Advanced Engine Management Using On-Board Gasoline Partial Oxidation Reforming for Meeting Super-ULEV (SULEV) Emissions Standards

Partially premixed charge compression ignition engine with on-board production by exhaust gas fuel reforming of diesel and biodiesel

“…Hydrogen is one of the best fuels that can be used in internal combustion (IC) engines as pure or as a partial substitute of standard hydrocarbon fuels to improve performance and emissions, as has been reported by many researchers [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. In the last years the authors have been carrying out hydrogen-related research in diesel engines and the present paper follows from earlier reported results on the application of exhaust gas fuel reforming in compression ignition engines [11,12].…”

Laminar flame speeds of primary reference fuels and reformer gas mixtures

“…One approach to extend the dilution tolerance of the engine during the cold-start is to reform a portion of the fuel into H 2 , CO, and CO 2 . The use of pure reformer gas to reduce the cold-start emissions has been explored and demonstrated previously [1][2][3][4]. To manage the transition from operation with pure reformer gas to a hydrocarbon fuel it is important to understand the effects of hydrocarbons on the flame speeds of reformer gas/hydrocarbon mixtures.…”

Low-Temperature Catalytic Performance of Ni-Cu/Al2O3 Catalysts for Gasoline Reforming to Produce Hydrogen Applied in Spark Ignition Engines

“…The gas mixture was analyzed by a gas chromatograp, (Thermal Trace GC RGA) equipped with a thermal conductivity detector. Conversion, selectivity, and formation rates of products were calculated by an internal standard analyzing method as reported earlier [10,18],whereby, the flow rate of nonreactive internal standard gas (F st ) was kept constant. …”

“…These features make hydrogen an excellent fuel to potentially meet the increasingly stringent targets for exhaust emissions from combustion devices, including the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen can be used in internal combustion engines (ICE) on its own or as a partial substitute for traditional ICE fuels to improve performance and emissions, as has been reported by many researchers [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11].…”