TY - GEN A1 - Svensson, Erik A1 - Li, Changle A1 - Shamun, Sam A1 - Johansson, Bengt A1 - Tuner, Martin A1 - Perlman, Cathleen A1 - Lehtiniemi, Harry A1 - Mauß, Fabian T1 - Potential Levels of Soot, NOx , HC and CO for Methanol Combustion T2 - SAE Technical Papers N2 - Methanol is today considered a viable green fuel for combustion engines because of its low soot emissions and the possibility of it being produced in a CO2-neutral manner. Methanol as a fuel for combustion engines have attracted interest throughout history and much research was conducted during the oil crisis in the seventies. In the beginning of the eighties the oil prices began to decrease and interest in methanol declined. This paper presents the emission potential of methanol. T-Φ maps were constructed using a 0-D reactor with constant pressure, temperature and equivalence ratio to show the emission characteristics of methanol. These maps were compared with equivalent maps for diesel fuel. The maps were then complemented with engine simulations using a stochastic reactor model (SRM), which predicts end-gas emissions. The SRM was validated using experimental results from a truck engine running in Partially Premixed Combustion (PPC) mode at medium loads. The SRM was able to predict the combustion in terms of pressure trace and rate of heat release. The CO and NOx emissions were matched, however, the HC emissions were underestimated. Finally, the trajectories from the SRM simulations were superimposed on the T-Φ maps to investigate the in engine conditions. The T-Φ map analysis shows that emission of soot are non-existent, formaldehyde can be avoided and that emissions of methane are kept at, compared to diesel combustion, low levels, however CO and NOx levels are similar to diesel combustion. These results were confirmed for engine conditions by the SRM simulations and the engine experiments. KW - Potential Levels of Soot KW - Methanol Combustion Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4271/2016-01-0887 SN - 0148-7191 SN - 0096-5170 IS - 2016-01-0887 SP - 17 Seiten ER -