• 한국가스학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2016

전 세계적인 천연가스 저열량화 추세에 따라 우리나라 천연가스 열량 기준이 기존의 표준 열량제에서 보다 유연한 열량범위제로 개선되었다. 이 같은 변화는 가정이나 산업체 전반에 걸쳐 가스기기 성능에 직접적인 영향을 미치기 때문에 이를 규명하고자 하는 연구가 필요하다. 특히 열병합 발전용 엔진으로 사용되는 디젤-CNG 혼소엔진의 경우 도시가스를 주 연료로 사용하기 때문에 발열량 변화는 발전 사업자의 수익성 확보와 연관되는 중요한 사안이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 열량범위제 내에서 허용하는 CNG 발열량 변화가 디젤-CNG 혼소엔진의 배기특성에 주는 영향에 대해 조사하였다. 도시가스 발열량 변화를 모사하기 위해 열량 범위 상한선인 $10,400kcal/Nm^3$의 CNG 연료에 질소를 희석시켜 발열량을 $10,400kcal/Nm^3$에서 $9,400kcal/Nm^3$까지 변경하였다. 혼소율 80% 조건에서 디젤 연료 분사 시기는 16 CAD BTDC, 분사압력은 110 MPa로 고정하고 엔진회전수 및 토크는 1800 rpm/500 Nm으로 설정하여 시험을 수행하였다. 엔진시험 결과 발열량이 감소할수록 불완전연소가 증가하여 THC, $CH_4$ 및 CO 배출량은 증가하는 반면 NOx 배출량은 감소함을 확인하였다. 그리고 이 같은 결과를 바탕으로 배기 특성 변화에 대해 대응할 수 있는 방안에 대해 고찰하였다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2008

열병합발전용으로 사용되는 여러 가지 원동기 중 천연가스 엔진은 1 MW 이하의 발전용량을 갖는 원동기로 가장 널리 사용되고 있다. 이론공연비 연소방식과 삼원촉매를 채택한 300 kW급 천연가스 엔진은 강화된 배기규제를 만족시킬 수 있지만 이론공연비 연소방식은 희박 연소방식에 비해 효율이 대체적으로 낮기 때문에 최적 점화시기(MBT) 제어가 필요하다. 그러나 MBT 운전조건은 노킹이 발생되기 쉬워 높은 흡기온도 조건에서 운전되는 엔진에 대해서는 노킹제어가 이루어져야 한다. 본 연구에서는 높은 흡기온도가 요구되는 열병합발전용 천연가스엔진을 대상으로 흡기온도에 따른 엔진성능과 노킹특성에 대하여 실험한 결과를 제시하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.164-169
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• 2015

Recent research has focused on alternative fuel to improve engine performance and to comply with emission regulation. Finding an alternative fuel and reducing environment pollution are the main goals for future internal combustion engines. The purpose of this study is to obtain low-emission and high-efficiency by hydrogen enriched CNG fuel in SI engine and is to clarify the effects of hydrogen enrichment in CNG fuelled engine on exhaust emission and performance. An experimental study was carried out to obtain fundamental data for performance and emission characteristics of hydrogen enrichment in SI engine. The experiment was conducted at 2500 rpm, bmep 2 bar, 4 bar conditions while CNG fuel was mixed with 10, 20 and 30% hydrogen blends. From the experimental results, combustion duration was shortened due to rapid flame propagation velocity of hydrogen and these were attributed to the burning velocity increasing exponentially with increasing hydrogen blending ratio. Hydrogen has much wider flammable limit than methane, gasoline and the minimum ignition energy is about an order of magnitude lower than for other combustion. By adding hydrogen, $CO_2$ and HC were reduced. However, $NO_X$ was increased dut to high rate of heat release for hydrogen substitutions.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.357-364
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• 2016

Recently, the world faces the environmental problem such as air pollution due to harmful gas discharged from car and abnormal climate due to the green-house gases increased by the discharge of $CO_2$. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), one of alternative for this problem, is less harmful, compared to the existing fossil fuel, as gaseous fuel, and less carbon in fuel ingredients and carbon dioxide generation rate relatively favorable more than the existing fuel. However, CNG fuel has the weakness of slow flame propagation speed and difficult fast burn. On the other hand, hydrogen does not include carbon in fuel ingredients, and does not discharge harmful gas such as CO and HC. Moreover, it has strength of quick burning velocity and ignition is possible with small ignition energy source and it's has wide Lean Flammability Limit. If using this hydrogen with CNG fuel, the characteristics of output and discharge gas is improved by the mixer's burning velocity improved, and, at the same time, is possible to have stable lean combustion with the reduction of $CO_2$ expected. Therefore, this research tries to identify the characteristics of engine and emission gas when mixing CNG fuel and hydrogen in each portion and burning them in spark igniting engine, and grasp the combustion stability and emission gas characteristics according and use it as the basic data of hydrogen-CNG premixed engine.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.56-68
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• 2015

