• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2008

It was investigated how fuel injection timing - early injection and later injection - in conjunction with throttle open rate effect the fuel-air mixing characteristics, Engine power, combustion stability and emission characteristics on a DI CNG spark Engine and control system that had been modified and designed according to the author's original idea. It was verified that the combustion characteristics were changed according to fuel injection timings and Engine conditions determined by different throttle open rates and rpm. It was found that the combustion characteristics greatly improved at the complete open throttle rate with an early injection timing and at the part throttle rate with a late injection timing. Combustion duration was governed by flame propagation duration in a late injection timing and by an early flame development duration in an early injection timing. As the result, we discovered that combustion duration is shortened, lean limit is improved, air-fuel mixing conditions controlled, and emissions reduced through control of fuel injection timing according to change of the throttle open rate.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2018

CNG 차량의 경우 압력센서를 이용하여 CNG의 양을 계측하고 있다. 그러나 주변 환경 조건에 따라 정확한 양을 파악하는데 어려움이 있어 운전자에게 불안감을 조성하게 된다. 본 연구는 CNG 연료 시스템에서 CNG의 양을 정밀하게 측정하기 위한 기초 연구로써 CNG 연료량 검출 시스템을 모사하여 측정방법을 제시하고자 한다. 실험은 Type-3의 CNG 탱크에 초음파 센서를 적용한 연료량 검출 모사장치 구현하였다. 그리고 내부의 압력은 압축공기를 이용하여 100 bar 에서 0 bar 까지 5 bar 단위로 저감시키면서 초음파 센서의 수신 신호를 검증하였다. 그 결과 탱크 내 압력이 감소함에 따라 초음파 센서의 출력 신호가 감쇠하는 것을 알 수 있었고, 다소 차이는 있었지만 선형성을 띄고 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2011

대형경유차는 수량이 적음에도 불구하고 높은 운행 빈도로 인해 대기오염물질의 높은 비율을 차지하고 있다. 이에 대한 해결책으로 저공해 자동차인CNG(CompressedNatural Gas)버스가 대두되고 있다. CNG차량의 배출가스는 경유에 비해 PM이나 NOx가 크게 감소되는 경향을 보인다. 본 연구에서는 친환경 연료인 CNG에 수소를 혼합한 연료를 이용한 차량에서의 배기가스 후처리 기술에 대해 소개한다. CNG에 수소를 혼합함으로써, 엔진의 연소 효율은 올리고 배기가스를 감소시킬 수 있으나, CNG의 주성분인 메탄 역시 온실가스로서 이에 대한 저감도 필요한 실정이다. CNG엔진에서 배출되는 메탄에 대해 CNG산화촉매를 도입하여 저감 방향을 설정하였으며, 발생하는 NOx에 대해서는 urea-SCR 및HC(HydroCarbon)-SCR을 도입하였다.

• 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.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.213-218
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• 1997

CNG dual fuel engine for heavy duty diesel engine has been equipped to a Korean bus engine and tested to compare th engine performance and the emission characteristics with the existing diesel fueled engine. The results are summarized as follows. Diesel fueled engine has the fuel injection timing of BTDC17°. The injection timing of CNG modified engine is retarded to BTDC14° for reduction of NOx. Performance optimization has been carried out to have engine power equivalent to or better than the diesel fueled engine. Smoke is decreased by 85% by Korean smoke 3 mode test. By 6 mode test CO is increased by 313% and THC is increased by 1407%. NOx is decreased by 27%. Even though THC is increased very much, it's not too serious problem since CO and THC emission of diesel engine are very little compared to gasoline engine and THC don't give bad effect on human health. But the reduction technologies of CO and THC need to be considered.

• 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.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.623-627
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• 2011

This is a study on the distribution of acoustic emission parameters during a burst test for a type-II CNG vehicle fuel tank. A resonant AE sensor with a central frequency of 150 kHz was attached to the composite materials in the center of the fuel tank. The pressure was increased from 30 to 100% of the expected burst pressure and was maintained for 10 minutes at each level. Damage at 70% of expected burst pressure occurred by various damage mechanisms including fiber breakage and delamination, while that of below 60% only occurred by matrix crack initiation and growth. The count, duration and rise time of the AE signal at 60% of the expected burst pressure are distributed below 500, 5000 ${\mu}s$ and 300 ${\mu}s$, respectively. Then, at above 70% they increased with pressure by superimposing of individual AE signal generated at a nearby place. These results confirmed that the analysis of the distribution of AE parameters is an effective tool for estimating damage of a CNG fuel tank.

• 오토저널
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.49-57
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• 1991

Natural gas is one of the most promising alternative fuels for automative vehicles, because it has lower exhaust emissions and better fuel economy characteristics than gasoline and can be used in conventional engines with a little modification. In the present study, a conventional gasoline engine was modified to a CNG dedicated engine, which can be operated with CNG( compressed natural gas) only, and a engine bench test was performed at various compression ratios. As a result, it was revealed that the prototype CNG engine can be operated with lower exhaust emissions, better fuel economy and better thermal efficiency, but with a sightly reduced brake horse power, compared to the conventional gasoline engine.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2017

국내 CNG Bi-fuel Kit를 개조한 차량들은 대부분 Diaphragm 감압방식을 적용한 기계식 레귤레이터를 장착하여 운행 중에 있다. 하지만 Diaphragm의 재질 특성 및 기계식 압력제어 방식의 특성 상 다양한 문제점들이 발생되고 있으며, 이를 개선하기 위한 연구들이 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 CNG 차량용 레귤레이터의 압력제어방식에 따른 성능특성 확인 및 비교 분석 진행을 통해 개선방안을 도출하고자 하였다. 실험 결과에 따르면 Diaphragm을 적용한 감압방식이 Piston을 적용한 방식보다 일반적인 성능에서 유리하였으나 주변 온도환경 변화에 따른 변동 폭이 큰 것을 확인하였다. 또한 전자식 압력제어를 통해 레귤레이터의 일반적인 성능을 향상시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 기술사
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2001

Using the CNG(compressed natural gas) and LPG(liquified petroleum gas) as the automotive fuel will be expanded because of their clean effect to the environmental air qualify. But these programs of gas using expansion would have a difficulty due to public consideration of gas utilities as a big hazard. The Ministry of Environment has an ambitious plan to substitute more than 25,000 buses with CNG and ensure more than 200 CNG refueling stations as well by the year of 2007. However, it is very difficult to establish new CNG and LPG refueling stations because of expanded safety distance than ever before by several major explosion accidents.