A SINGLE-CYLINDER ENGINE STUDY OF HYDROGEN-RICH FUELS
With a single-cylinder engine, the emission characteristics of two types of hydrogen-rich fuels were evaluated. The first fuel contained various proportions of hydrogen and gasoline. Hydrogen enrichment does not appear to be a sufficient means of reducing HC emission. The second types of hydrogen-rich fuel was a simulated product of an on-vehicle hydrogen generator that reforms gasoline into a gaseous mixture of CO, H2, CH4, and various diluents. Fueling a single-cylinder engine totally on this mixture at an equivalence ratio = 0.55 resulted in NOX and HC emission levels well below those obtainable with gasoline. CO emission was slightly higher than values characteristic of lean operation with gasoline. /GMRL/
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Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA United States 15096 -
Authors:
- Parks, F B
- Publication Date: 1976-2
Media Info
- Pagination: 14 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Carbon monoxide; Engines; Exhaust gases; Gasoline engines; Hydrogen; Nitric oxide; Nitrogen oxides
- Uncontrolled Terms: Cylinders
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00145256
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 760099
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM