mahdi & Aziz, Azhar Abdul, 2017. "Real-time modeling of ringing in HCCI engines using artificial neural networks," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 509-518.
    4. Bahri, Bahram & Aziz, Azhar Abdul & Shahbakhti, Mahdi & Muhamad Said, Mohd Farid, 2013. "Understanding and detecting misfire in an HCCI engine fuelled with ethanol," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 24-33.
    5. Noh, Hyun Kwon & No, Soo-Young, 2017. "Effect of bioethanol on combustion and emissions in advanced CI engines: HCCI, PPC and GCI mode – A review," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 208(C), pages 782-802.
    6. Lanzanova, Thompson Diórdinis Metzka & Dalla Nora, Macklini & Martins, Mario Eduardo Santos & Machado, Paulo Romeu Moreira & Pedrozo, Vinícius Bernardes & Zhao, Hua, 2019. "The effects of residual gas trapping on part load performance and emissions of a spark ignition direct injection engine fuelled with wet ethanol," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 253(C), pages 1-1.
    7. Rezaei, Javad & Shahbakhti, Mahdi & Bahri, Bahram & Aziz, Azhar Abdul, 2015. "Performance prediction of HCCI engines with oxygenated fuels using artificial neural networks," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 138(C), pages 460-473.
    8. Kumar, Pravin & Rehman, A., 2016. "Bio-diesel in homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 536-550.
    9. Wang, Xiaochen & Gao, Jianbing & Chen, Zhanming & Chen, Hao & Zhao, Yuwei & Huang, Yuhan & Chen, Zhenbin, 2022. "Evaluation of hydrous ethanol as a fuel for internal combustion engines: A review," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 194(C), pages 504-525.
    10. Siddiqui, Mohd Asjad & Khaliq, Abdul & Kumar, Rajesh, 2021. "Proposal and analysis of a novel cooling-power cogeneration system driven by the exhaust gas heat of HCCI engine fuelled by wet-ethanol," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 232(C).
    11. Rahimi Boldaji, Mozhgan & Gainey, Brian & Lawler, Benjamin, 2019. "Thermally stratified compression ignition enabled by wet ethanol with a split injection strategy: A CFD simulation study," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 235(C), pages 813-826.
    12. Saxena, Samveg & Shah, Nihar & Bedoya, Ivan & Phadke, Amol, 2014. "Understanding optimal engine operating strategies for gasoline-fueled HCCI engines using crank-angle resolved exergy analysis," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 155-163.
    13. Andwari, Amin Mahmoudzadeh & Aziz, Azhar Abdul & Said, Mohd Farid Muhamad & Latiff, Zulkarnain Abdul, 2014. "Experimental investigation of the influence of internal and external EGR on the combustion characteristics of a controlled auto-ignition two-stroke cycle engine," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 134(C), pages 1-10.
    14. Lanzanova, Thompson Diórdinis Metzka & Dalla Nora, Macklini & Zhao, Hua, 2016. "Performance and economic analysis of a direct injection spark ignition engine fueled with wet ethanol," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 169(C), pages 230-239.
    15. Viggiano, Annarita & Magi, Vinicio, 2014. "Dynamic Adaptive Chemistry applied to homogeneous and partially stratified charge CI ethanol engines," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 848-863.
    16. Maji Luo & Musaab O. El-Faroug & Fuwu Yan & Yinan Wang, 2017. "Particulate Matter and Gaseous Emission of Hydrous Ethanol Gasoline Blends Fuel in a Port Injection Gasoline Engine," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-16, August.
    17. Bahri, Bahram & Shahbakhti, Mahdi & Kannan, Kaushik & Aziz, Azhar Abdul, 2016. "Identification of ringing operation for low temperature combustion engines," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 171(C), pages 142-152.
    18. Saxena, Samveg & Vuilleumier, David & Kozarac, Darko & Krieck, Martin & Dibble, Robert & Aceves, Salvador, 2014. "Optimal operating conditions for wet ethanol in a HCCI engine using exhaust gas heat recovery," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 269-277.
    19. Musaab O. El-Faroug & Fuwu Yan & Maji Luo & Richard Fiifi Turkson, 2016. "Spark Ignition Engine Combustion, Performance and Emission Products from Hydrous Ethanol and Its Blends with Gasoline," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-24, November.
    20. Bendu, Harisankar & Murugan, S., 2014. "Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion: Mixture preparation and control strategies in diesel engines," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 732-746.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Noh, Hyun Kwon & No, Soo-Young, 2017. "Effect of bioethanol on combustion and emissions in advanced CI engines: HCCI, PPC and GCI mode – A review," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 208(C), pages 782-802.
