INVESTIGATION OF PERFORMANCE OF SI ENGINE WITH FUELS - GASOLINE, NATURAL GAS AND H-CNG5 GAS

K. R. Kapadani, S. J. Navale

Abstract: Increasing need of generation of energy, its effective utilization, reducing fuel consumption, and increasing power outputs has become a major aspect in engine development research. It is beneficial for low speed engines to develop and install Hydrogen-Natural gas blending techniques to improve its performance, to get better operating flexibility in automobiles. Adopting this technology will need a cogent research in hydrogen production, its blending with Natural gas and its delivery management. Hydrogen blended Natural gas can be used as a fuel for an automotives without major modification in the gasoline engine. Real-time research work concludes that the H-CNG fuelled engines are more efficient than petrol fuelled engines from fuel economy, power and emission point of view. In this paper, The SI engine has modified for comparative performance analysis which fuelled with gasoline, Natural gas and H-CNG5 at different operating conditions. The methodology and conditions under which hydrogen can be add to natural gas to improve engine power and to reduce emissions is defined in this research.

Keywords: Hydrogen, Natural gas, Electrolysis, Emissions

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0304063