background: the incomplete burning of fuel in engine of vehicles, evaporation of petrol from gas stations, and also car carburetor cause unburned hydrocarbons to be emitted in ambient air of cities and gas station locations. from unburned hydrocarbons; monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon influence to citizen's health and benzene is known as carcinogenic compounds. the objectives of this study are t...

Title of Document: Investigation of Colorless Distributed Combustion (CDC) with Swirl for Gas Turbine Application Ahmed Essam ElDin Khalil Hasan, PhD, 2013 Directed By: Dr. Ashwani K. Gupta Distinguished University Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Colorless Distributed Combustion (CDC) with swirl is investigated for gas turbine engine applications due to its benefits for ultra-low...

Study of gas fuel temperature influence on combustion performance by means of numerical modeling is a main objective of this work. Combustion of a single jet of propane in a cross-flowing stream of preheated and oxygen deficient air is analyzed. Both Eddy-Break-Up and PDF/mixture fraction combustion models coupled with RNG k-ε turbulent model were applied and compared. Thermal and prompt NOx mo...

Both evaporative emissions and tailpipe emissions have been reduced by more than 90% from uncontrolled levels in state-of-the-art. However, now that the objective is to reach near-zero emission levels, the need for aggressive purging of the canister and fuel tank and the need for extremely precise control of engine Air/Fuel ratio (A/F) come into conflict. On-board diagnostics and the wide varia...

A simple simulation using SIMULINK is presented to model the thermal/control behaviour of a domestic gas boiler. The simulation was the first step in a research programme to investigate the efficacy of control using an oxygen sensor. A brief review of boiler control is used to outline current practice and research developments. Ratio control in several forms has been investigated. Performance i...

The characteristics of plasmatron reformers for the generation of hydrogen rich gas using renewable fuels is discussed. Biodiesel and ethanol have been investigated. Operating as a function of the air/fuel ratio is evaluated, as well as the impact of the plasma.