Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Combustion and Knock in a Dual Fuel Gas/Diesel Compression Ignition Engine

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Species</td><td align="center">Molecular composition</td><td align="center">Mole fraction%</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Methane</td><td align="center">CH<sub>4</sub></td><td align="center">90.30</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Ethane</td><td align="center">C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub></td><td align="center">4.28</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Propane</td><td align="center">C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub></td><td align="center">0.63</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Butane</td><td align="center">C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>10</sub></td><td align="center">0.08</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Nitrogen</td><td align="center">N<sub>2</sub></td><td align="center">3.6</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Natural gas composition used in DF engine.

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Table 2: Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Combustion and Knock in a Dual Fuel Gas/Diesel Compression Ignition Engine 