Natural gas as a fuel for high and medium speed engines in industrial, power generation and marine propulsion applications is used for various reasons. Apart from the operating costs which are essentially determined by the fuel price, legislation is an important factor governing the use and the conception of the engines. The engine requirements are influenced by regulatory standards. Engine exhaust emission limits will continue to be stringent, including greenhouse relevant emissions such as CO2 and CH4. Additionally, a corresponding infrastructure is needed to guarantee the availability of the gas for the extensive implementation and use of gas engines. In the past, gas engine products were typically developed from production diesel engines. Today, gas engine development strategies are tailored to the intended use of these engines. Requirements concerning performance and emissions, fuel quality and fuel availability, transient response, etc. define the general technical specifications of the gas engine. These requirements provide the basis for the selection of the appropriate combustion concepts. Open chamber, prechamber with and without gas scavenging, and dual fuel concepts represent a broad variety of combustion concepts. Each of the mentioned systems entails individual characteristics and limitations and requires specific layouts of the engine design and fuel supply. This paper provides an overview of various gas engine concepts and development tools for high- and medium-speed gas engines.
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ASME 2014 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference
October 19–22, 2014
Columbus, Indiana, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Internal Combustion Engine Division
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978-0-7918-4616-2
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Development Strategies for Gas Engines in High- and Medium-Speed Applications
Michael Franke,
Michael Franke
FEV North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI
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Klaus Lierz,
Klaus Lierz
FEV North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI
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Bartosch Jagodzinski,
Bartosch Jagodzinski
FEV GmbH, Aachen, Germany
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Udo Schlemmer-Kelling
Udo Schlemmer-Kelling
FEV GmbH, Aachen, Germany
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Michael Franke
FEV North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI
Klaus Lierz
FEV North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI
Peter Heuser
FEV GmbH, Aachen, Germany
Jose Geiger
FEV GmbH, Aachen, Germany
Bartosch Jagodzinski
FEV GmbH, Aachen, Germany
Udo Schlemmer-Kelling
FEV GmbH, Aachen, Germany
Paper No:
ICEF2014-5564, V001T01A008; 13 pages
Published Online:
December 9, 2014
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Franke, M, Lierz, K, Heuser, P, Geiger, J, Jagodzinski, B, & Schlemmer-Kelling, U. "Development Strategies for Gas Engines in High- and Medium-Speed Applications." Proceedings of the ASME 2014 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference. Volume 1: Large Bore Engines; Fuels; Advanced Combustion; Emissions Control Systems. Columbus, Indiana, USA. October 19–22, 2014. V001T01A008. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEF2014-5564
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