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Reduction of Cooling Loss in Hydrogen Combustion by Direct Injection Stratified Charge
- Source :
- SAE Technical Paper Series.
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- SAE International, 2003.
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Abstract
- Hydrogen can be readily used in spark-ignition engines as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. However, a larger burning velocity and a shorter quenching distance for hydrogen as compared with hydrocarbons bring a largercooling loss from burning gas to the combustion-chamber wall. Because of the large cooling loss, the thermal efficiency of a hydrogen-fueled engine is sometimes lower than that of a conventionally fueled engine. Therefore, the reduction of the cooling loss is very important for improving the thermal efficiency in hydrogen-combustion engines. On the other hand, the direct-injection stratified charge can suppress knocking in spark-ignition engines at near stoichiometric overall mixture conditions. Because this is attributed to a leaner end gas, the stratification can lead to a lowered temperature of burning gas around the wall and a reduced cooling loss. This paper proposes the direct-injection stratified charge as a technique for reducing the cooling loss in hydrogen-combustion engines. The characteristics were experimentally analyzed in a constant-volume combustion chamber. The direct-injection stratified charge has a very high effect to reduce the cooling loss in hydrogen combustion especially at larger excess-air ratios. Adequate degree of stratification and excess-air ratio can reduce the cooling-loss fraction without deteriorating the degree of constant volume.
Details
- ISSN :
- 01487191
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- SAE Technical Paper Series
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........32d662b138aa5a5b364d1ee914926571
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-3094