Fuel consumption and emissions from a vehicle operating with ethanol, gasoline and hydrogen produced on-board

de Almeida, Leandro and Monteiro Sales, Luis Carlos and Sodre, Jose Ricardo (2015) Fuel consumption and emissions from a vehicle operating with ethanol, gasoline and hydrogen produced on-board. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40. pp. 6988-6994. ISSN 0360-3199

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Abstract

This paper investigates fuel consumption and pollutant emissions from a vehicle operating with gasoline-ethanol blend (E22), hydrous ethanol (E100) and hydrogen produced onboard. The study aims to find out if hydrogen can contribute to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Hydrogen was produced by a hydrolytic cell adapted to the vehicle, and was mixed to the air charge in the intake pipe. A production automobile powered by a 1.0-L flexible fuel engine was used in the tests. The vehicle was tested on a chassis dynamometer, with the engine operating at idle speed and at 1400 rev/min. The results show that small amounts of hydrogen can provide stable engine operation with lean fuel-air mixture and, thus, reduce fuel consumption without compromising exhaust emission
levels. Reductions of up to 11.8% and 13.1% on fuel consumption were obtained for E22 and E100, respectively.

Item Type: Article
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.03.167
Dates:
DateEvent
2015Published
Uncontrolled Keywords: Hydrogen Ethanol Fuel consumption Emissions Internal combustion engines
Subjects: CAH10 - engineering and technology > CAH10-01 - engineering > CAH10-01-09 - chemical, process and energy engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > College of Engineering
Depositing User: Ian Mcdonald
Date Deposited: 21 Dec 2016 12:14
Last Modified: 20 Jun 2024 11:51
URI: https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/3737

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