Abstract: | In order to study the influence of hydrogen mixing ratio on the lean combustion performance of hydrogen-methanol engines, experiments were carried out on a hydrogen-methanol engine modified by a 1.8L turbocharged gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine, considering different fuel-air equivalence ratios and hydrogen mixing ratios. The hydrogen-mixed combustion and emissions of the methanol engine were focused. The test results show that under lean-burn conditions, as the hydrogen ratio increases, the maximum combustion pressure and the peak heat release rate in the engine cylinder increase, the combustion phase is advanced and the combustion duration is shortened. The leaner combustion condition with the proper amount of hydrogen improves even more the cycle fluctuation. However, when the fuel-air ratio and the amount of hydrogen increase, the cycle fluctuation tends to deteriorate. For the fuel-air equivalence ratio greater than 0.71, increasing the hydrogen mixing ratio can improve HC emissions. For the fuel-air equivalence ratio greater than 0.83, hydrogen admixture improves NOx emissions; however, increasing the hydrogen mixing ratio deteriorates CO emissions. For the ratio less than 0.83, increasing the hydrogen
mixing ratio leads to the deterioration of NOx emissions and the decrease of CO emissions. |