Natural Gas in DIESEL engines

Guided By: Presented by:

Prof. M A LOHIA
Bhangale Mitesh(150280711003)
 Methods
1. NG engine
Uses mixture of air-gas and spark plug.
2. DUAL-FUEL ENGINE
Uses mixture of air-gas and diesel(pilot
injection ).
Operation
Injection methods
Performance of Dual-Fuel engines
Experimental investigations, in a dual-fuel engine with NG (main
fuel)and DIESEL(pilot fuel) were tested to determine its
performance and exhaust emission characteristics at part loads.
The parameters considered in the tests were
intake air throttling,
EGR
Gaseous fuel quantity,
Pilot fuel quantity,
Pilot fuel injection rate,
Intake air temperature.
First engine operation was optimised at different operating
conditions and then percent gas substitution was varied at
optimum conditions.
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. Performance Continued
 . Performance Continued
Produce equal power when operating on Diesel as with NG
fuel.
Dual fuel engines are slightly more efficient to conventional
diesel at full load.
However, the maximum output is about the same.
Efficiency of dual fuel engine in part load is slightly poor.
Typical diesel efficiency is 41%, and dual efficiency is 38.5.
Also at low loads the HC emission increase due to un burnt
fuel air mixture but this can be rectified by proper EGR
settings.
 Advantages of
Dual Fuel Engines
Efficient utilization of cheap gas available
from various sources.
Gas burns without leaving any residue (no
pollution).
Clean combustion results in reduced wear of
engine parts and reduced consumption of
lubricating oil.
Only a small amount of liquid fuel is needed
to run engine.
Can be implemented with minor
modifications on conventional CI engine.
 Modifications for Engine
Higher compression ratio(fuel with small cetane
number)
Stroke/Bore ratio(large i.e. maintain higher
temperature {1.37:1} )
Combustion chamber(open combustion chamber is
preferred)
Spherical combustion chamber (but air utilization is
not optimum)
Control M-chamber spherical shape(smooth and
quicker engine operation)
Injection pump(conventional Jerk type pump)
 Modifications in Fuel Systems
Vapour lock( Pressurizing fuel 0.7 bar and cooling the
injector with a vent to allow the vapour to escape)
Lubrication system( pressurized system as the gaseous
fuel used)
Variation in capacity( Difference of gravity)
Jacket water heating(65oC for idling and part load
conditions)
Flame heater( sub-zero conditions)
Turbo charging ( increase in temperature and pressure
will aid in combustion of lower cetane number fuels)
Thank you