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Opportunities for making LPG a clean and low greenhouse emission fuel
Technical Paper
2005-01-2217
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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It is shown that LPG has the potential to be a main stream fuel because of its low particulate emissions and low greenhouse emission potential. The experimental study reported is directed at minimising the cost of LPG optimised engines through the use of gas phase, throttle body injection in an engine with 11.7 compression ratio up from 9.65 of the base gasoline engine. The advantages of throttle body injection, guided by CFD studies, are extension of the lean limit to lambda 1.6, where NOx is low enough to meet Euro4 emission standards without a reducing catalyst, as deduced from bench test results. Comparison is also made between throttle body and both liquid and gas phase multipoint port injection. Differences in the method of mixing significantly affect engine performance. Notable improvements in emissions and thermal efficiencies were achieved when compared with gasoline, eg. Best emissions reductions of 88% for HC, 98% for NOx, 92% for CO, 38% for CO2 and a rise of 28% in thermal efficiency.
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Watson, H., Khan, M., Liew, G., and Baker, P., "Opportunities for making LPG a clean and low greenhouse emission fuel," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-2217, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-2217.Also In
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