Improving performances of a lean burn cogeneration biogas engine equipped with combustion prechambers

Tests of the unscavenged prechamber ignition system on a 150 kW cogeneration engine fed with biogas are presented. The objective was to reach at least 36% in fuel conversion efficiency with exhaust gas emissions lower than the Swiss regulations limits (NO x , CO: 400 and 650 mg/Nm 3, 5% O 2 and 0% r...

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Published in:Fuel (Guildford) 2005-11, Vol.84 (16), p.2001-2007
Main Authors: Roubaud, Anne, Favrat, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biogas engine
Combustion prechambers
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Summary:Tests of the unscavenged prechamber ignition system on a 150 kW cogeneration engine fed with biogas are presented. The objective was to reach at least 36% in fuel conversion efficiency with exhaust gas emissions lower than the Swiss regulations limits (NO x , CO: 400 and 650 mg/Nm 3, 5% O 2 and 0% relative humidity) without exhaust gas after treatment. With a compression ratio of 12.0, it is shown that 40% of CO 2 induces a CO reduction of 15% and an HC reduction of 8% for the same NO x emissions, but with a slight reduction of 1% in fuel conversion efficiency compared to pure natural gas. The results for the compression ratio of 13.3, a spark timing of 8 ca BTDC, an air factor λ of 1.57 and 39.5% CO 2 are a fuel conversion efficiency of 37.7% while keeping the NO x and CO emissions below the Swiss limit. This study shows that using unscavenged prechambers in biogas engines is particularly beneficial to reach interesting conversion efficiencies with low emissions. It allows a significant boost in energy conversion from biogas compared to existing systems.
ISSN:0016-2361
1873-7153
DOI:10.1016/j.fuel.2004.02.023