A design and performance analysis of a hydrogen reactor as a co-combustion in the motor engine for reducing emission gas production by using halanaerobium hydrogeninformans water

Abstract

A hydrogen reactor (HR) as co-combustion in a motor engine for reducing emission gas (EG) production has been successfully developed. The use of a motor engine in transportation does not only consume a lot of gasoline but also creates depletion in fossil fuel resources which subsequently increases the EG production. The increase of EG caused the highly hazardous to the environment such as global warming that affected climate change. To overcome this problem, we investigated the effect of HR on reducing EG production and consumption of gasoline for the motor engine. We manufactured the volume 34.5mL, 40.8mL, and 56.5mL of HR, then we used Halanaerobium hydrogeninformans water as hydrogen sources. For combustion, 1L Pertalite gasoline was applied in the engine motor. The experiment was conducted in variation temperature of HR (100 °C, 110 °C, 120 °C, 130 °C, 140 °C), and velocity of the motor engine (2000rpm, 3000rpm, 4000rpm). We examined that the EG production namely hydrocarbon, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide were decreasing with the use of HR compared without the HR for all experimental conditions. The result tests also show that the use of HR reduced the consumption of gasoline along with the combustion process. This study demonstrated that HR as co-combustion combined with Halanaerobium hydrogeninformans water has the potential for environmental protection such as climate change due to global EG production.