Computational fluid dynamics study of alternative nitric-oxide emission mechanisms in a spark-ignition engine fueled with hydrogen and operating in a wide range of exhaust gas recirculation rates for load control

Journal of Energy Engineering

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Kosmadakis, G M ^a   Rakopoulos, C D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Combustion; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) rates; Hydrogen; NNH and N 2 O routes; NO emissions; Spark ignition engine; Thermal NO

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ENGINES; EXHAUST GASES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; GAS EMISSIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTION RATES; TEMPERATURE;

COMBUSTION TEMPERATURES; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION RATES; HYDROGEN-FUELED ENGINES; LOW TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; NITRIC OXIDE EMISSIONS; NNH AND N 2 O ROUTES; NO EMISSIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION;

EID: 84988273291     PISSN: 07339402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000229     Document Type: Article

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