Fuel Injection System
Fuel Injection System
droplets
2.Increasing the surface area of
fuel droplets resulting in better
mixing and complete
combustion
1. Needle valve
2. Compression
spring
3. Nozzle
4. Injector body
Working of fuel injectors
When pressurized fuel is
supplied by injection pump it
exerts sufficient force against
the valve spring to lift the
nozzle valve
Fuel is sprayed into the
combustion chamber in a
finely atomized particles
After fuel from delivery pump
gets exhausted, the spring
pressure pushes the nozzle
valve back on its seat
The spring tension and hence
the valve’s opening is
controlled by adjusting the
screw provided at the top
Typical EFI components
In a continuous injection system, fuel flows at all times from the fuel
injectors, but at a variable rate. This is in contrast to most fuel injection
systems, which provide fuel during short pulses of varying duration,
with a constant rate of flow during each pulse. Continuous injection
systems can be multi-point or single-point, but not direct.
The most common automotive continuous injection system is Bosch's
K-Jetronic. K-Jetronic was used for many years between 1974 and the
mid 1990s by BMW, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz,
Volkswagen, Ford, Porsche, Audi, Saab, DeLorean, and Volvo. There
was also a variant of the system called KE-Jetronic with electronic
instead of mechanical control of the control pressure.
Central Port Injection
General Motors developed a new "in-between" technique called central
port injection or CPI. It uses tubes from a central injector to spray fuel at
the intake port rather than the throttle-body (it is a dry system). However,
fuel is continuously injected to all ports simultaneously, which is less than
optimal.
Sequential central point injection-GM refined the CPI system
into a sequential central port injection (SCPI) system in the mid-1990s. It
used valves to meter the fuel to just the cylinders that were in the intake
phase. This worked well on paper, but the valves had a tendency to stick.
Fuel injector cleaner sometimes worked, but the system remained
problematic.
Multi-point fuel injection
The newest method for petrol engines now is direct injection or DI. It has
a special fuel injector inside the combustion chamber itself, along with the
valves and spark plugs.
Direct fuel injection costs more than indirect injection systems: the
injectors are exposed to more heat and pressure, so more costly materials
and higher-precision electronic management systems are required.
CRDI
In a common rail system, the fuel from the fuel tank is supplied to the
common header (called the acculmulator).
With this system, high pressure fuel is accumulated at a common rail. This
eliminates the need for a fuel force-feed system based on the number of
cylinders.
The supply pump draws the fuel up from the tank for force-feeding to the
common rail, until the required common rail pressure is reached. An
injector mounted on each cylinder then distributes the high-pressure fuel
to each injector via the common rail. The ECU controls fuel delivery timing
and amount
Advantages Of FIS