Effect of Fuel Composition on Regulated Emissions from a Lean-burn, Closed Loop Controlled Natural Gas Engine at High Altitude PDF Download

Author: Michael S. Graboski
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Category : Gas as fuel
Languages : en
Pages : 26

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The purpose of this test program was to determine the effect of natural gas composition on regulated emissions and performance of a Cummins B5.9G engine. This engine is a lean-burn, closed loop control, spark ignited, dedicated natural gas engine. Testing was conducted at 5,280 ft above sea level. This engine was thought to represent the state-of-the-art in production lean-burn natural gas engine technology at the time the test program was initiated. Five different natural gas fuels were evaluated. Methane content ranged from 76.9 to 90.3% and inerts content from 3.6 to 17.3%. The engine was found to operate well on all gases and net BTU based fuel economy was not effected by gas composition. CO and PM emissions were unaffected by gas composition. NOX emissions were also unaffected. THC emissions trended downwards with increasing fuel heating value but no such trend was observed for NMHC. Emissions from this engine were below all current or proposed standards for heavy duty engines on all fuels tested.