KARMAVEER BHAURAO PATIL COLLEGE OF

ENGINEERING, SATARA

A
Seminar on
Dual Fuel Engine

Student Name & Roll No. : Mr. Deshmukh Suraj P. 08

Guide Name : Mrs. Shinde M.Y.

Co-guide Name : Mr. Nalawade J.K.

Introduction-
In our country diesel is primarily used for
transportation, agriculture and electrical power
generation. Diesel is becoming scare and costlier
andhence there is a need to preserve diesel for
only locomotive and agriculture uses. For power
generation, alternate fuels should be used
wherever possible so that diesel is conserved and
made available for it primary uses. This will also
save sizable foran exchange, as we import
considerable amount of crude oil tomeet our
needs ofdiesel and petroleum products.

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 What is Dual Fuel Engine ?

Internal combustion engines operating

on gaseous fuel have for long
beenknown. Many large stationary
engines use two fuels. Normally of
these two fuels,one is gaseous and
other is a liquid fuels. The two fuels
can be taken widely varying proportion
to runengine; such as engine is
usually called Duel fuel engine

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Engine Cycle
Dual Fuel Engine Conversion

compression stroke
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 What we do?

Converting diesel engine power plants to

dual fueled engine power plant
Present
Main Fuel [Diesel Oil] Diesel
Engine
After conversion
Main Fuel [Natural Gas]
Dual Fuel
Engine
Pilot Fuel[Diesel Oil]

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 Major Modified Engine Parts and
Auxiliaries for Conversion

Engine parts
. additional parts
- Gas admission system, knock detector
- Air/Fuel ratio control system
- Oil mist ventilation system
. Specification change parts
- Piston ring, Piston pin metal
- Fuel injector, Plunger assembly, Fuel governor
. Modification parts
- Cylinder head, Piston, Liner, Charge air duct,
T/C matching

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. Plant Auxiliaries
- Gas supplying system
- Safety device for gas system
- Engine control panel
- Remote monitoring system
FACTORS AFFECTING COMBUSTION IN A
DUAL-FUEL ENGINE
1. Pilot fuel quantity2. Injection Timing.3.
Catani Number of Pilot Fuel.4. Inlet
Temperature.5. Gaseous Fuels.6. Effect of
Throttling.7. Mixture Strength

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 PERFORMACE OF DUAL-FUEL ENGINE

Dual-fuel engines are capable of producing as

much powerwhen running with a gaseous fuel as
a primary fuel as when operating on liquid fuels
only The efficiency of the dual-fuel engine at
partload is poor because of increased delay
periodsat low mixture strength. This can be
increased byincreasing the excess air or injecting
more pilot fuel at part loads

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 Reductions
Operation Cost Approx. 30% less
Reduction in Operation Cost will fluctuate because of
the operation conditions of engines and the price level of
fuel oil and natural gas in a project site.
CO2 Emission 30% less
SOx Emission 95% less
NOx Emission 20% less
(comparing with diesel oil
firing)

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Schematic Diagram for DF System

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 Features of Dual Fuel Engine

Less operation cost

Main fuel : Natural Gas
Environmental friendly
Drastic reduction of NOx, SOx & CO 2 emission
Stable operation
Pilot injection system
Operatable on either fuel of natural gas or diesel oil
Excellent dependability
Main component : Diesel engine
Clean combustion and Less maintenance cost
Effective utilization of existing assets

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 Knock control in dual
engine

Excess supply of air

Use of cold combustion air
Increased cooling of piston
Use of additives
Reducing the pressure of the gaseous
fuel

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 Multi-Fuel Engine
A multi-fuel engine is one which would operate
satisfactorily with substantially unchanged
performance and efficiency, on a wide verity of
ranging from diesel oil, crude oil to lighter fuels like
gasoline and even normal lubrication oil.
Mainly developed for Military requirements.
Has good idling and part load efficiency and low
exhaust smoke.
Should have high compression ratios as in a pre-
combustion chamber, additional heat loss due to
throat occur (e.g., spherical or m-combustion
chamber ).

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 Advantages of Dual Fuel
Engine
Increased utility of power plant as the versatility of
change-over the form gas to diesel and vice-versa.

Only a small amount of liquid fuel needed to run

engine.

Suitable for total energy installation (sewage gas)

Clean combustion results in reduced wear of engine

parts and reduced consumption of lubricating oil.

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 Can be used to produce synthetic gas, which is a
mixture of CO and H2

Ideal for LPG tankers as they can utilize the gas

which evaporates.

Efficient utilization of cheap gas available form

various sources.

Gas burns without leaving any residue (no

pollution).

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 Disadvantages
Tendency of vapor lock while using lighter fuels.
Tendency of increased wear due to lower lubricity
of gasoline.
Requirement for injecting different volumes of
fuel depending on their heating values and
compressibility.

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 conclusion
Without much more modification of CI engine
Biogas can be used as a primary fuel.
Quality of fuel is important factor for performance
of the engine.
Duel fuel engine generally used for power
generation with long term period.
80 to90 % of diesel can replace by biogas.
Increasing the compression ratio improved the
performance and cylinder pressure of the engine.

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 Reference
https://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-fuel_vehicle
http://papers.sae.org/940548/
old.shortsea.fr/WartsilaGasEngines.ht
ml

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Thank you .

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