Investigation to set the type of pre-chamber fuel system in heavy gas engine HIMSEN 35/40

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Automotive Engineering School, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

2 Power train systems, School of Automotive Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Following concerns about air pollution and global warming in recent years, the use of heavy duty gas engines has become favorable in major industries such as the marine industry, power plants, etc. Heavy duty diesel engines designed for similar applications were used and made by modifying their structure or adding new parts or a combination of the two approaches, because of the fact that heavy duty gas engines are more similar to diesel engines with similar emissions. They have less emission and also less power. Various technologies can be used to increase the power of the gas engines. One of these new technologies is the pre-combustion chamber, which results in an increase in power output. The pre-chambers are categorized into two types of refueling in terms of how the refueling is shared with the main chamber and refueling independent of the main chamber. The pre-combustion chamber should be used to increase the efficiency of the pre-chamber and overall engine efficiency, which is suggested after considering the use of the pre-combustion chamber with a stand-alone fuel system.

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Amirkabir Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Volume 53, Issue 5
August 2021
Pages 2935-2952

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