Title: Performance evaluation of a hydrogen-ethanol fuelled engine

Authors: Syed Yousufuddin, Syed Nawazish Mehdi, Mohammad Masood

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vidya Vikas Institute of Technology, Shabad Ring Road, Chevella, Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh, India. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500034, India. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500034, India

Abstract: The work presented in the paper is an attempt to evaluate the performance characteristics of a hydrogen–ethanol dual fuel combination with different percentage substitutions of hydrogen (i.e. 0-80% with an increment of 20% by volume) at three different compression ratios of 7:1, 9:1 and 11:1 with varying equivalence ratios. In the present study, experimental investigations have been carried out on a computer interfaced, four-stroke cycle single cylinder compression ignition engine which was converted for spark ignition and carburetion to suit ethanol fuel and a provision was made at the inlet manifold of the engine to induct hydrogen gas. It is found from the present study that the compression ratio of 11:1, equivalence ratio of 0.9 and 60-80% substitution of hydrogen to ethanol is effective in improving the performance of the engine.

Keywords: dual fuel engines; ethanol; performance evaluation; hydrogen; internal combustion engines; engine performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJETP.2009.027283

International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, 2009 Vol.7 No.2, pp.213 - 228

Published online: 19 Jul 2009 *

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