METC research on coal-fired diesels
- USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center, WV (United States)
- EG and G Washington Analytical Services Center, Inc., Morgantown, WV (United States)
The METC in-house Coal-Fueled Diesel Research project is part of the overall DOE effort to develop a technology base for diesel engines capable of operating on coal, shale oil or low-cost coal-derived fuels. The in-house effort started in 1985 as a test-bed for coal-derived liquid fuels and will end this fiscal year with the successful completion of METC`s diesel R&D program. Currently METC in-house research and development efforts focus on pilot chamber combustion in METC`s coal-water slurry (CWS) fueled diesel engine. A novel pilot chamber for a direct-injected, coal-fueled diesel engine has been designed and is being tested in METC`s single cylinder research diesel engine. The pilot chamber configuration allows for operation at extended load and speed conditions using 100 percent CWS and no other pilot fuel. The concept involves the use of a small volume chamber exterior to the main cylinder in which approximately 5 percent of the total fuel energy at full load conditions is injected. Lower NO{sub X} levels may be obtained due to leaner burning as well as broader stable performance using only CWS fuel.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center, WV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 10191684
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/METC/C-94/7103; CONF-930893-2; ON: DE94001913; NC: NONE
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Joint contractors meeting on advanced turbine systems, fuel cells and coal-fired heat,Morgantown, WV (United States),3-5 Aug 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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