The effects of port water injection on spark ignition engine performance and emissions fueled by pure gasoline, E5 and E10 Salek, Farhad, Babaie, Meisam, Redel-Macias, Maria Dolores, Ghodsi, Ali, Hosseini, Seyed Vahid, Nourian, Amir, Burby, Martin L and Zare, Ali 2020, The effects of port water injection on spark ignition engine performance and emissions fueled by pure gasoline, E5 and E10, Processes, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 1-18, doi: 10.3390/pr8101214. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The effects of port water injection on spark ignition engine performance and emissions fueled by pure gasoline, E5 and E10 Author(s) Salek, Farhad Babaie, Meisam Redel-Macias, Maria Dolores Ghodsi, Ali Hosseini, Seyed Vahid Nourian, Amir Burby, Martin L Zare, Ali orcid.org/0000-0002-1601-4170 Journal name Processes Volume number 8 Issue number 10 Article ID 1214 Start page 1 End page 18 Total pages 18 Publisher MDPI AG Place of publication Basel, Switzerland Publication date 2020 ISSN 2227-9717 Keyword(s) E10 biofuel Ethanol NOx water port injection start of combustion Summary It has been proven that vehicle emissions such as oxides of nitrogen (NOx) are negatively affecting the health of human beings as well as the environment. In addition, it was recently highlighted that air pollution may result in people being more vulnerable to the deadly COVID-19 virus. The use of biofuels such as E5 and E10 as alternatives of gasoline fuel have been recommended by different researchers. In this paper, the impacts of port injection of water to a spark ignition engine fueled by gasoline, E5 and E10 on its performance and NOx production have been investigated. The experimental work was undertaken using a KIA Cerato engine and the results were used to validate an AVL BOOST model. To develop the numerical analysis, design of experiment (DOE) method was employed. The results showed that by increasing the ethanol fraction in gasoline/ethanol blend, the brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) improved between 2.3% and 4.5%. However, the level of NOx increased between 22% to 48%. With port injection of water up to 8%, there was up to 1% increase in engine power whereas NOx and BSFC were reduced by 8% and 1%, respectively. The impacts of simultaneous changing of the start of combustion (SOC) and water injection rate on engine power and NOx production was also investigated. It was found that the NOx concentration is very sensitive to SOC variation. Language eng DOI 10.3390/pr8101214 Indigenous content off Field of Research 0904 Chemical Engineering HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30143336 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Engineering Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 30 Sep 2020, 09:15:24 EST Wed, 30 Sep 2020, 09:15:59 EST Thu, 01 Oct 2020, 05:00:35 EST Thu, 01 Oct 2020, 06:03:57 EST Thu, 01 Oct 2020, 08:55:14 EST Thu, 08 Oct 2020, 05:05:11 EST Fri, 09 Oct 2020, 14:50:41 EST Fri, 09 Oct 2020, 14:52:23 EST Fri, 09 Oct 2020, 14:53:03 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 21 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 30 Sep 2020, 09:15:59 EST

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