Researches on Electronic Control System of Diesel-CNG Dual Fuel Engine

Abstract:

Natural gas has been one of the most important kinds of vehicle fuel since the discovery of abundant shale gas storage. Operating costs of diesel engine can be reduced by replacing diesel with diesel-CNG dual fuel. The present contribution is mainly about the electronic control system of diesel-CNG dual fuel engine. Hardware and software of the electronic control system were designed. Two control strategies named equivalent power control strategy and diesel-saving control strategy were put forward for different control targets. Furthermore, these two strategies were testified by experiments conducted on engine test bench. Results show that average natural gas replacement could up to 70%. Comparing with diesel engine, fuel consumption of diesel-CNG dual fuel engine can be reduced significantly and the power increases slightly also. Both power and economy performances of the engine are improved.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 860-863)
• Pages: 1754-1760
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.860-863.1754
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Lei Yu*, Qing Yang, You Tong Zhang
• Keywords: Control Strategy, Dual Fuel Engine, Electronic Control System, Natural Gas Replacement Rate

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