Methanol is currently being evaluated as a promising alternative fuel for internal combustion engines, due to being attainable by carbon neutral or negative pathways (renewable energy and carbon capture technology). The low ignitability of methanol has made it attractive mostly as a fuel for spark ignition engines, however the low sooting properties of the fuel could potentially reduce the NOx-soot tradeoff present in compression ignition engines. In this work, using a 4-cylinder engine with compression ratio modified from 16:1 to 19:1, methanol combustion is evaluated under five operating conditions in terms of fuel consumption, criteria pollutants, CO2 emissions and engine efficiency in addition to the qualitative assessment of the combustion stability. It was found that combustion is stable at medium to high loads, with medium load NOx emissions levels at least 30% lower than the original diesel engine and comparable emissions at maximum load conditions. The measured soot showed negligible levels; however, HC and CO emissions were exceedingly high. In particular, the lowest load condition had HC and CO values that surpassed 10 g/kWh.


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    Titel :

    Evaluation of Neat Methanol as Fuel for a Light-Duty Compression Ignition Engine


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    16th International Conference on Engines & Vehicles ; 2023



    Erscheinungsdatum :

    28.08.2023




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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