Hungary

Natural gas (NG) is favored for transportation due to its availability and lower CO2 emissions than fossil fuels despite drawbacks like poor lean combustion ability and slow burning. According to a few recent studies using hydrogen (H2 ) alongside NG and diesel in Tri-fuel mode addresses these drawbacks while enhancing efficiency and reducing emissions making it a promising option for diesel engines. Due to the importance and novelty of this the continuation of ongoing research and insufficient literature studies on HNG–diesel engine emissions that are considered helpful to researchers this research has been conducted. This review summarizes the recent research on the HNG–diesel Tri-fuel engines utilizing hydrogen-enriched natural gas (HNG). The research methodology involved summarizing the effect of engine design operating conditions fuel mixing ratios and supplying techniques on the CO CO2 NOx and HC emissions separately. Previous studies show that using natural gas with diesel increases CO and HC emissions while decreasing NOx and CO2 compared to pure diesel. However using hydrogen with diesel reduces CO CO2 and HC emissions but increases NOx. On the other hand HNG–diesel fuel mode effectively mitigates the disadvantages of using these fuels separately resulting in decreased emissions of CO CO2 HC and NOx. The inclusion of hydrogen improves combustion efficiency reduces ignition delay and enhances heat release and in-cylinder pressure. Additionally operational parameters such as engine power speed load air–fuel ratio compression ratio and injection parameters directly affect emissions in HNG–diesel Tri-fuel engines. Overall the Tri-fuel approach offers promising emissions benefits compared to using natural gas or hydrogen separately as dual-fuels.