Simulation Study on the Production of Hydrogen/Syngas via Partial Oxidation in a Natural Gas-Fueled Engine | ||
| Port-Said Engineering Research Journal | ||
| Article 4, Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2014, Pages 22-29 PDF (325.36 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/pserj.2014.46702 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mohamed Morsy | ||
| Mechanical Engineering Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11421, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract The automotive industry is considered as one of the biggest industries worldwide. On this field, continuous research and development are performed to improve efficiencies of cars and trucks. Increasing efficiencies of automotives not only lead to cost reduction but also to reduced pollution, which is very important in today’s society. Therefore, each country in the world is carrying out research on developing alternative energy sources. Therefore, it is essential to develop the environment-friendly alternative energy urgently considering the limitation of fossil fuel and the global warming caused by environmental destruction. In this research, the new technology to produce hydrogen and syngas from natural gas with a homogeneous charge compression ignition reforming engine was studied. The simulat ion tool used was CHEMKIN 3.7, using the GRI natural gas combustion mechanism. This simulation was conducted on the changes in hydrogen and syngas concentration according to the variations of equivalence ratio, intake heating temperature, and oxygen enrichment with partial oxidation. Through the parametric screening studie s, optimum conditions in this study were found: The equivalence ratio was 2.5; The inlet temperature was 530 K, and the oxygen contents in air was 0.3. | ||
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