Natural gas use in a diesel engine - methane emission testing

这种关系的目的是允许测量以天然气为主要燃料的压缩点火双燃料发动机的甲烷气体排放。Discovery Fuel Technologies的燃料系统产品将用于提供含氧先导燃料。为了取得成功，Discovery需要对发动机进行测试，以确定在柴油发动机的最佳加油条件下减少甲烷排放的方法。女王大学和探索号已经在女王大学发动机实验室的现有测功机上安装了一台柴油发动机和所需的外围传感器。这台发动机是最初Engage项目的一部分，用于测量柴油在不同发动机转速和负载下的发动机性能。还对二甲醚进行了一些有限的测试，以验证燃料

The objective of this relationship is to allow the measurement of methane gas emissions from a compression ignition dual-fuel engine operating with natural gas as the primary fuel. Discovery Fuel Technologies' fuel system product will be used to supply the oxygenate pilot fuel. For this development to be successful, Discovery requires engine testing to identify methods to reduce methane emissions under optimal fueling conditions of the diesel engine. Queen's University and Discovery have set up a diesel engine and the required peripheral sensors on an existing dynamometer located in the Engine Laboratory at Queen's University. This engine was used as part of an initial Engage project to measure engine performance with diesel fuel at various engine speeds and loads. Some limited testing was also done with dimethyl-ether in order to verify that the fuel system is capable of handling the more volatile fuel. In this follow-up Engage Plus project tests will be performed to identify the amounts of methane emissions obtained when fueling the engine with natural gas and a compression ignitable diesel and oxygenate. The project allows Discovery access to the advanced combustion skill-sets of the Ciccarelli Combustion group at Queen's, skills not found in Industry. Data obtained in this program will allow optimized and continued development of Discovery's product and lead to additional funding and the hiring of Canadians.