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Modeling NOx Emissions from Lean-Burn Natural Gas Engines
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A zero-dimensional cycle simulation model coupled with a chemical equilibrium model and a two-zone combustion model has been extended to predict nitric oxide formation and emissions from spark-ignited, lean-burn natural gas engines. It is demonstrated that using the extended Zeldovich mechanism alone, the NOx emissions from an 8.1-liter, 6-cylinder, natural gas engine were significantly under predicted. However, by combining the predicted NOx formation from both the extended Zeldovich thermal NO and the Fenimore prompt NO mechanisms, the NOx emissions were predicted with fair accuracy over a range of engine powers and lean-burn equivalence ratios. The effect of injection timing on NOx emissions was under predicted. Humidity effects on NOx formation were slightly under predicted in another engine, a 6.8-liter, 6-cylinder, natural gas engine. Engine power was well predicted in both engines, which is a prerequisite to accurate NOx predictions.
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Dodge, L., Kubesh, J., Naegeli, D., and Campbell, P., "Modeling NOx Emissions from Lean-Burn Natural Gas Engines," SAE Technical Paper 981389, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/981389.Also In
Combustion Processes in Engines Utilizing Gaseous Fuels, 1998
Number: SP-1371; Published: 1998-05-04
Number: SP-1371; Published: 1998-05-04
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