An Investigation into the Use of Piezo-Fluidic Combined Units as Fuel Injectors for Natural Gas Engines 961987
A novel piezo-fluidic gaseous fuel injector system designed for natural gas engines is described in this paper The system consists mainly of no-moving-part fluidic devices and piezo electro-fluidic interfaces The steady state and dynamic characteristics of the system were tested on a laboratory experimental rig The results show that the system can handle the large gas volume flow rate required by natural gas engines and is capable of operating via pulse width modulation. A few typical commercial solenoid type gas injectors were also tested and the results were compared with those from the piezo-fluidic injector system. It was found that the piezo-fluidic gaseous fuel injector system has faster switching responses and smaller injection cycle-to-cycle variations
Citation: Chen, R. and Lucas, G., "An Investigation into the Use of Piezo-Fluidic Combined Units as Fuel Injectors for Natural Gas Engines," SAE Technical Paper 961987, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/961987. Download Citation
Author(s):
Rui Chen, Gordon G Lucas
Affiliated:
Loughborough University of Technology
Pages: 14
Event:
1996 SAE International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Actuators-PT-74, Topics in Alternative Fuels and Their Emissions-SP-1208
Related Topics:
Gas engines
Natural gas
Gases
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