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Experimental comparative results of main pollutants monitoring for a spark ignition cogeneration engine fuelled with LPG and petrol

F. IACOBESCU1, I. IONEL1,*

Affiliation

  1. “Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Timisoara, Romania

Abstract

This paper presents experimental results concerning the comparative monitoring of the LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) and Petrol fuel combustion which supplies an electrical generator driven by an internal combustion system. The main pollutants HC, CO, CO2, NOX, are monitored and the consequences on the cogeneration system are shown. The results indicate that even the LPG is a less polluting gas, for a nominal charge of the engine (2 kW), the amount of exhaust greenhouse gases is increased (CO2); on the other hand the price for LPG (low cost in comparison to fossil gasoline/petrol) is an advantage..

Keywords

LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas), Combustion, Spark ignition engine, Cogeneration system.

Citation

F. IACOBESCU, I. IONEL, Experimental comparative results of main pollutants monitoring for a spark ignition cogeneration engine fuelled with LPG and petrol, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 5, 12, December 2011, pp.1364-1369 (2011).

Submitted at: Nov. 1, 2011

Accepted at: Nov. 24, 2011