Advanced Hydrogen-Fueled Engines: Potential and Challenges Christopher White University of New Hampshire Sandia National Laboratories ERC Symposium: Fuels for Future Internal Combustion Engines University of Wisconsin Madison June 6, 2007 Sandia Sponsor: DOE Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicles Technologies Program Manager: Gurpreet Singh
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Advanced Hydrogen-Fueled Engines: Potential and Challenges
Christopher WhiteUniversity of New Hampshire
Sandia National Laboratories
ERC Symposium: Fuels for Future Internal Combustion Engines
University of Wisconsin Madison
June 6, 2007
Sandia Sponsor: DOE Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicles Technologies
Need for advanced H2ICEs─ relative to conventional port-fuel-injected (PFI) H2ICEs
Example advanced H2ICE strategies
Sandia National Laboratories H2 Engine Program─ objective and approach
─ brief discussion of experiments and results
Summary
Presentation outline
The energy problem
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Limited Oil Reserves
Where are we going to get this amount
of energy and not harm the environment?CLI
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Hydrogen is an attractive option
It’s clean, promotes highly efficient end-use technologies, and canbe derived from diverse domestic resources.
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HIGH EFFICIENCY & RELIABILITY
ZERO/NEAR ZEROEMISSIONS(including CO2)
From Patrovic & Milliken (2003)
Transportation sector has the greatest needs
Electricity Transportation Residential
Coal 48 Oil 3 96 8 Natural Gas 17 3 27 Hydro 9 Electricity 1 62 Renewable 3 Nuclear 19 Solar 2 Hydrogen x Wind 2
% Fuel use by sector
1999 Total 1500 MMT
Gas TurbineCoal Fired STIC EnginesOther BurnersOther Sources546.4
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U.S. CO2 Emission by Combustion Source
Why not hydrogen?
Two main reasons why we do not live in a hydrogen economy:(1) Infrastructure (Production and Distribution)─ How to produce H2 economically and cleanly (without CO2 emissions).
─ Delivery of H2 from production facilities to fueling stations.
(2) Storage─ Difficulty is the low volumetric energy density of gaseous H2.
The requirements of (1) and (2) directly depend on the end-use technolog─ in particular the availability and fuel efficiency (among others).
Regarding the availability, the chicken and egg analogy often (yetwrongly)enters the discussion. This is wrong (especially from a businessmodel) since infrastructure and end-use technologies must developin tandem.End-Use Technologies: PEM Fuel Cell: Projected Cost $300/kW, Efficiency ?? ( 40 ─ 60% Peak)H2ICE: Projected Cost $30/kW, Efficiency 40 ─ 45% Peak
Technology is available today and economically viable in the nearterm.
Number of test/demo vehicles: Ford, BMW among others (seebelow).
• demonstrated efficiencies in excess of today’s gasoline engines.
• near-ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicle) performance
Fewer constraints concerning H2 storage compared to fuel cells.• relative ease of a dual-fuel option (H2/gasoline).
• impurities are a non-issue
Hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines: An enabling technology to a hydrogen economy
Integral part of DOE's transitional strategy towards a hydrogen economy • www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/hydrogen_posture_plan.pdf
DOE's near-term goals for the H2ICE (same as for fuel cell vehicle): • peak brake thermal efficiency (BTE) 45%.
• Tier2/bin5 emissions or better (NOx 0.07g/mile).
• power densities greater than present-day gasoline engines.
Research is required to resolve technical barriers to meet these goals. • fundamental research of in-cylinder combustion and transport processes.
• NOx emissions and control.
• advanced H2ICE concepts and related technical issues:
DOE’s interest in H2ICEs
The unique combustion properties of hydrogen can be beneficial atcertain engine operating conditions and pose technical challenges atother engine operating conditions.
