Abstract
An experimental study of diesel exhaust cleaning by means of the plasma chemical pretreatment of fuel is described. Some portion of the fuel was activated in an arc discharge and turned into hydrogen-rich synthesis gas. Plasma chemical reformation of fuel was carried out by using a DC arc plasmatron that was fabricated to increase the ability of gas activation. The yield of diesel fuel reformation reached about 80−100% when small quantities of fuel (flow rate up to ∼6 ml/min) were reformed. The synthesis gas, containing H2+CO, was supplied into the engine together with the rest of the fuel-air mixture, and the NO x content in its emissions reduced up to 23%.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
References
A. Rabinovich, D. Cohn and L. Bromberg, Int. J. of Vehicle Design, 15, 234 (1994).
A. Rabinovich, D. Cohn and L. Bromberg, US Patent, 5,425,332 (1995).
V. A. Riaby, V. Yu. Plaksin, J. H. Kim, Y. S. Mok, H. J. Lee and C. K. Choi, J. Korean Phys. Soc., 48, 1696 (2006).
H. J. Lee, V. Yu. Plaksin and V. A. Riaby, Thin Solid Films, 515, 5197 (2007).
E. Tully and J. Heywood, SAE Transactions, 2003-01-0630, 63 (2003).
E. Mattarelli, G. M. Bianchi and D. Ivaldi, SAE Technical Paper Series, 2000-01-0224 (2000).
L. Bromberg, D. Cohn, A. Ravinovich, J. Surma and J. Virden, Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy, 24, 341 (1999).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
This work was presented at the 6th Korea-China Workshop on Clean Energy Technology held at Busan, Korea, July 4–7, 2006.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Plaksin, V.Y., Lee, HJ., Riaby, V.A. et al. Reduction of NO x in diesel engine emissions by using a plasmatron fuel reformer. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 25, 84–88 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-008-0014-5
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-008-0014-5