Possibilities of Ammonia as Both Fuel and NO<sub>x</sub> Reductant in Marine Engines: A Numerical Study
2022
Carlos Gervasio Rodríguez | María Isabel Lamas | Juan de Dios Rodríguez | Amr Abbas
Nowadays, the environmental impact of shipping constitutes an important challenge. In order to achieve climate neutrality as soon as possible, an important priority consists of progressing on the decarbonization of marine fuels. Free-carbon fuels, used as single fuel or in a dual-fuel mode, are gaining special interest for marine engines. A dual fuel ammonia-diesel operation is proposed in which ammonia is introduced with the intake air. According to this, the present work analyzes the possibilities of ammonia in marine diesel engines. Several ammonia-diesel proportions were analyzed, and it was found that when the proportion of ammonia is increased, important reductions of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and unburnt hydrocarbons are obtained, but at the expense of increments of oxides of nitrogen (NO<sub>x</sub>), which are only low when too small or too large proportions of ammonia are employed. In order to reduce NO<sub>x</sub> too, a second ammonia injection along the expansion stroke is proposed. This measure leads to important NO<sub>x</sub> reductions.
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