Hydrogen (Al+HCl) Improve the Combustion of Gasoline Engine and Reduction the Hydrocarbon and Carbon Monoxide up 33% to 34%

Abstract:

The requirement of hydrogen in the transport system is indispensable nowadays. Especially to fulfill the requirement from the transports and industry sector related with green technology implementation. As an alternative, a research has been conducted from a technical aspect on the profitability of using hydrogen onboard as fuel for internal combustion engine. Applications using a mixture of Gasoline with hydrogen (G+H2) can be used to increase the combustion performance especially on the reduction of hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide. In this study hydrogen as an alternative fuel in four-stroke motorcycles has been tested using a chassis dynamometer model ATV Inertial Dyno, 054-500-1K. Hydrogen requirement in the petrol mixing ratio is dependent on the operating system of the engine ignition system which is controlled by hydrogen pressure in the cylinder. Three stages of load test on the engine performance have been conducted on the chassis dynamometer, namely, load test L0 is equal 0 ampere (L0), load test L1 is equal 1 ampere, and load test L2 is equal 2. During the tests L0, L1 and L2, the average hydrocarbon gas readings decreased by 34 % and 58.2% (L0), 27.4% (L1) and 16.7% (L2) to 46ppm, 85ppm and 95ppm respectively versus gasoline engine 110ppm, 117ppm and 114ppm. And the overall average results of this study showed a reduction of carbon monoxide by 33 %. It proves the use of hydrogen (AL + HCl) in the stoichiometric ratio helps combustion when the oxygen content in the air and fuel mixture is not adequate especially for vehicles using gasoline as a fuel.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 660)
• Pages: 436-441
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.660.436
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Halim Razali*, K. Sopian, S. Mat
• Keywords: Emission Control, Engine Performance, Hydrogen Mixture (G+H2), Hydrogen Onboard Generation, Internal Combustion Engine

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