A combustion system has been developed to burn neat (pure) methanol in a direct-injection four-stroke-cycle engine. Primary objectives were to obtain low fuel consumption and long component life to make the engine suitable to replace heavy-duty diesel fueled engines. A glow plug was placed in a modified quiescent combustion chamber to ensure reliable methanol ignition at all engine operating conditions.The methanol engine provides thermal efficiency nearly equal to the diesel engine from which it is derived, in addition, nitrogen oxide emissions are reduced by 50 percent and exhaust smoke is negligible. Hydrocarbon emissions are still above the baseline diesel engine.Laboratory and field durability tests of over 2000 hours have been completed. Excellent cold-start capability has been established.
A Neat Methanol Direct Injection Combustion System for Heavy-Duty Applications
Sae Technical Papers
1986 SAE International Off-Highway and Powerplant Congress and Exposition ; 1986
1986-09-01
Conference paper
English
A new direct injection combustion system for heavy-duty methanol engines
Automotive engineering | 1988
|A new direct injection combustion system for heavy-duty methanol engines
Tema Archive | 1988
|A New Direct Injection Combustion System for Heavy-Duty Methanol Engines
SAE Technical Papers | 1988
|Durability of heavy-duty direct injection methanol engine
Automotive engineering | 1988
|Neat methanol combustion in a direct injection diesel engine using catalytically coated glow plugs
Automotive engineering | 1991
|