IEA-GECT 2019-2021 Operating Agent for the Gas Engine Collaborative Task (GECT) in the Combustion Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) of the International Energy Agency (IEA)

• Forschungsstelle: BFE
• Projektnummer: SI/501931

Schlüsselwörter (Englisch)

IC Engine, gaseous fuels, national and international collaboration, dissemination of results

Kurzbeschreibung (Deutsch)

Dieses Projekt umfasst alle Aktivitäten des Operating Agent für den Gas Engine Collaborative Task im Combustion Technology Collaboration Programme der International Energy Agency: Weiterentwicklung des Tasks hinsichtlich vermehrter Zusammenarbeit der Members, Steigerung Visibilität des Tasks inner-/ausserhalb der IEA, Reporting input to ExCo, Teilnahme an Strategy und ExCo meetings, Organisation/Moderierung der Gas Engine Session und workshops am TLM.

Kurzbeschreibung (Englisch)

This project encompasses all activities of the Gas Engine Collaborative Task operating agent within the combustion Technology Collaboration Programme of the International Energy Agency – are coordinated, including: further development of the task w.r.t. collaboration between members; improving visibility of the Task and strengthening its impact; IEA reporting; participation to strategy and ExCo meetings as well as organization of gas engine sessions and workshops at the TLM.

Schlussbericht (Englisch)

Established in 2013 at the IEA Task Leader Meeting (TLM) in San Francisco, the Gas Engine Collaborative Task (GECT) was seeks to establish new collaborations and foster existing ones in the field combustion of gaseous fuels in internal combustion engines (ICE) and to coordinate reporting from task members to the TCP ExCo secretary. The GECT is embedded in the “clean and efficient combustion” Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) of the International Energy Agency (IEA). The combustion TCP seeks improve combustion technology with respect to Efficiency, its Environmental impact; ensuring Energy security while remaining Economically viable (4E).

The GECT is focussed on gaseous fuels, which may stem from conventional exploration, from biomass conversion or power-to-X processes (e-fuels, e.g. hydrogen and methane). Environmentally, the low C/H ratio of natural gas renders it the least CO2 intensive fuel from fossil sources. Furthermore, combustion of natural gas enables ultralow NOx and soot emissions due to lean pre-mixed combustion in ICEs in conjunction with very high efficiencies. From an energy security perspective, local availability leads to considerably reduced dependence on liquid fuels sourced primarily by OPEC.

The main goal of the GECT is to establish new collaborations among task member, foster and develop existing ones and coordinate all reporting activities at the task level for subsequent consolidation at the TCP level. Combustion of gaseous fuels in IC engines is a proven technology, due to straightforward implementation using broadly established engine components. Nonetheless a number of challenges remain, for which considerable research efforts are underway. These include in particular the development of improved ignition systems, incresed engine efficiency and the reduction of unburned hydrocarbon emissions. For the latter, in particular methane slip presents a challenge, due to its low conversion efficiency in aftertreatment systems. Furthermore, the advent of e-fuels with very different reactivities (e.g. H2 and NH3), necessitates considerable research and development efforts. The GECT seeks to bundle these research efforts and provide a platform for international exchange between academia and industrial R&D; complementing activities in the other tasks in the “clean and efficient combustion” Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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