Technical and economic evaluation of diesel engine with oxygen enrichment and water injection

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6927219

Cole, R L; Sekar, R R; Marciniak, T J ^[1]; Stodolsky, F ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
2. Argonne National Lab., Washington, DC (USA)

Technical and economic feasibility of diesel engines for stationary cogeneration applications using oxygen-enriched combustion air, water injection, and low-grade fuels was examined. The effects of these modifications on the diesel engine were studied with a computer simulation: results are presented in a companion paper. Four methods of oxygen enrichment, purchases LOX, cryogenic separation, pressure-swing adsorption (PSA), and membrane enrichment (ME) were investigated. Two of these methods, PSA and ME, are particularly amenable to integration with a stationary engine. After the technical evaluation was completed, the economic performance of the options was analyzed. Results show that the economic viability of the system depends primarily on switching to a cheaper, low-grade fuel; the optimum oxygen enrichment is the minimum that will enable the engine to burn the low-grade fuel. Economic benefit also derives from increased power production. Both of the methods that can be integrated with the engine show economic benefits, but one is more attractive that the other. Cryogenic separation systems are generally too large to be technically feasible for this application. The use of low-grade fuels, oxygen enrichment, and water injection affect ignition delay and combustion times, cylinder temperatures and pressures, and emissions (especially smoke, particulates, and NO{sub x}). There appears to be an optimum combination of these parameters that will allow short ignition delay, reasonable cylinder temperatures and pressures, and low emissions.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/CE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6927219
• Report Number(s): CONF-900102-5; ON: DE90009723
• Resource Relation: Conference: 13. energy-sources technology conference and exhibition, New Orleans, LA (USA), 14-18 Jan 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
29 ENERGY PLANNING
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COGENERATION
ECONOMICS
DIESEL ENGINES
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
DIESEL FUELS
OXYGEN ENRICHMENT
EMULSIONS
FUEL-AIR RATIO
WATER
COLLOIDS
DEUS
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENGINES
ENRICHMENT
HEAT ENGINES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POWER GENERATION
STEAM GENERATION
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