FACE - Novel Integrated Fuel Reformer-Aftertreatment System for Clean and Efficient Road Vehicles

FACE - 适用于清洁高效道路车辆的新型集成燃油重整器后处理系统

• 批准号: EP/P03117X/1
• 负责人: Athanasios Tsolakis
• 金额: $ 113.44万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FP03117X%2F1
• 关键词: FACE; Novel; Integrated; Fuel; Reformer

Modern vehicles fuel economy has been improved since 2010 by approximately 20% and this has been achieved through engineering advances that have led to engine efficiency improvements, reduction in vehicle mass, introduction of hybrids. Vehicle manufacturers have managed to meet the mandatory 2015 CO2 levels, however according to their current announcements they are all still away by 30% to 15% from the 2020/21 target of 95 g/km. Achieving the necessary additional fuel economy improvement for 2020 and beyond requires the introduction of other unconventional technological approaches.Despite substantial improvements in the emissions control technologies for road transport, which have been resulted in improved air quality over the past decade, there are still significant air quality problems throughout the UK and the EU, especially in urban and densely populated areasExhaust gas fuel reforming is a technique that utilises the engine exhaust heat, H2O, CO2 and fresh fuel to produce H2 rich gas through the promotion of primarily endodermic reactions Fuel reforming for IC engine technologies has been discussed for years but has never been implemented. The combination of present challenges in the emission reduction requirements in road transport and the improved fuels quality in recent years provides a unique opportunity for a successful fuel reforming process to be utilized in the global aftertreatment market.In the "first stage" (WP1) the fuel reformer will be designed and integrated within the engine exhaust to provide small reformate/H2 concentrations to the aftertreatment system when required. In the "second stage" (WP2) the fuel reforming catalyst will be amalgamated within the aftertreatment, into one novel compact integrated catalyst brick, designed using additive manufacturing techniques, to improve further response time to engine changes and emission and simplify its operation, costs, complexity and control. In addition to emission benefits, fuel economy improvements (taking into account the small quantity of fuel in the reformer to generate the required ppm of H2) in GDI and Diesel engine, though combinations of more efficient engine calibration, reduced pumping losses and the absence of disruptive aftertreatment control strategies (i.e. aftertreatment systems activity and regeneration achieved through the substantial use of fuel).

自 2010 年以来，现代车辆的燃油经济性已提高了约 20%，这是通过工程进步实现的，这些进步导致了发动机效率的提高、车辆质量的减轻以及混合动力的引入。汽车制造商已设法达到 2015 年强制性二氧化碳排放水平，但根据他们目前的公告，他们距离 2020/21 年 95 克/公里的目标仍有 30% 至 15% 的差距。要在 2020 年及以后实现必要的额外燃油经济性改善，需要引入其他非常规技术方法。尽管道路运输排放控制技术在过去十年中取得了显着改进，从而改善了空气质量，但仍然存在大量空气质量问题。整个英国和欧盟的质量问题，特别是在城市和人口稠密地区废气燃料重整是一种利用发动机废热、H2O、CO2和新鲜燃料通过促进主要产生H2气体的技术内皮反应 内燃机燃料重整技术已被讨论多年，但从未实施。近年来道路运输减排要求和燃料质量提高所面临的挑战相结合，为在全球后处理市场中成功利用燃料重整工艺提供了独特的机会。在“第一阶段”(WP1)，燃料重整器将设计并集成在发动机排气装置内，以便在需要时向后处理系统提供少量重整产品/氢气浓度。在“第二阶段”(WP2)，燃料重整催化剂将在后处理中合并成一种新型紧凑型集成催化剂砖，采用增材制造技术设计，以进一步提高对发动机变化和排放的响应时间，并简化其操作、成本、复杂性和控制。除了排放效益外，GDI 和柴油发动机还提高了燃油经济性（考虑到重整器中产生所需 ppm 氢气的少量燃油），同时结合了更高效的发动机校准、减少了泵送损失以及无需破坏性后处理控制策略（即通过大量使用燃料实现后处理系统活动和再生）。

项目成果

Combustion, gaseous emissions and PM characteristics of Di-Methyl Carbonate (DMC)-gasoline blend on gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engine

直喷汽油 (GDI) 发动机上碳酸二甲酯 (DMC)-汽油混合物的燃烧、气体排放和颗粒物特性

• DOI: http://dx.10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116742
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Fuel
• 影响因子: 7.4
• 作者: Chan J

Tribological Performance of Biomass-Derived Bio-Alcohol and Bio-Ketone Fuels

生物质衍生的生物醇和生物酮燃料的摩擦学性能

• DOI: http://dx.10.3390/en14175331
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Energies
• 影响因子: 3.2
• 作者: Doustdar O

Investigation the effect of fuel injection strategies on combustion and morphology characteristics of PM in modern diesel engine operated with oxygenate fuel blending

研究燃油喷射策略对采用含氧燃料混合的现代柴油发动机燃烧和 PM 形态特征的影响

• DOI: 10.1016/j.tsep.2022.101476
• 发表时间: 2022-09-01
• 期刊: Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: M. Fayad;A. Tsolakis;F. Martos;M. Bogarra;I. Lefort;K. Dearn
• 通讯作者: K. Dearn

Machine learning and deep learning enabled fuel sooting tendency prediction from molecular structure.

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2021.108083
• 发表时间: 2021-11-22
• 期刊: Journal of molecular graphics & modelling
• 影响因子: 2.9
• 作者: Run Li;J. Herreros;A. Tsolakis;Wenzhao Yang
• 通讯作者: Wenzhao Yang

Additive Manufacturing of Novel Hybrid Monolithic Ceramic Substrates

新型混合整体陶瓷基板的增材制造

• DOI: 10.3390/aerospace9050255
• 发表时间: 2022-05-07
• 期刊: Aerospace
• 影响因子: 2.6
• 作者: Nikolina Kovacev;Sheng Li;Weining Li;S. Zeraati;A. Tsolakis;K. Essa
• 通讯作者: K. Essa