Accession Number:

ADA606968

Title:

Direct Fuel Injector Power Drive System Optimization

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE

Personal Author(s):

• Zhang, Xiaohua
• Palazzolo, Alan
• Kweon, Chol-Bum
• Thomas, Erwin
• Tucker, Randall
• Kascak, Albert

Report Date:

2014-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

The objective of this study is to optimize the injector power drive system for improved fuel injection quantity and timing control. The power drive system was optimized for improved injection repeatability under different operating conditions such as fuel supply pressures. A coupled simulation of injector electromagnetic, pintle needle rigid body motion and computational fluid dynamics CFD model was employed to generate the optimal values of the 1st stage current, the 1st stage on-time and the 2nd stage current. The simulation results were validated against the experimental data measured with a photo detector measurement system.

Descriptors:

• *FUEL INJECTORS
• CONTROL SYSTEMS
• INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
• OPTIMIZATION

Subject Categories:

• Operations Research
• Reciprocating and Rotating Engines

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE