Research Article

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

Table 3

Simulation and experimental results.

ParameterSimulationExperimental

BMEP13.1 bar13.3 bar
BSFC244.7 g/kWh221 g/kWh
Brake power (kW)624.5636.9
Maximum cylinder pressure95.07 bar 101.92 bar
Maximum pressure occurrence13.53 deg ATDC 15.3 deg ATDC
Start of combustion−1.42 deg ATDC0.74 deg ATDC
NOx at full load6.3 g/kWh6.6 g/kWh