Dimethyl ether (DME) seems to be a potential approach for improving the cold start performance for spark-ignited (SI) engines. In this paper, the cold start performance of an SI engine fueled with pure DME was experimentally investigated and compared with that of the original SI gasoline engine....

Alternative fuels have become the new energy for future life. Compared with others, Dimethyl ether (DME) is regarded as one of the most promising choices for future internal combustion (IC) engines. Due to some negative properties of ethanol, spark-ignited (SI) ethanol engines always encounter...

Dimethyl ether (DME) and methanol are thought to be one of the most promising alternative fuels for IC engines. Meanwhile, previous investigations also have pointed out the good prospects for adopting DME and methanol in IC engines. The experiments in this paper were carried out at idle...

Methanol is a promising alternative fuel for the spark-ignition engines. This paper experimentally investigated the performance of a hydrogen-blended methanol engine at lean and various load conditions. The test was conducted on a four-cylinder commercial spark-ignition engine equipped with an...

The performance of a hydrogen-blended gasoline engine at lean and the wide open throttle conditions was investigated. A hydrogen port-injection system was adopted to introduce the hydrogen into each cylinder. The engine was operated at 1400rpm and two hydrogen blending levels of 0% and 3%. The...

Because of the low combustion temperature and high throttling loss, SI (spark-ignited) engines always encounter dropped performance at low load conditions. This paper experimentally investigated the co-effect of cylinder cutoff and hydrogen addition on improving the performance of a...

This paper compared the effects of hydrogen and hydrogen–oxygen blends (hydroxygen) additions on the performance of a gasoline engine at 1400 rpm and a manifolds absolute pressure of 61.5 kPa. The tests were carried out on a 1.6 L gasoline engine equipped with a hydrogen and oxygen...