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The Impact of LPG Composition on Performance, Emissions, and Combustion Characteristics of a Pre-mixed Spark-Ignited CFR Engine
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2022-01-0476
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Research on alternative fuels has made significant progress as demands for cleaner and more efficient engine operation intensifies. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) can offer a potential alternative fuel route in the Diesel fuel dominated heavy-duty transportation sector due to its low cost, high anti-knock limit relative to gasoline, and reduced emission levels. In this work, experimental investigations are performed to study the effects of LPG compositions on performance, emissions, and combustion behavior of a spark-ignited (SI) cooperative fuel research (CFR) engine under stoichiometric conditions. Four LPG blends (chemically pure propane, a representative US blend, HD-5, and a representative European blend) representing the present LPG market are chosen. The impact of fuel composition is studied under different compression ratios (CR), ranging from 7:1 to 10:1 with one-unit increments, and at constant engine speed, intake manifold air pressure (IMAP) and 50% burn crank angle (CA50). The results show that fuel composition has minimal effect on engine efficiency over the CR range 7:1 to 10:1. Engine-out emissions are substantially affected by fuel compositions with the representative European blend indicating higher unburned hydrocarbon (UHC) emissions, particularly at higher CR. The representative US blend emits the lowest brake specific CO (bsCO) averaged over the tested CR range. With the increase of CR, end-gas autoignition intensifies for all blends and the representative European blend demonstrates the highest knock intensity of all tested blends, due to the presence of the more reactive fuel component, n-butane.
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Fosudo, T., Kar, T., Marchese, A., Windom, B. et al., "The Impact of LPG Composition on Performance, Emissions, and Combustion Characteristics of a Pre-mixed Spark-Ignited CFR Engine," SAE Technical Paper 2022-01-0476, 2022, https://doi.org/10.4271/2022-01-0476.Also In
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