HYDROGEN FUELLED IC ENGINE – AN OVERVIEW

Hydrogen as a fuel in Internal Combustion engines is a solution for the near future to realize zero CO2 emissions for traffic applications. The hydrogen fuelled IC engine is ready for that. The storage and production of hydrogen, and to build the necessary infrastructure, are the real shortcomings in the general use of hydrogen in IC engines. This paper gives an overview of the development of hydrogen fuelled IC engines by the most important car manufactures (Ford, BMW etc.). This overview indicates the evolution in the development of hydrogen fuelled engines (different generation of engines). This evolution is also made at Ghent University. Ghent University has been working for nearly 15 years on the development and optimization of hydrogen engines. Several test rigs are in function (all with electronic control management systems and sequential multi-point injection)