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Frontiers in Energy >> 2007, Volume 1, Issue 3 doi: 10.1007/s11708-007-0049-z

Emission characteristics of a turbocharged diesel engine fueled with gas-to-liquids

Institute of Internal Combustion Engine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China;

Available online: 2007-09-05
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Emission characteristics of a turbocharged, inter-cooled, heavy-duty diesel engine operating on neat gas-to-liquids (GTL) and blends of GTL with conventional diesel were investigated and a comparison was made with those of diesel fuel. The results show that nitrogen oxides (NO), smoke, and particulate matter (PM) emissions can be decreased when operating on GTL and diesel-GTL blends. Engine emissions decrease with an increase of GTL fraction in the blends. Compared with diesel fuel, an engine operating on GTL can reduce NO, PM, carbon monoxide (CO), and hydrocarbon (HC) by 23.7%, 27.6%, 16.6% and 12.9% in ECE R49 13-mode procedure, respectively. Engine speed and load have great influences on emissions when operating on diesel-GTL blends and diesel fuel in the turbocharged diesel engine. The study indicates that GTL is a promising alternative fuel for diesel engines to reduce emissions.

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