H2 properties relevant to ICEs
29.539.48 2†stoich. volume fraction (%)
> 12014091-99research octane number
1.850.380.37-0.43laminar flame velocity (m/s) ‡
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0.1-7.1flammability limits ( )
3.37heat of combustion (MJ/kgair) ‡
119.7lower heating value (MJ/kg)
0.64quenching distance (mm) ‡
858autoignition temp. (K) ‡
minimum ignition energy‡
Property
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† gasoline vapor, ‡ stoichiometric mixture
wide flammability range(ultra-lean operation)
high flame speeds(good stability)
high compression ratios withimproved thermal efficiency
air displacement effects
propensity to preignite
thin thermal boundary layers
favorable unfavorable
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H2 is predisposed topreignition
Preignition: Ignition of the fuel/air mixture before the spark plug fires.
Ignition sources include engine hot spots, oil contaminants, and others.
Produces engine knock-like effects than can lead to engine damage.
Conventional port-fuel-injection(PFI) H2ICEs fueled by compressedH2 gas are most susceptible topreignition.
The preignition problem
In practical applications it is verydifficult to operate a PFI H2ICE at ornear = 1.
Profound effects on peak powerdensityand emissions (NOx) control.
Primarily responsible for the need foradvanced H2ICE options.
Single-cylinder optical test engine Apply advanced laser-based
optical diagnostics.
High-fidelity numerical simulations using the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) technique.
Massively parallel computation facilities
One-To-One CorrespondenceBetween Simulations and
Engine Experiments
Sandia H2ICE program
Approach
Experimental approach: systematic development of experimentaltechniques to assess in-cylinder H2-air mixing.(1) OH* chemiluminescence imaging combustion and mixture distribution.
provide experimental data to validate numerical schemes, grid resolution,
and models implemented in the Large Eddy Simulations.
focus on speed/load conditions that are of value to Ford, complement
similar efforts at ANL, and accessible in an optical engine.
A combined study using laser-based experimental techniques in anoptically-accessible engine and high fidelity numerical simulations isemployed to obtain a physical understanding of the in-cylinder transportprocesses (concentration and temperature) in a DI H2ICE.
Mixture stratification in a DI H2ICE (Tech. Barriers)
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Conjecture:Mixture inhomogeneities
Effect of start-of-injectionon NOx emissions
low NOx high NOx low NOx
overall = 0.3
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Similar effects of SOI on BTE. It is therefore critical to develop a
knowledge base of in-cylinder transport processes in a DI H2ICE
Optical test engineGM single-cylinder head
4 valves, central spark plug
560 cm3 displacement
CR: 9.1-10.3 (flat piston)
Optical access
interchangeable quartz liner
interchangeable quartz piston
Hydrogen fueling
side direct injection
six-hole, 90o cone angle
(Westport Innov.)
injector
spark plug
intake
exhaust
quartzquartzwindowswindows
Sandia optical H2 engine facility
OH* chemiluminescence measurements
natural luminosity of excited state OH (OH*) line of sight measurement qualitative (at best semi-quantitative)
imaged field-of-view
Flame front propagation speed:“Pre-mixed” H2-air mixture
time.is and radius flame theis where, trdt
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Use H2O mass fraction
to track flame front propagation
LES Validation (first attempts)Flame front propagation speed
Acetone PLIF measurements in the optical engine
inject a mixture of 99.5% H2 and 0.5% acetone (seed) by volume. 266 nm laser sheet used for acetone excitation
imaged field-of-view
PLIF images compared to OH* chemiluminescence images:Evaluating in-cylinder mixture distribution
Interpretation of these imagesrevealssimilar results with respect tomixture distribution:(1) SOI at IVC produces a “near-
homogeneous” mixture (top images). radial propagating flame front in the OH*
image is indicative of being well-mixed.
(2) Mixture inhomogeneities increase
with increasing retard of SOI from IVC.
(3) With late injection, H2 is
concentrated in small volumes spatially
located near the injector (bottom
images).
retardSOI
IVC
Summary
Hydrogen is an attractive fuel for future internal combustionengines.
H2ICEs will serve as an enabling end-use technology for building a hydrogen economy. • demonstrated efficiencies in excess of today’s gasoline engines.
• near-ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicle) performance
DI H2ICE is one of the most attractive advanced H2ICE options. • high power density
• mitigate preignition problems
• optimal charge stratification has the potential for:
- improved efficiency
- reduced emissions
Further research required to resolve technical barriers. • robust high pressure, high flow rate H2 injectors
• fundamental understanding of in-cylinder transport processes.