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April 14, 2024
By D. Garcia

This hydrogen engine is revolutionizing the automotive industry: neither American nor German

The new hydrogen engine the industry has been waiting years for arrives directly from Korea. Imagine one that leaves internal combustion behind and doubles its range. This is precisely what they have achieved by developing a new type of injection, which could be described as second-generation. We show you all the technical characteristics of this invention that comes to unseat the electric cars.

The hydrogen engine that changes everything: it is the end of electrics

Korean scientists have developed a unique hydrogen engine for light-duty vehicles that has the potential to entirely change the course of automotive industry. A 2-liter H2ICE engine powered by hydrogen was developed by scientists at KIMM – the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials.

It is completely fuelled by free hydrogen and represents a major development of hydrogen engine technology. The new hydrogen engine is our technology solution to enable serial production of hydrogen-powered vehicles capable of competing commercially against traditionally fuelled vehicles.

The invention a hydrogen-fuelled car has changed that perception. Now the hydrogen is seen as a clean and renewable fuel source for cars of the next generation. The strategy of this Korean hydrogen engine is to use the direct injection system which results in a high rating of the efficiency expected from hydrogen.

This powertrain, which differs from the formerly used hydrogen engines, does not entail a need to use them with natural gas or gasoline as fuel. With this latest development, the manufacture of large quantities of Hydrogen-powered vehicles with minimal or no harm to the environment is now technically achievable.

Korea’s hydrogen engine development: a renewable milestone

The hydrogen engine developed by KIMM researchers has 2 liters of displacement, the internal combustion engine designed to power by hydrogen. The engine maximum power output is 97 kilowatts (130 horsepower) and the mentioned maximum torque is generated at 5,500 rpm.

The power plant adapts to a high-pressure direct injection technology, which pours hydrogen molecules in the combustion chamber directly. However, anatomically, the system facilitates fuel effectiveness against port hydrogen engines which use fuel injection type.

The engine can operate at a compression ratio of 14:1. Firstly, the combustion in EVs is more complete than in internal combustion engines because the composition of the fuel is more homogeneous, with no gasoline, oil, or gaseous fuel. It’s much lighter and smaller than hydrogen engines of the past.

The researchers say that the integration of hydrogen technology proves that the engine’s 38% thermal efficiency compares well to conventional gasoline engines. The cramped parallel pair of 2-litre engine is applicable for utilization in the medium-sized cars.

The characteristics of the Korean hydrogen engine, in detail: this is how it has been achieved

The two new hydrogen engines just made by scientists in South Korea lead to the biggest environmental benefits in the field of automobiles. Hydrogen found to be single fuel type for the 2-Litter engine that produced emissions without even 1% of the amount of pollutants of conventional gasoline-engines is a fact.

Hydrogen fuel cells employ combine of hydrogen and oxygen to generate electricity and water as the only connection which the systems leave the generated energy. By offering hydrogen to the market place as fuel, it makes hydrogen very clean alternative.

In the situation of classic gasoline engines, the combustion of non-renewable energy resources like gasoline produces oxides of nitrogen and other unwanted emissions, such as particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.

The truth is that this Korean hydrogen engine is going to be a historic milestone, by developing a new type of injection and testing it at extremely low temperatures. From an environmental point of view, it reduces emissions by 99%, and generates only water vapor that does not harm the atmosphere. Do you understand why it is a promising option? Perhaps we will soon see it commercialized on a large scale throughout the United States.

 

 

 

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