BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV1I11058,
     title={ Experimental Investigation of Performance and Emission Characteristics of Hybrid Fuel Engine},
     author={Blessen Sam Edison , Christy Binu, Godwin Geo Sabu, Jobin K Abey and Nirmal Chandran},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={1},
     number={11},
     pages={406--412},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV1I11058.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

Together with the growing economy in different parts of the world, there is an increasing demand for energy, thus relying on fossil fuels. As there are problems arising due to global warming and environmental degradation related with usage of fossil fuels, demand for alternative fuels is always high. Hydrogen being a green additive fuel is a potential renewable fuel for internal combustion engines, gas turbines, fuel cells etc. It has the advantage of ultra-low pollutions and high efficiency for these applications. The project consist of an on board hydrogen unit along with 4-stroke air cooled engine. The hydrogen produced in the unit was naturally aspirated to a petrol engine through intake of carburetor to substitute the total fuel energy at four engine loads at the engine speed of 750 rpm. The engine performance characteristics and emissions were experimentally investigated and various graphs were plotted to study the effects of these factors at four engine loads. The results obtained showed that the engine with addition of hydrogen had an efficiency of 21.3%. The combined effect of water injection decreased the former efficiency by 4.3%. The net efficiency of the entire setup including hydrogen and water injection was 17%.

Hydrogen, Performance, Emission, Efficiency