• DocumentCode
    104461
  • Title

    Surface Discharge-Assisted Injector for Partial Reforming of Liquefied Petroleum Gas to Reduce Engine Emissions

  • Author

    Dae Hoon Lee ; Yun Hwan Park ; Kwan-Tae Kim ; Changup Kim

  • Author_Institution
    Extreme Mech. Eng. Res. Div., Korea Inst. of Machinery & Mater., Daejeon, South Korea
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    2804
  • Lastpage
    2805
  • Abstract
    A plasma injector is introduced for the pretreatment of liquid fuel. The plasma injector enables the cracking and partial reforming of injected fuel, which can contribute to the reduction of emissions during the combustion process within the engine. It was observed that an evenly distributed wall-surface discharge can assist in the reforming reaction of fuel by producing hydrogen and light hydrocarbon species.
  • Keywords
    air pollution control; combustion; internal combustion engines; petroleum; steam reforming; cracking; engine combustion process; hydrogen; light hydrocarbon; liquefied petroleum gas; liquid fuel pretreatment; partial reforming; plasma injector; surface discharge-assisted injector; wall-surface discharge; Discharges (electric); Engines; Fuels; Hydrogen; Liquids; Plasmas; Surface discharges; Arc discharge; atmospheric-pressure plasmas; plasma devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2014.2333005
  • Filename
    6861983