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Measurement and simulation of pollutant emissions from marine diesel combustion engine and their reduction by exhaust gas recirculation

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Taking into account the complexity and cost of a direct experimental approach, the recourse to simulation, which can also predict inaccessible information by measurement, offers an effective and fast alternative to apprehend the problem of pollutant emissions from internal combustion engines. An analytical model based on detailed chemical kinetics employed to calculate the pollutant emissions of a marine Diesel engine in general gave satisfactory results compared to experimentally measured results. Especially, the nitric oxide (NO) emission values were found to be higher than the limiting values tolerated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Thus, this study was undertaken to reduce to the maximum these emissions. The reduction of pollutant emissions is apprehended with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR).

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    Nader Larbi & Jamel Bessrour

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This paper was recommended for publication in revised form by Associate Editor Kyoung Doug Min

Nader Larbi, born on 28 of August 1973 in Tunis, received a Diploma of 2nd class from Merchant Navy of Sousse as an Engineer Officer, and went on to receive his Master and Ph.D. degrees from the Nation School of Engineers of Tunis.

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Larbi, N., Bessrour, J. Measurement and simulation of pollutant emissions from marine diesel combustion engine and their reduction by exhaust gas recirculation. J Mech Sci Technol 22, 2263–2273 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-008-0719-8

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