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Study on the Online Reforming of Low Concentration Alcohol as Vehicle Fuel

Shusheng Xiong¹, Defeng Xuan², Yonggen Zhang², Zhankuan Wu¹, Wei Li^1,*, Zhaohan Hu¹, Jing Xu¹

1 College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
2 Hangzhou Fork Group Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, 311305, China

* Corresponding Author: Wei Li. Email:

Energy Engineering 2020, 117(5), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.32604/EE.2020.011975

Received 08 June 2020; Accepted 20 July 2020; Issue published 07 September 2020

Abstract

This research studied catalytic reforming mechanism of low concentration alcohol, analyzed the producing conditions and influencing factors of a mixture of combustible gas, took an analysis towards the composition of the mixture produced by reforming, and studied the respective effects of temperature, traffic, alcohol concentration and catalyst on the components of mixed gas. It is found that, under different working conditions of the engine, the external condition of the reforming reaction changes, and the composition of the reforming gas will differ as well. As a result, the optimum air-fuel ratio of the engine must at the same time adapt to different working conditions.

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