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  A study on the injection characteristics of a liquid-phase liquefied petroleum gas injector for air-fuel
                                               ratio control
                         Hansub Sim, Kangyoon Lee, Namhoon Chung and Myoungho Sunwoo
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 2005 219: 1037
                                            DOI: 10.1243/095440705X34621

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A study on the injection characteristics of a liquid-phase
liquefied petroleum gas injector for air–fuel ratio control
Hansub Sim1, Kangyoon Lee2*, Namhoon Chung 2, and Myoungho Sunwoo2
1Department of Automotive Engineering, Jinju National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
2Department of Automotive Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

The manuscript was received on 7 September 2004 and was accepted after revision for publication on 23 February 2005.

DOI: 10.1243/095440705X34621




         Abstract: Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is widely used as a gaseous fuel in spark ignition engines
         because of its considerable advantages over gasoline. However, the LPG engine suffers a torque loss
         because the vapour-phase LPG displaces a larger volume of air than do gasoline droplets. In order to
         improve engine power as well as fuel consumption and air–fuel ratio control, considerable research
         has been devoted to improving the LPG injection system. In the liquid-phase LPG injection systems,
         the injection rate of an injector is affected by the fuel temperature, injection pressure, and driving
         voltage. When injection conditions change, the air–fuel ratio should be accurately controlled in order
         to reduce exhaust emissions. In this study, correction factors for the fuel injection rate are developed
         on the basis of fuel temperature, injection pressure, and injector driving voltage. A compensation
         method to control the amount of injected fuel is proposed for a liquid-phase LPG injection control
         system. The experimental results show that the liquid-phase LPG injection system works well over the
         entire range of engine speeds and load conditions, and the air–fuel ratio can be accurately controlled
         by using the proposed compensation algorithm.

         Keywords: liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), air–fuel ratio, fuel injection rate, port fuel injection,
         correction factor, compensation algorithm



1 INTRODUCTION                                                                   engine suffers a torque loss because the vapour-
                                                                                 phase LPG displaces a larger volume of air than
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is widely used as an                                do gasoline droplets [2]. Therefore, it is necessary
alternative fuel for automobiles due to its efficient                              to develop a port fuel injection system for LPG-
combustion characteristics and low pollution. LPG                                fuelled vehicles in order to improve engine power as
has a high octane number, which prevents engine                                  well as to meet the strict emission requirements.
knock, and a relatively high hydrogen-to-carbon ratio,                           Considerable research has been devoted to improving
which results in substantial reduction in the emission                           the LPG injection system [1–4]. The power perform-
of carbon dioxide [1]. The LPG-fuelled vehicle, which                            ance of a liquid-phase LPG injection engine is nearly
is commercially available, uses vapour-phase LPG                                 the same as that of a gasoline engine, and the exhaust
as a fuel and has a vapour-mixing system in order                                emissions are lower [5]. In addition, the heavy-duty
to meter the LPG into the intake air upstream.                                   LPG injection engine, which is a converted heavy-
The vapour-mixing system does not provide a fast                                 duty diesel engine, has superior power performance
air–fuel ratio control in transient engine operations                            to a diesel engine [6]. However, several challenges
owing to the relatively long distance between the                                arise in the liquid-phase LPG injection system. The
fuel mixing system and the lambda sensor installed                               LPG is stored as a saturated mixture in the vehicle,
in the exhaust system. In addition, compared with                                and the pressure in the LPG tank is the vapour
gasoline-powered engines, the vapour-phase LPG                                   pressure corresponding to the fuel temperature.
                                                                                 Saturated liquids have a tendency to vaporize with
* Corresponding author: Department of Automotive Engineering,                    any pressure drops or temperature increases. Vapour
Hanyang University, 17 Haendang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul                        lock can occur in the fuel lines or injectors, and this
133-791, Republic of Korea. email: bikeman@ihanyang.ac.kr                        affects the amount of injected LPG [2]. Icing can

