EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF RENEWABLE FUELS FOR CLEAN HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL ENGINES

可再生燃料是在重型运输中取代传统化石燃料的有前途的解决方案，因为它们相对清洁(无论是在生产阶段还是在最终使用阶段)。拟议的实验研究将研究将可再生燃料引入现有重型柴油发动机的一种途径。这些试验将涉及使用数量少得多的柴油来启动主要可再生燃料的发电，这些燃料将与柴油分开注入发动机。在没有可再生燃料的情况下，这样的发动机仍然能够有效地使用传统柴油。目标是了解所涉及的详细热力学，并测量发动机在各种运行条件下的效率和详细排放。

Renewable fuels are promising solutions to replace conventional fossil fuels across heavy transportation, as they are relatively clean (both at the production stage as well as in end use). The proposed experimental research will study one pathway for introducing renewable fuel into an existing heavy duty diesel engine. The experiments will involve using a much smaller amount of diesel to initiate power generation from the main renewable fuel, which will be injected into the engine separately of the diesel. Such an engine will still be capable of operating effectively on conventional diesel when renewable fuels are not available. The goal is to understand the detailed thermodynamics involved and to measure the efficiency and detailed emissions of the engine under a wide variety of operating conditions.