Producer gasfrombiomassgasificationisexpectedtocontributetogreaterenergymixin
the future.Therefore,effectofproducergasonengineperformanceisofgreatinterest.
Evaluationofengineperformancescanbehardandcostly.Ideally,theymaybepredicted
mathematically.Thisworkwastoapplymathematicalmodelsinevaluatingperformance
of asmallproducergasengine.Theenginewasasparkignition,singlecylinderunitwitha
CR of14:1.Simulationwascarriedoutonfullloadandvaryingenginespeeds.Fromsi-
mulatedresults,itwasfoundthatthesimplemathematicalmodelcanpredicttheper-
formanceofthegasengineandgavegoodagreementwithexperimentalresults.The
differenceswerewithin 77%.