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occur around the injector tip owing to the heat of                                 Figure 2 shows the saturated vapour pressure
vaporization [1]. In order to prevent vapour lock and                            for various mixtures of butane and propane as
icing, high pressure needs to be maintained within                               a function of temperature. The saturated vapour
the fuel rail, and a thermal insulator can be attached                           pressure increases with increasing fuel temperature
to the injector tips [5]. The quantity of injected LPG                           and propane content. Considering that the propane
varies with injection pressure, fuel temperature, and                            composition of LPG is less than 30 per cent in the
injector driving voltage at constant injection duration.                         Republic of Korea, the saturated vapour pressure is
In this study, injection characteristics according to                            less than 0.6 MPa over the temperature range from
changes in fuel temperature, injection pressure,                                 −20 to 40 °C.
and injector driving voltage are examined through
injection experiments. A compensation algorithm for
the variations in injection conditions is proposed in                            3 CHARACTERISTICS OF FUEL INJECTION
order to control accurately the amount of injected
fuel. This compensation algorithm is verified through                             3.1 Fundamentals of fuel injection
engine tests for air–fuel ratio control.
                                                                                 Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional view of an LPG
                                                                                 injector. The amount of injected fuel through an
                                                                                 injector is determined by the well-known orifice flow
2 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF LPG
                                                                                 equation


                                                                                                       S
LPG is composed of butane (C H ) and propane                                                                  2r Dp
                                4 10                                                 m =C A                     f                         (3)
(C H ). Butane consists of normal butane (n-butane)                                  ˙
   3 8                                                                                 f D d                1−(A /A )2
and isobutane (i-butane). Therefore, the density of                                                               d u
liquid-phase LPG can be expressed as


               A             B
            v    v     v −1
  r =         p + nb + ib                        (1)
   LPG      r    r     r
              p    nb    ib
  Figure 1 shows the density for various blends
of butane and propane as a function of tempera-
ture. The density of n-butane varies from 0.528 to
0.629 kg/l, and the density of propane varies from
0.430 to 0.566 kg/l over the temperature range from
−30 to 60 °C. At a fuel temperature of 20 °C, the
density of liquid-phase LPG varies from 0.501 to
0.579 kg/l. The saturated vapour pressure of LPG in
the fuel tank is expressed as [7]
  p            =M p +M p +M p                                     (2)
      vapour     p p  nb nb ib ib


                                                                                 Fig. 2 Saturated vapour pressure of LPG as a function
                                                                                        of fuel temperature




Fig. 1 Density of LPG as a function of fuel temperature                                     Fig. 3 Cross-sectional view of an injector


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under the assumption of incompressible flow. The                               decreasing fuel temperature. The rate of change in
discharge coefficient is determined from injection                              the propane temperature correction factor is steeper
experiments of liquid-phase LPG. Therefore, the                               than that of butane.
amount of injected fuel is described as a function of
the fuel density and the injection pressure difference.                        3.3 Influence of the injection pressure
                                                                              The injection pressure, which is the difference
3.2 Influence of the fuel temperature
                                                                              between the fuel rail pressure and the intake port
The density of LPG depends on the fuel temperature,                           pressure, varies with the engine operating conditions.
as shown in Fig. 1. The fuel density is largely affected                       Therefore, the amount of injected fuel fluctuates
by the fuel temperature, which is influenced by                                according to the injection pressure. In order to
the ambient temperature and heat transfer from the                            analyse the influence of injection pressure on the
engine compartment. As a result, the injected fuel                            injected fuel quantity, the fuel injection rate at an
quantity varies with the fuel temperature. In order to                        arbitrary injection pressure is expressed as
analyse the influence of fuel temperature on the
                                                                                  m =m
                                                                                  ˙     ˙       F                                          (7)
injected fuel quantity, the fuel injection rate at an                               f,i   f,base f,Dp
arbitrary fuel temperature is expressed as                                        The pressure correction factor F               is defined as
                                                                                                                          f,Dp
  m =m           F                                   (4)
                                                                                              S
   ˙     ˙                                                                                 Dp
     f,i   f,base f,r(T)                                                          F       =   f,i                              (8)
The basic injection rate m
                         ˙        at a standard tempera-                         f,Dp     Dp
                           f,base                                                           f,base
ture and pressure difference is defined as                                        Figure 5 shows how the pressure correction factor
                                                                              changes with injection pressure based on three
  m
  ˙
      f,base
             =C A
                 2r
               D d
                    f,base
                            S
                           DP
                   1−(A /A )2
                           d u
                              f,base                 (5)                      pressure differences: 0.49, 0.98, and 1.96 MPa. The
                                                                              pressure correction factor increases as the pressure
and the temperature correction factor F       is defined                       difference increases. The higher the pressure differ-
                                       f,r(T)
as                                                                            ence, the lower is the rate of the change in the
                                                                              pressure correction factor.
  F
   f,r(T)
            =
                S
                f,i
              f,base
                    r
                        r
                                                 (6)
                                                                              3.4 Influence of the driving voltage
  Figure 4 shows the temperature correction factors                           The driving voltage of an injector creates a magnetic
for propane and butane at various fuel temperatures.                          field in the solenoid. The magnetic field intensity
The temperature correction factor increases with                              induced in the solenoid is proportional to the driving
                                                                              voltage. Therefore, the amount of injected fuel varies
                                                                              with the driving voltage because of changes in the




