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System Simulations to Evaluate the Potential Efficiency of Humid Air Motors

Narayanan, Prakash LU ; Tunér, Martin LU ; Tunestål, Per LU and Johansson, Bengt LU (2013) SAE/KSAE , International Powertrains, Fuels & Lubricants Meeting, 2013
Abstract
In the quest for efficiency improvement in heavy duty truck engines, waste heat recovery could play a valuable role. The evaporative cycle is a waste heat recovery technology aimed at improving efficiency and decreasing emissions. A humid air motor (HAM) uses the waste heat from the exhaust of the engine to humidify the inlet air; this humid air, with higher specific heat, reduces NOx emission to a greater extent [1] [2]. Despite this benefit of emission reduction, the increase or decrease in efficiency of the humid air motor compared to the conventional engine is not discussed in the literature [3] [4] [5]. In this paper, an attempt is made to study the efficiency of the HAM using system model simulations of a 13-liter heavy duty Volvo... (More)
In the quest for efficiency improvement in heavy duty truck engines, waste heat recovery could play a valuable role. The evaporative cycle is a waste heat recovery technology aimed at improving efficiency and decreasing emissions. A humid air motor (HAM) uses the waste heat from the exhaust of the engine to humidify the inlet air; this humid air, with higher specific heat, reduces NOx emission to a greater extent [1] [2]. Despite this benefit of emission reduction, the increase or decrease in efficiency of the humid air motor compared to the conventional engine is not discussed in the literature [3] [4] [5]. In this paper, an attempt is made to study the efficiency of the HAM using system model simulations of a 13-liter heavy duty Volvo engine with a humidifier. The commercial software GT-SUITE is used to build the system model and to perform the simulations. The efficiency improvement of the HAM comes from the expansion of the vapor mass flow produced as a result of humidification. An effort is also made to understand the relationship between the humidified engine and its efficiency. (Less)
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Internal Combustion Engines, Diesel Engines, Humid Air Motor
host publication
SAE Technical Paper Series
publisher
Society of Automotive Engineers
conference name
SAE/KSAE , International Powertrains, Fuels & Lubricants Meeting, 2013
conference location
Soeul, Korea, Republic of
conference dates
2013-10-21 - 2013-10-23
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  • other:2013-01-2646
  • scopus:84890321317
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0148-7191
DOI
10.4271/2013-01-2646
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English
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  abstract     = {{In the quest for efficiency improvement in heavy duty truck engines, waste heat recovery could play a valuable role. The evaporative cycle is a waste heat recovery technology aimed at improving efficiency and decreasing emissions. A humid air motor (HAM) uses the waste heat from the exhaust of the engine to humidify the inlet air; this humid air, with higher specific heat, reduces NOx emission to a greater extent [1] [2]. Despite this benefit of emission reduction, the increase or decrease in efficiency of the humid air motor compared to the conventional engine is not discussed in the literature [3] [4] [5]. In this paper, an attempt is made to study the efficiency of the HAM using system model simulations of a 13-liter heavy duty Volvo engine with a humidifier. The commercial software GT-SUITE is used to build the system model and to perform the simulations. The efficiency improvement of the HAM comes from the expansion of the vapor mass flow produced as a result of humidification. An effort is also made to understand the relationship between the humidified engine and its efficiency.}},
  author       = {{Narayanan, Prakash and Tunér, Martin and Tunestål, Per and Johansson, Bengt}},
  booktitle    = {{SAE Technical Paper Series}},
  issn         = {{0148-7191}},
  keywords     = {{Internal Combustion Engines; Diesel Engines; Humid Air Motor}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Society of Automotive Engineers}},
  title        = {{System Simulations to Evaluate the Potential Efficiency of Humid Air Motors}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2013-01-2646}},
  doi          = {{10.4271/2013-01-2646}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}