Numerical Study on Nitrogen Oxide and Black Carbon Reduction of Marine Diesel Engines Using Emulsified Marine Diesel Oil

Iksoo Choi and Changhee Lee
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Iksoo Choi: STX engine Ltd. Changwon-ci, Kyungsangnamdo 51574, Korea
Changhee Lee: Department of Mechanical and Shipbuilding Convergence Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48547, Korea

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 22, 1-17

Abstract: In this study, the exhaust gas characteristics of marine diesel oil (MDO) and emulsion fuels, which are currently used to reduce nitrogen oxides and particulate matters emitted from ship engines, were investigated through experimental and numerical analyses. The moisture included in the emulsion fuel primarily promotes the atomization of fuel due to microexplosion, and lowers the combustion temperature due to the latent heat of evaporation from the evaporation of moisture, thus reducing nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. In the case of emulsion fuel containing a water content of 16%, the combustion temperature was lowered, and the reduction rate of nitrogen oxide and black carbon was about 60% and 15%, respectively. The proposed method is a combustion control technology that can reduce particulate matter as well as nitrogen oxides by using emulsion fuel.

Keywords: marine diesel oil (MDO); emulsified marine diesel oil; NOx emission; particulate matter; black carbon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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