Jet A and Propane gas combustion in a turboshaft engine: performance and emissions reductions

Ali Hasan, Oskar J. Haidn

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Abstract

The Paris Agreement has highlighted the need in reducing carbon emissions. Attempts in using lower carbon fuels such as Propane gas have seen limited success, mainly due to liquid petroleum gas tanks structural/size limitations. A compromised solution is presented, by combusting Jet A fuel with a small fraction of Propane gas. Propane gas with its relatively faster overall igniting time, expedites the combustion process. Computational fluid dynamics software was used to demonstrate this solution, with results validated against physical engine data. Jet A fuel was combusted with different Propane gas dosing fractions. Results demonstrated that depending on specific propane gas dosing fractions emission reductions in ppm are; NOx from 84 to 41, CO2 from less than 18,372 to less than 15,865, escaping unburned fuels dropped from 11.4 (just Jet A) to 6.26e-2 (with a 0.2 fraction of Propane gas). Soot and CO increased, this is due to current combustion chamber air mixing design.

Original languageEnglish
Article number471
JournalSN Applied Sciences
Volume3
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2021

Keywords

  • CFD
  • Combustion
  • Emissions
  • Jet A
  • Propane
  • Turboshaft engine

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