WORKING PROCESS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE RUNNING ON ENRICHED HYDROGEN GASOLINE-AIR MIXTURE

The effect of hydrogen additives on the working process of a piston-type gasoline engine is studied. The indicator diagram has been built, and the operation of the piston engine on gasoline-air mixtures enriched with hydrogen in the amount of 0…20 % of the volume of air entering the engine has been analyzed. The possibility of obtaining satisfactory parameters when the engine works on gasoline with hydrogen additives is shown. The dynamics of the engine performance is studied depending on the oxidant excess coefficient. It has been established that the oxidizer excess ratio at which the maximum indicator pressure is reached is moved to the zone of poor mixtures. When the mixture is enriched with hydrogen in the amount of 20 % of the air volume, the maximum of indicator pressure pimax = 5.3...5.8 MPa is reached at α = 1.15...1.25, while for 10 % hydrogen addition the maximum pimax = 4.9...5.2 MPa takes place at α = 1.05...1.10 against pimax = 4.7...5.1 MPa at α = 0.90...0.95 for pure gasoline. According to the indicator diagram, the dynamics of intra-cylinder parameters is studied when the mixture is enriched with hydrogen. Thus, with a 20 % hydrogen addition the mean indicator pressure decreases by 12...19 %, despite a slight increase in the maximum cycle pressure (3...18 %), compared with gasoline operation, which leads to a proportional decrease in both the engine indicator power, and the indicator efficiency.

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