scholarly journals Virtual Instrument for Emissions Measurement of Internal Combustion Engines

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando Pérez ◽  
Rogelio Ramos ◽  
Gisela Montero ◽  
Marcos Coronado ◽  
Conrado García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Virtual Instrument ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Signal Conditioning ◽  
Measurement Systems ◽  
Combustion Emissions

The gases emissions measurement systems in internal combustion engines are strict and expensive nowadays. For this reason, a virtual instrument was developed to measure the combustion emissions from an internal combustion diesel engine, running with diesel-biodiesel mixtures. This software is called virtual instrument for emissions measurement (VIEM), and it was developed in the platform of LabVIEW 2010® virtual programming. VIEM works with sensors connected to a signal conditioning system, and a data acquisition system is used as interface for a computer in order to measure and monitor in real time the emissions of O2, NO, CO, SO2, and CO2 gases. This paper shows the results of the VIEM programming, the integrated circuits diagrams used for the signal conditioning of sensors, and the sensors characterization of O2, NO, CO, SO2, and CO2. VIEM is a low-cost instrument and is simple and easy to use. Besides, it is scalable, making it flexible and defined by the user.

Low-cost process for emission abatement of biogas internal combustion engines

2019 ◽  
Vol 227 ◽  
pp. 1079-1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Dobslaw ◽  
Karl-Heinrich Engesser ◽  
Hans Störk ◽  
Thomas Gerl
Keyword(s):  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Emission Abatement

H2S and CO2 Filtration of Biogas Used in Internal Combustion Engines for Power Generation

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Ignacio Huertas Cardozo ◽  
Sebastia´n Izquierdo Cifuentes
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Quasi Equilibrium ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Fixed Amount

Currently, there is an increasing interest in connecting thousands of small electrical plants powered by renewable energy sources to national electrical grids. The use of biogas as fuel for internal combustion engines connected to an electric generator is emerging as one of the most attractive alternatives because of its very low cost benefit ratio and very high positive impact on the environment. However, the use of biogas to generate electricity has been limited by its high content of H2S (1800–3500 ppm) and CO2 (∼40%). CO2 presence reduces the energetic density of the fuel and therefore the power output of the system. The high content of H2S corrodes important components of the engine like the combustion chamber, bronze gears and the exhaust system. This work aims to design and manufacture a low-cost industrial filter for this application. Among the different available methodologies, CaO, NaOH and amines where selected as the most appropriate for a typical farm application of 100 kW electric generations. Since there is not reported data for the H2S absorbing capacity of these substances, it was proposed to measure it by means of a bubbler. It is an experimental set up where the gas stream passes through a fixed amount of the absorbing substance until it becomes saturated. The absorbing capacity is determined as the amount of substance being trapped divided by the mass of the absorbing substance being used. Results showed an absorbing capacity of 2.8, 41.4 and 124.8 g of H2S per Kg of NaOH, CaO and monoethanolamine respectively. A gas absorbing system of amines was designed and manufactured for H2S and CO2 biogas filtration. Three different types of amines were evaluated: Monoethanolamine, Diethanolamine, and methyldiethanolamine. Results show that all the amines require a ratio of amines to biogas flow of 0.7 to obtain a 95% of H2S filtering efficiency. This data represent only a 30% of H2S mass transfer efficiency of the filter when it is compared against the mass transfer expected under quasi equilibrium conditions. Work is under way to design a high efficiency amine column for biogas treatment.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF OPERATION OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES WORKING ONE BIOGAS FROM THE LANDFILL WASTES

2019 ◽  
pp. 83-91
Author(s):  
T. V. Dykun ◽  
L. I. Haieva ◽  
F. V. Kozak ◽  
Ya. M. Demianchuk
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Component Composition ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Effective Power ◽  
Energy Independence ◽  
Ice Leads

The problem of the effective use of traditional energy sources and the search for alternative resources is currently urgent. Today, in Ukraine, the low-calorie gas potential, which in large quantities is formed in landfills from solid household wastes, in particular biogas, is almost not used. The number of existing domestic installations for the disposal of this gas is insignificant. Today, this valuable resource in quantities of up to 1 billion cubic meters per year is emitted into the atmosphere contaminating it, or burned in flares. Rarely biogas is used in automotive internal combustion engines. However, replacing gasoline with biogas results in reduction in engine power and an increase in fuel consumption. Knowing the component composition of biogas, one can calculate the heat of its combustion and the heat of combustion of gas-air mixtures. According to the results of analytical studies, the graphic dependences of the change in effective power, torque and the effective specific biogas flow rate on engine revolutions were constructed and a comparison of these values with those of a petrol engine was performed. Dependencies show that the use of biogas as a fuel for the ICE leads to a significant reduction of the above parameters: in particular, the effective power decreases to 20%, torque to 22%, and the specific effective fuel consumption increases by 170%. However, due to the low cost of this type of automobile fuel and the considerable resource base for its obtaining in Ukraine, one can conclude - the use of biogas from landfills should be expanded and this is promising, in terms of energy independence of both separate economic entities and the state as a whole.

Experimental and Numerical Characterization of High-Pressure Methane Jets for Direct Injection in Internal Combustion Engines

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Montanaro ◽  
Luigi Allocca ◽  
Angelo De Vita ◽  
Stefano Ranieri ◽  
Francesco Duronio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Direct Injection ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Numerical Characterization

Development of Test Bench and Characterization of Performance in Small Internal Combustion Engines

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph K. Ausserer ◽  
Paul J. Litke ◽  
Jon-Russell Groenewegen ◽  
Alexander Rowton ◽  
Marc Polanka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Test Bench ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Combustion Engines

scholarly journals Steady State Experimental Characterization of a Twin Entry Turbine under Different Admission Conditions

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 2228
Author(s):  
Vittorio Usai ◽  
Silvia Marelli
Keyword(s):  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Normal Operation ◽  
Specific Power ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Experimental Characterization ◽  
Good Efficiency ◽  
Common Solution ◽  
Swallowing Capacity

The increasingly restrictive limits on exhaust emissions of automotive internal combustion engines imposed in recent years are pushing OEMs to seek new solutions to improve powertrain efficiency. Despite the increase in electric and hybrid powertrains, the turbocharging technique is still one of the most adopted solution in automotive internal combustion engines to achieve good efficiency with high specific power levels. Nowadays, turbocharged downsized engines are the most common solution to lower CO2 emissions. Pulse turbocharging is the most common boosting layout in automotive applications as the best response in terms of time-to-boost and exhaust energy extraction. In a high-fractionated engine with four or more cylinders, a twin entry turbine can be adopted to maximize pulse turbocharging benefits and avoid interaction in the discharge phase of the cylinders. The disadvantages of the twin entry turbine are mainly due to the complexity of the exhaust piping line and the high amount of information required to build a rigorous and reliable matching model. This paper presents a detailed experimental characterization of a twin entry turbine with particular reference to the turbine efficiency and the swallowing capacity under different admission conditions. The steady flow experimental campaign was performed at the turbocharger test bench of the University of Genoa, in order to analyze the behavior of the twin entry turbine in full, partial and unbalanced admission. These are the conditions in which the turbine must work instantaneously during its normal operation in engine application. The results show a different swallowing capacity of each sector and the interactions between the two entries.

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