ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCES FOR CI ENGINES: A FOCUS ON NIGERIA
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Date
2012
Authors
Omoregbee, Henry
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Energy Technology & Management Conference ETMCon, University of Ibadan.
Abstract
The supply of energy through sources that have been adjudged not to be
amenable to cleanliness and supportive of emission control, which are also finite,
necessitates the search for alternative sources of energy. This becomes
particularly important for transportation, specifically Internal Combustion
Engines. It is also applicable to developing countries like Nigeria, which have the
desire to develop technologically and would benefit from alternative technological
paths to ensure the development, deployment and utilization of environmentally
friendly technological products. Nigeria, a country rich in oil resources, would
benefit from proper study and development of alternative products, specifically
Compressed Natural Gas, which she has in abundance. CNG has shown a variety
of capacities and adaptability, which makes it suitable to address endemic
problems such as emissions, energy efficiency and thrift of conventional fuels like
Gasoline and Diesel. It then becomes imperative that the pace of development
and deployment of CNG consuming engines be fast-tracked. In this research, we
hope to facilitate this process by comparing alternative power units, CNG units
with conventional gasoline units. And also we hope that by employing the
design principles and other factors that have made gasoline vehicles dominant in
the passenger vehicle market, we shall arrive at an efficient and reliable CNG powered solution for passenger vehicles.
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Energy, Engines, Emissions, CNG, Gasoline