Experimental Study of Dual-Fuel Engine with Hydrogen Reactor Under Different Loading And Flow Rates

The depletion of fossil resources and escalating environmental problems present difficulties for the transportation sector. The primary goal of employing hydrogen gas in the engine as opposed to pure diesel and biodiesel is to reduce vibrations through improved combustion. However, testing is only conducted with stationary engines employing conveniently accessible hydrogen cylinders and some hydrogen generation methods. As a result, by combining with a hydrogen reactor, the VCR diesel engine may operate as a dual-fuel engine. The hydrogen gas was delivered at 0 lpm (pure diesel), 10 lpm, and 15 lpm into the manifold of the dual-fuel engine, loads are varied for collecting performance and vibrations of the engine with hydrogen flow rates. The addition of hydrogen and diesel to a modified diesel engine enhances combustion, and performance, and reduces vibrations. When compared to pure diesel and biodiesel, these experiments, which are limited to stationary engines, show rather optimistic results.