Fig. 4 Temperature correction factor for propane and                          Fig. 5       Pressure correction factor as a function of
       butane                                                                              pressure difference


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opening delay of an injector. The injected fuel quan-                                dead time increases at high injection pressures and
tities under arbitrary and standard driving voltages                                 low driving voltages [8]. In this study, it is assumed
are described as                                                                     that the dynamic quantity of injected fuel is pro-
                                                                                     portional to the injection duration. The amount of
  m           =m
               ˙         t                                            (9)
       f,Vi          f,Vi f,Vi                                                       injected fuel under arbitrary fuel temperatures and
and                                                                                  injection pressures can be expressed as
  m         =m
             ˙        t                            (10)
    f,Vbase    f,Vbase f,Vbase                                                           m =m t
                                                                                              ˙                                                           (14)
                                                                                          f,i   f,i f,i
respectively. An equal amount of fuel must be
injected in order to maintain a constant air–fuel ratio                              and the basic amount of injected fuel also can be
under identical engine operating conditions. As a                                    expressed as
result, the injection duration at an arbitrary driving
voltage is expressed as                                                                  m       =m
                                                                                                  ˙       t                                               (15)
                                                                                          f,base    f,base f,base
          m
          ˙
  t      = f,Vbase t                                                (11)             In order to investigate the influence of fuel tem-
    f,Vi   m˙        f,base                                                          perature and injection pressure on the injected fuel
              f,Vi
If the voltage correction factor F             is defined as                          quantity, it is further assumed that the injection
                                         f,V                                         duration is constant, and that the amount of injected
                 m
                 ˙                                                                   fuel depends substantially on the fuel temperature
  F          =       f,Vi                                            (12)
      f,V        m
                 ˙                                                                   and the injection pressure. From equations (14) and
         f,Vbase
                                                                                     (15), the injected fuel quantity is expressed as
then equation (11) can be rewritten as
        t                                                                                        m
                                                                                                 ˙
  t   = f,base                                 (13)                                      m = f,i m
         F
      f,Vi                                                                                f,i m˙         f,base
           f,V                                                                                   f,base
  Figure 6 shows the voltage correction factor as a                                          =F       F m                                                 (16)
                                                                                                f,r(T) f,Dp f,base
function of driving voltage. The voltage correction
factor has an increasing tendency according to the                                   Therefore, the ratio of injected fuel quantity can be
increase in the driving voltage.                                                     determined as



                                                                                                                           S              S
3.5 Compensation of the injection quantity                                                m                                      r             Dp
                                                                                             f,i =F       F =                      f,i             f,i    (17)
The dynamic quantity of injected fuel changes                                            m          f,r(T) f,Dp                r              Dp
                                                                                           f,base                                f,base          f,base
irregularly at the beginning of injection because of
the injection dead time and is mainly affected by the                                 The injected fuel quantity m is proportional to the
                                                                                                                  f,i
injection pressure and battery voltage. The injection                                square root of the density ratio and the square root
                                                                                     of the pressure difference. The air–fuel ratio must
                                                                                     be maintained at a constant value under identical
                                                                                     engine operating conditions regardless of variations
                                                                                     in the fuel temperature and injection pressure.
                                                                                     Therefore, an equal amount of fuel must be injected,
                                                                                     and the equation

                                                                                         m =m                                                             (18)
                                                                                          f,i f,base
                                                                                     is satisfied. Substituting equations (9), (14), and (15)
                                                                                     into equation (18), the injection duration is expressed
                                                                                     as a function of temperature correction factor and
                                                                                     pressure correction factor as

                                                                                                  t
                                                                                         t =        f,base                                                (19)
                                                                                          f,i F        F
                                                                                                f,r(T) f,Dp

Fig. 6 Voltage correction factor as a function of driving                            Considering the effects of the temperature, pressure,
       voltage                                                                       and driving voltage on the amount of injected

