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Fuel supply control method and ultrasonic atomizer

US5179923A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 1990
Grant dateJan 19, 1993
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D2200/0606
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Fuel supply in an ultrasonic atomizer is conducted according to a fuel increment ratio pattern in which the increment of fuel in fuel increment control for starting and warming up is 70% or less of that in a typical conventional pressure injection valve system, thereby improving startability, accelerability and fuel consumption rate and further enabling a reduction in exhaust emissions. When the engine is started in low-temperature conditions, the fuel is supplied by continuous injection to make uniform and reduce the mean diameter of droplets of atomized fuel, thereby improving the ignitability and startability. The fuel injection start timing is varied in accordance with the combustion chamber temperature at the time of starting the engine, i.e., when the engine is to be started in low-temperature conditions, no fuel is injected until a predetermined time has elapsed, and the fuel injection is started after the combustion chamber temperature has been raised by means of compression heat by driving the starter, thereby improving the cold startability even in the case of a fuel with a relatively high flash point. When the engine is in a transient operating condition, fuel injection …

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