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Fuel injection rate and its variation of a GDI injector operated in engine motoring conditions

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The cylinder head assembly from a GDI engine was separated to build a GDI fuel injection system capable of controlling the rail pressure and fuel injection levels. The GDI fuel injection system is driven by a three-phase AC motor with a direct connection between the camshaft and the motor. The operating conditions of the GDI fuel injection system are equivalent to those of actual engine driving. The AC motor drives the GDI high-pressure fuel pump by rotating the engine camshaft. In the GDI high-pressure fuel pump (HPFP), fuel is pressurized on the upward stroke of the plunger and pumped to the fuel rail. Fuel rail pressure (FRP) control is possible by controlling the opening/closing timing of the HPFP’s pressure control valve (PCV), the fuel injection duration and the camshaft speed. In order to calculate the fuel injection rate characteristics of the GDI injector statistically under fixed conditions of the camshaft speed, FRP, and injection duration, the measurements of the fuel injection rate were repeated at regular time intervals. To calculate the variation of the fuel injection rate, the S/N (signal-to-noise) ratio, which is the average FRP divided by the FRP standard deviation, was calculated. A fuel injection rate was obtained under 88 experimental conditions combining the three conditions of the HPFP’s PCV opening/closing timing, fuel injection duration, and camshaft rotational speed. The smaller S/N ratio shows the larger FRP variation. Also, it was identified that the S/N ratio is related to the variation of the fuel injection rate.

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This study was supported by the Research Program funded by the Seoul National University of Science and Technology.

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    Byoung Jin Lee & Choong Hoon Lee

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Lee, Byoung-Jin received his B.S. (2019) in Department of Automotive Engineering at Seoul National University of Science and Technology. His research interests are flow measurements and control of fuel injection system in automotive. He has worked in Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd since 2020.

Lee, Choong-Hoon received his B.S. (1985), M.S. (1987), and Ph.D. degrees (1996) in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University. He worked as a diesel engine development engineer for Daewoo Heavy Industry for six years. He was a visiting research fellow at the Engine Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997. He has worked in the Department of Automotive Engineering at Seoul National University of Technology as a Professor since 2000. His research interests are the measurement and control of sprays and flows.

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Lee, B.J., Lee, C.H. Fuel injection rate and its variation of a GDI injector operated in engine motoring conditions. J Mech Sci Technol 35, 5741–5751 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-021-1143-6

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