The basic elements of a computer simulation model for a diesel fuel injection system based on a distributor-type rotary pump are summarized followed by details of the experimental set-up used to validate it. The results of parametric studies performed with the validated model on the effect of various geometric parameters on the injection characteristics are presented and discussed.
WylieE. B.BoltJ. A.El-ErianM. F.Diesel fuel injection system for simulation and experimental correlations. SAE paper 710569, 1971.
2.
CavanaghE. J.Simulation of automotive diesel fuel injection equipment. PhD thesis, University of Southampton, 1984.
3.
GibsonD. H.A flexible fuel injection simulation. SAE paper 861567, 1986.
4.
KumarS.WatsonH. C.A regression model for describing the fuel injection of diesel fuel, seed oils and the methyl esters of seed oils. Proceedings of IMechE seminar on Diesel fuel injection systems, London, 10–11 October 1989, pp. 65–70. (Mechanical Engineering Publications, London).
5.
SoteriouC. C. E.Modelling and prediction of the filling characteristics of modern diesel fuel injection equipment. PhD thesis, University of Southampton, 1990.
6.
LeeH.K.Modelling rotary diesel fuel injection equipment with rate control to reduce noise and emissions. PhD thesis, University of Southampton, May 1994.
7.
ArcoumanisC.FairbrotherR. J.Computer simulation of fuel injection systems for DI diesel engines. SAE paper 922223, 1992.
8.
ArcoumanisC.BaniasadM. S.FairbrotherR. J.Simulation of fuel injection under diesel engine conditions. Proceedings of the International Congress on Computational methods in engineering, Shiraz, Iran, 1993, Vol. 2, pp. 371–379.
9.
FairbrotherR. J.Computer simulation of fuel injection for direct-injection diesel engines. PhD thesis, Imperial College, University of London, 1994.
