eprintid: 8387 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/83/87 datestamp: 2023-11-09 16:20:17 lastmod: 2023-11-09 16:20:17 status_changed: 2023-11-09 16:12:31 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Hagos, F.Y. creators_name: Aziz, A.R.A. creators_name: Sulaiman, S.A. creators_name: Firmansyah, creators_name: Mamat, R. title: Effect of fuel injection timing of hydrogen rich syngas augmented with methane in direct-injection spark-ignition engine ispublished: pub keywords: Calorific value; Combustion; Compressed natural gas; Engines; Hydrogen; Hydrogen fuels; Ignition; Methane; Molar ratio; Particulate emissions; Synthesis gas; Timing circuits, Combustion characteristics; Compressed natural gasses (CNG); Direct injection spark ignition engines; Injection timing; Maximum brake torques; Performance; Performance and emissions; Syn-gas, Direct injection note: cited By 21 abstract: The product of gasification of solid biomass, also called syngas is believed to be good fuel for internal combustion engines in the move from the carbon based fuel to zero emission fuels. The only problem is its lower calorific value which is placed at one third of that of compressed natural gas (CNG). There are latest efforts to enhance the hydrogen rich syngas by augmenting it with methane so that the calorific value can be improved. This paper presents experimental results of the effect of the start of fuel injection timing (SOI) on the combustion characteristics, performance and emissions of a direct-injection spark-ignition engine fueled with a 20 methane augmented hydrogen rich syngas of molar ratio of 50 H2 and 50 CO composition. The engine was operated at fully open throttle and the start of fuel injection (SOI) was varied at 90, 120 and 180° before top dead center (BTDC). The experiment was conducted at lean mixture conditions in the low and medium engine speed ranges (1500�2400 RPM). The spark advance was set to the minimum advance for a maximum brake torque in all the test parameters. The methane augmented hydrogen rich syngas was observed to perform well over wide range of operation with SOI = 180°CA BTDC. However, SOI = 120°CA BTDC performed well at lower speeds recording improved performance and emissions. Limitation of operable load was observed for both SOI = 120°CA BTDC and 90°CA BTDC due to an insufficient time for complete injection of fuel at lower relative air�fuel ratio (λ) with higher speeds. © 2017 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC date: 2017 publisher: Elsevier Ltd official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85017354453&doi=10.1016%2fj.ijhydene.2017.03.091&partnerID=40&md5=2652df7eca14da633aa6368dd4be7e10 id_number: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.03.091 full_text_status: none publication: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy volume: 42 number: 37 pagerange: 23846-23855 refereed: TRUE issn: 03603199 citation: Hagos, F.Y. and Aziz, A.R.A. and Sulaiman, S.A. and Firmansyah and Mamat, R. (2017) Effect of fuel injection timing of hydrogen rich syngas augmented with methane in direct-injection spark-ignition engine. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42 (37). pp. 23846-23855. ISSN 03603199