Effect of Ignition energy on performance and emission of CNG fuelled Bi-fuel Engine: Experimental Investigation
| Author(s) | : | Suresh M Tank, Prof. V R Bhatt, Prof. R J Jani |
| Institution | : | P.G. Student, Mechanical Dept. L.D.College of Engineering, AhmedabadSuresh.a1987@gmail.com |
| Published In | : | Vol. 1, Issue 5 — May 2014 |
| Page No. | : | 526-531 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
The research on alternative fuels for internal combustion engine has become essential dueto depletion of petroleum products and its major contribution for pollutants, where Natural gas is oneof the most promising fuel alternatives for the future.Most of the CNG fuelled vehicles in India areaftermarket retrofitted conversions from the existing SI engine vehicles.it is found that powerproduced by the CNG engine is 8-14% less compare to Gasoline engine. To increase theperformance of the Bi-fuel engine there are many parameter which can be optimized. One of them isignition energy. CNG because of high ignition temperature and low flame speed compare to gasolinefor complete combustion higher ignition energy is required.The objective of this research is toimprove engine performance and emissions of CNG fuelled SI engine by optimize ignition energy.The Performance and emission both decreased when engine was made to run on CNG instead ofPetrol. By increasing ignition parameter like ignition energy performance of Bi-fuel engine in CNGmode is increasing. And further decreasing in emission is foundin CNG mode. BSFC founddecreasing, BTE found Increasing, VE found Increasing and HC, CO and CO2found furtherdecreasing in Bi-fuel engine fuelled with CNG.
Suresh M Tank, Prof. V R Bhatt, Prof. R J Jani, “Effect of Ignition energy on performance and emission of CNG fuelled Bi-fuel Engine: Experimental Investigation”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 1, Issue 5, pp. 526-531, May 2014.
