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136 Adrian Sabău et al.<br />

No experiments were conducted with either methanol (CH3OH) or<br />

methane (CH4) injection, since this would involve re-design of the employed<br />

hardware well beyond the scope of this work. The above analysis, though,<br />

shows that the total value of each of the terms of this balance at the end of the<br />

closed cycle is mainly a function of the total quantity of the injected fuel and<br />

not of the detailed preparation and reaction rates.<br />

If we substitute CH3OH and CH4 in the employed code as injected fuels<br />

and keep the equivalence ratio equal to 0.6 as in the diesel fuel case, we can<br />

compute “availability balances” like the ones shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The mass<br />

flow rate of air is also kept the same for all three fuels. This is one simple<br />

baseline that can be used for the comparison. However the methodology to be<br />

presented here can be used for more complicated reference criteria.<br />

The detailed time evolution of each of the terms of the presented balances<br />

of Figs. 4 and 5 is a function of the precise preparation and reaction rates of<br />

CH3OH and CH4 which can only be determined from experimental data.<br />

However, the exhaust gas availability (available for heat recovery devices) and<br />

the total combustion irreversibility can be approximated without the knowledge<br />

of this data, provided that reaction has been completed reasonably early relative<br />

to the exhaust valve opening timing. Figs. 6–8 show the comparison between<br />

injected fuel availability, exhaust gas availability and combustion irreversibility,<br />

for injection with the same equivalence ratio.<br />

Diesel Metan Metanol Diesel Metan Metanol<br />

Fig. 7 –Exhaust gas availability. Fig. 8 – Combustion irreversibility.<br />

It can be seen that the injected fuel availability is significantly higher for<br />

the methanol case. Because of the oxygen content of the fuel, higher molar<br />

quantity of fuel is necessary for combustion with the same equivalence ratio.<br />

Comparing the results for methane and diesel fuel, we observe a significant<br />

decrease of combustion irreversibility for methane combustion.

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