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Exploring the Effects of DEE Pilot Injection on a Biogas-Fueled HCCI Engine at Different Injection Locations

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  • Nihal Mishra

    (School of Mechanical Engineering (SMEC), VIT Chennai, Chennai 600127, India)

  • Shubham Mitra

    (School of Mechanical Engineering (SMEC), VIT Chennai, Chennai 600127, India)

  • Abhishek Thapliyal

    (School of Mechanical Engineering (SMEC), VIT Chennai, Chennai 600127, India)

  • Aniket Mahajan

    (School of Mechanical Engineering (SMEC), VIT Chennai, Chennai 600127, India)

  • T. M. Yunus Khan

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia)

  • Sreekanth Manavalla

    (School of Mechanical Engineering (SMEC), VIT Chennai, Chennai 600127, India
    Electric Vehicles Incubation, Testing and Research Center, VIT Chennai, Chennai 600127, India)

  • Rahmath Ulla Baig

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia)

  • Ayub Ahmed Janvekar

    (School of Mechanical Engineering (SMEC), VIT Chennai, Chennai 600127, India)

  • Feroskhan M

    (School of Mechanical Engineering (SMEC), VIT Chennai, Chennai 600127, India)

Abstract

One of the popular ways to minimise the impact of emissions produced by engines is by enabling alternative fuels. Out of the many trending options for alternative fuels, biogas provides some unique advantages, such as being considered to be environmentally friendly, obeying the laws of renewable energy and generating the smallest carbon footprints. The two major drawbacks of traditional diesel engines are their high rate of NOx and significant amount of soot. The best candidates for overcoming these issues are HCCI engines; HCCI engines can provide better control over NOx generation and overall thermal efficiency can be improved to a greater level. These types of engines are compatible with both SI and CI. Now, to understand and analyse the behaviour of HCCI, the present work was focused on a modified single-cylinder CI engine. It was made to operate in HCCI mode by enabling the combination of biogas, along with diethyl ether (DEE), as a fuel mixture. To achieve better combustion, biogas was combined with air, while DEE acted as an ignition source, which can be introduced at three different locations. In total, the experiment was performed sixty times so as to achieve the best injection position. To obtain this information, other parameters, such as biogas flow rate, torque, methane fraction and DEE injection position, were also incorporated. The main results were consolidated by warping the output parameters such as brake thermal efficiency, equivalence ratio, air–fuel ratio, and brake-specific fuel consumption. Emission such as CO, HC, NOx, and smoke were taken into account. The results indicate that port injection provides higher thermal efficiency than manifold injections, while lower emissions were observed in manifold injections.

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  • Nihal Mishra & Shubham Mitra & Abhishek Thapliyal & Aniket Mahajan & T. M. Yunus Khan & Sreekanth Manavalla & Rahmath Ulla Baig & Ayub Ahmed Janvekar & Feroskhan M, 2023. "Exploring the Effects of DEE Pilot Injection on a Biogas-Fueled HCCI Engine at Different Injection Locations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-17, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:13:p:10713-:d:1188922
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