Liquefied petroleum gas and compressed natural gas haven been regarded as promising alternative fuels because of no smoke, and they are also clean fuel for spark-ignited engine. In spark-ignited direct-injection engine, direct injection technology can increase engine volumetric efficiency significantly and also reduce necessity of throttle valve. This study designed combustion chamber equipped with visualization system. To improve ignition probability, the study designed to help three types of impingement-walls to form mixture. In doing so, LPG CNG-air mixture could be easily formed after spray-wall impingement and ignition probability increased too. The results of this study could contribute as basic resources of spark-ignited direct injection LPG and CNG engine design and optimization extensively.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2012

This research is about the exhaust gas and driving performance test which are for CNG-Diesel dual fuel engine. The CNG-Diesel dual fuel engine converted from 2500cc diesel has two steps of injection systems; small amount of diesel is injected to mixture CNG in cylinder to ignite before CNG is injected into each intake manifold to form mixture. The amounts of output power and emission in duel fuel consumption were measured by engine dynamometer and exhaust gas analyzer. Over 90% of diesel consumption reduction, similar driving performance to current diesel engine and reduced emission on $CO_2$ and PM, respectively, were indicated through the measurements. The two steps of system were applied to vehicle to investigate exhaust gas characteristics and driving performance via NEDC mode and real driving test. Additional oxidation catalyst was applied to reduce emission on the test vehicle and the NEDC mode test showed the reduction of Co, $CO_2$, Pm and THC.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2002년도 제25회 KOSCI SYMPOSIUM 논문집
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• pp.215-222
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• 2002

It has been well acknowledged that intake system plays great role in the performance of reciprocating engine. Well-designed intake system is expected to not only increase engine efficiency but also decrease engine emission, which is one of the most urgent issues in the automotive society. Thorough understanding of the flow in intake system helps great to design adequate intake system. Even though both experimental and numerical methods are used to study intake flow, numerical analysis is more widely used due to its merits in time and economy. Intake system of In-line 6-Cylinder CNG engine was chosen for the analysis ICEM CFD HEXA was used to create 3-D structured grid and FIRE code was used for the flow analysis in the intake system. Due to the complexity of the geometry standard ${\kappa}-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model was applied. Numerical analysis was performed for various inlet and outlet boundary conditions under both steady and transient flow. Inlet mass flow rate and outlet pressure variation were changing parameters with respect to engine speed. Flow parameters, such as velocity, pressure and flow distribution, were evaluated to provide adequate data of this intake system.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2011

대형 디젤엔진은 주행거리가 길고 배기량이 크기 때문에 차량의 대수는 상대적으로 적지만 대기환경에 미치는 영향은 크다. 시내를 주행하는 시내버스의 경우 한일 월드컵을 계기로 CNG 버스로 전환되었다. 그러나 대형트럭과 장거리 시외버스의 경우 주행거리가 길고 CNG 충전소가 대도시의 시내버스 차고지 위주로 설치되어 있어 이용이 불가능하였다. 단열용기의 적용으로 천연가스를 압축상태가 아닌 액체 상태로 보관이 가능해져 주행거리가 긴 대형트럭이나 장거리 시외버스로의 적용이 가능해졌으며, 혼소엔진의 경우 LNG 충전이 어려운 지역에서는 디젤로 운행이 가능하다. 이와 같은 장점으로 인하여 석유 의존도를 크게 낮출 수 있어 에너지원의 다변화가 가능하며, 디젤차의 고질적인 단점으로 여겨왔던 매연 및 질소산화물뿐만 아니라 저탄소 연료를 사용함으로서 대표적인 온실가스중의 하나인 이산화탄소도 10%이상 저감할 수 있었다.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.56-63
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• 2018

After the recent fabrication of diesel vehicle exhaust gas by Volkswagen, nitrogen oxides ($NO_x$) and particulate matter (PM) are drawing attention as representative pollutants included in exhaust gas. When gasoline and diesel fuels are combusted through direct injection into a combustion chamber at high pressure, PM emission is actually increased. To find a solution to this problem, a basic study was conducted to derive an optimized variable for combustion of compressed natural gas (CNG) by applying CNG, acknowledged as a clean fuel, to direct injection system. The essence of this study is in the introduction of a radical ignition technology for compressed natural gas (RI-CNG) in a sub-chamber type engine. The direct injection system was applied to a sub-chamber to remove residual gas from previous combustion cycle. In addition, optimal mixer distribution was achieved by precisely setting ignition timing based on fuel injection timing and excess air ratio.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2003

Natural gas is one of the promising alternative fuels because of the abundant deposits and the cleanness of emission gas. CNG has a lot of merits except lower burning speed has a slow disadvantage. One way to overcome the disadvantage is to raise a turbulence intensity. We give various intake for changing turbulence intensity in the cylinder by three kinds of swirl control valve with a way to raise a turbulence intensity. In the present study, a $1.8\ell$ conventional gasoline engine is modified to use a CNG as a fuel instead of gasoline. We try to virify combustion and emission characteristics in each engine parameters. Parameters of experimentation are equivalence ratio, spark timing and intake flow change. The results of this study are as swirl flows. In the case of adding swirl flow, burning speed and torque are increased. But NOx and THC concentration are increased a little respectively.