    2. Hasan, M.M. & Rahman, M.M., 2016. "Homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion: Advantages over compression ignition combustion, challenges and solutions," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 282-291.
    3. Bahri, Bahram & Aziz, Azhar Abdul & Shahbakhti, Mahdi & Muhamad Said, Mohd Farid, 2013. "Understanding and detecting misfire in an HCCI engine fuelled with ethanol," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 24-33.
    4. Viggiano, Annarita & Magi, Vinicio, 2012. "A comprehensive investigation on the emissions of ethanol HCCI engines," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 277-287.
    5. Ghazimirsaied, Ahmad & Koch, Charles Robert, 2012. "Controlling cyclic combustion timing variations using a symbol-statistics predictive approach in an HCCI engine," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 133-146.
    6. Ghaderi Masouleh, M. & Keskinen, K. & Kaario, O. & Kahila, H. & Karimkashi, S. & Vuorinen, V., 2019. "Modeling cycle-to-cycle variations in spark ignited combustion engines by scale-resolving simulations for different engine speeds," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 250(C), pages 801-820.
    7. Hairuddin, A. Aziz & Yusaf, Talal & Wandel, Andrew P., 2014. "A review of hydrogen and natural gas addition in diesel HCCI engines," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 739-761.
    8. Mack, J. Hunter & Schuler, Daniel & Butt, Ryan H. & Dibble, Robert W., 2016. "Experimental investigation of butanol isomer combustion in Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engines," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 612-626.
    9. Maurya, Rakesh Kumar & Agarwal, Avinash Kumar, 2013. "Experimental investigation of cyclic variations in HCCI combustion parameters for gasoline like fuels using statistical methods," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 310-323.
    10. Rezaei, Javad & Shahbakhti, Mahdi & Bahri, Bahram & Aziz, Azhar Abdul, 2015. "Performance prediction of HCCI engines with oxygenated fuels using artificial neural networks," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 138(C), pages 460-473.
    11. Ghaderi Masouleh, M. & Keskinen, K. & Kaario, O. & Kahila, H. & Wright, Y.M. & Vuorinen, V., 2018. "Flow and thermal field effects on cycle-to-cycle variation of combustion: scale-resolving simulation in a spark ignited simplified engine configuration," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 230(C), pages 486-505.
    12. Desantes, José M. & Benajes, Jesús & García, Antonio & Monsalve-Serrano, Javier, 2014. "The role of the in-cylinder gas temperature and oxygen concentration over low load reactivity controlled compression ignition combustion efficiency," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 854-868.
    13. Calam, Alper & Solmaz, Hamit & Yılmaz, Emre & İçingür, Yakup, 2019. "Investigation of effect of compression ratio on combustion and exhaust emissions in A HCCI engine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 1208-1216.
    14. Benajes, Jesús & Molina, Santiago & García, Antonio & Monsalve-Serrano, Javier & Durrett, Russell, 2014. "Conceptual model description of the double injection strategy applied to the gasoline partially premixed compression ignition combustion concept with spark assistance," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 1-9.
    15. Chen, Yulin & Dong, Guangyu & Mack, J. Hunter & Butt, Ryan H. & Chen, Jyh-Yuan & Dibble, Robert W., 2016. "Cyclic variations and prior-cycle effects of ion current sensing in an HCCI engine: A time-series analysis," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 628-635.
    16. Aydoğan, Bilal, 2020. "An experimental examination of the effects of n-hexane and n-heptane fuel blends on combustion, performance and emissions characteristics in a HCCI engine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 192(C).
    17. Albayrak Çeper, Bilge & Yıldız, Melih & Akansu, S. Orhan & Kahraman, Nafiz, 2017. "Performance and emission characteristics of an IC engine under SI, SI-CAI and CAI combustion modes," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 72-79.
    18. Visakhamoorthy, Sona & Wen, John Z. & Sivoththaman, Siva & Koch, Charles Robert, 2012. "Numerical study of a butanol/heptane fuelled Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engine utilizing negative valve overlap," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 166-173.
    19. Singh, Akhilendra Pratap & Agarwal, Avinash Kumar, 2012. "Combustion characteristics of diesel HCCI engine: An experimental investigation using external mixture formation technique," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 116-125.
    20. Siva Krishna Reddy Dwarshala & Siva Subramaniam Rajakumar & Obula Reddy Kummitha & Elumalai Perumal Venkatesan & Ibham Veza & Olusegun David Samuel, 2023. "A Review on Recent Developments of RCCI Engines Operated with Alternative Fuels," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-27, April.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:98:y:2012:i:c:p:448-457. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/405891/description#description .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.