Numerical Investigation of Combustion and Emission Characteristics of the Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine Fueled with Diesel-Ammonia Mixture

This study proposes a dual-fuel approach combining diesel and ammonia in a single-cylinder compression ignition engine to reduce harmful emissions from internal combustion. Diesel is directly injected into the combustion chamber, while ammonia is introduced through the intake manifold with intake ai...

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Main Authors: Ali, Ocktaeck Lim
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/22/5782
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description This study proposes a dual-fuel approach combining diesel and ammonia in a single-cylinder compression ignition engine to reduce harmful emissions from internal combustion. Diesel is directly injected into the combustion chamber, while ammonia is introduced through the intake manifold with intake air. In this study, injection timing and the percentage of ammonia energy fraction was varied. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model simulates the combustion and emission processes to assess the impact of varying diesel injection timings and ammonia energy contributions. Findings indicate that as ammonia content increases, the engine experiences reductions in peak in-cylinder pressure, temperature, heat release rate, as well as overall efficiency and power output. Emission results suggest that greater ammonia usage leads to a reduction in soot, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and unburned hydrocarbons, though a slight increase in nitrogen oxides emissions is observed. This analysis supports ammonia’s potential as a low-emission alternative fuel in future compression ignition engines.
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spelling doaj-art-d98d84bfe3154a0aa6b51792fc7b75b22024-11-26T18:02:46ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732024-11-011722578210.3390/en17225782Numerical Investigation of Combustion and Emission Characteristics of the Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine Fueled with Diesel-Ammonia MixtureAli0Ocktaeck Lim1Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ulsan, DaeHak-ro 93, Nam-gu, Ulsan 44610, Republic of KoreaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ulsan, DaeHak-ro 93, Nam-gu, Ulsan 44610, Republic of KoreaThis study proposes a dual-fuel approach combining diesel and ammonia in a single-cylinder compression ignition engine to reduce harmful emissions from internal combustion. Diesel is directly injected into the combustion chamber, while ammonia is introduced through the intake manifold with intake air. In this study, injection timing and the percentage of ammonia energy fraction was varied. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model simulates the combustion and emission processes to assess the impact of varying diesel injection timings and ammonia energy contributions. Findings indicate that as ammonia content increases, the engine experiences reductions in peak in-cylinder pressure, temperature, heat release rate, as well as overall efficiency and power output. Emission results suggest that greater ammonia usage leads to a reduction in soot, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and unburned hydrocarbons, though a slight increase in nitrogen oxides emissions is observed. This analysis supports ammonia’s potential as a low-emission alternative fuel in future compression ignition engines.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/22/5782compression ignitiondual fuelammoniaemissionsCFDcharacteristics
spellingShingle Ali
Ocktaeck Lim
Numerical Investigation of Combustion and Emission Characteristics of the Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine Fueled with Diesel-Ammonia Mixture
Energies
compression ignition
dual fuel
ammonia
emissions
CFD
characteristics
title Numerical Investigation of Combustion and Emission Characteristics of the Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine Fueled with Diesel-Ammonia Mixture
title_full Numerical Investigation of Combustion and Emission Characteristics of the Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine Fueled with Diesel-Ammonia Mixture
title_fullStr Numerical Investigation of Combustion and Emission Characteristics of the Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine Fueled with Diesel-Ammonia Mixture
title_full_unstemmed Numerical Investigation of Combustion and Emission Characteristics of the Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine Fueled with Diesel-Ammonia Mixture
title_short Numerical Investigation of Combustion and Emission Characteristics of the Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine Fueled with Diesel-Ammonia Mixture
title_sort numerical investigation of combustion and emission characteristics of the single cylinder diesel engine fueled with diesel ammonia mixture
topic compression ignition
dual fuel
ammonia
emissions
CFD
characteristics
url https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/22/5782
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