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fuel, the injection duration under arbitrary fuel tem-                            puter through the engine management system. The
peratures, injection pressures, and injector driving                              quantity of injected fuel is estimated on the basis of
voltages can be described as                                                      measurements of the air mass flowrate at the inlet
                                                                                  of the throttle body and the air–fuel ratio in the
             t
  t =         f,base                                              (20)            exhaust manifold. The fuel temperature and injection
   f,i F       F F
        f,r(T) f,Dp f,V                                                           pressure are changed during engine tests in order to
                                                                                  investigate the influence of fuel temperature and
                                                                                  injection pressure on the amount of fuel injected.
4 EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS                                                            Figure 9 is the block diagram of the fuel injection
                                                                                  controller which regulates the amount of injected
The tested engine is a water-cooled Hyundai gasoline                              fuel.
engine with an electronic engine control and a port
fuel injection system. The engine specifications are
given in Table 1, and the tested engine is shown in                               5 ANALYSIS OF TEST RESULTS
Fig. 7.
   Figure 8 shows a schematic diagram of the experi-                              5.1 Preliminary test
mental set-up for the fuel injection control system.
The injectors used in this study are identical with                               Various temperatures in the engine are measured
those of a gasoline engine, and the injection pressure                            during the test run in order to investigate the effect
is regulated by pressurized nitrogen gas. A pressure                              of the changes in fuel temperature. Figure 10 shows
transducer and a thermocouple are installed in                                    the temperature variations of the coolant, fuel, and
the fuel rail to measure the fuel temperature and                                 intake air from engine start-up to the coolant tem-
injection pressure. The amount of injected fuel and                               perature of 90 °C. This test is conducted at steady-
ignition timing are controlled by a personal com-                                 state operating conditions at an engine speed of
                                                                                  2000 r/min, an intake manifold absolute pressure of
             Table 1 Engine specifications                                         0.05 MPa, a fuel injection pressure of 0.59 MPa, and
                                                                                  an injection duration of 4.3 ms. The engine has been
    Item                    Specifications
                                                                                  soaked at a temperature of 0 °C before this test run.
    Type                    In-line four cylinder, DOHC                           The coolant temperature varies from 0 to 90 °C while
    Bore×stroke (mm)        75.5×83.5                                             the fuel temperature varies from 0 to 40 °C. Hence,
    Swept volume (cm3)      1495
    Compression ratio       9.5 : 1                                               the basic amount of injected fuel is determined
    Firing order            1–3–4–2                                               under the conditions of a coolant temperature of
    Valve timing
      IVO                   5° BTDC
                                                                                  90 °C and a fuel temperature of 40 °C. In addition, the
      IVC                   35° ATDC                                              pressure difference across the injector is 0.64 MPa,
      EVO                   43° BTDC                                              and the injection duration is 4.3 ms.
      EVC                   5° ATDC
                                                                                    Figure 11 shows the basic injection duration as a
    IVO, intake valve open; IVC, intake valve closed;                             function of the engine speed and the intake manifold
    EVO, exhaust valve open; EVC, exhaust valve closed;                           pressure. The tested engine is operated under steady-
    DOHC, dual overhead cam; BTDC, before top dead
    centre; ATDC, after top dead centre.                                          state conditions at a coolant temperature of 90 °C, a
                                                                                  fuel temperature of 40 °C, and a relative air–fuel ratio
                                                                                  of 1.0. The relative air–fuel ratio is defined as the
                                                                                  ratio of the actual air–fuel ratio to the stoichiometric
                                                                                  ratio [9]. The basic injection duration increases with
                                                                                  increasing intake manifold pressure and varies from
                                                                                  7.4 ms at low engine speeds and low engine loads
                                                                                  to 10.3 ms at high engine speeds and high engine
                                                                                  loads. These results show that the characteristics of
                                                                                  injection duration for a liquid-phase LPG injection
                                                                                  system are similar to those of a spark ignition engine.

                                                                                  5.2 Fuel temperature influence test
                                                                                  Figure 12 shows the estimated and the measured fuel
                                                                                  injection rates as functions of fuel temperature. The
           Fig. 7 Photograph of tested engine                                     measured injection rates are calculated using the

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          Fig. 8 Schematic diagram of experimental setup (EMS, engine management system; CAS, crank-
                 shaft angle sensor; TDC, top dead centre signal; MAP, manifold absolute pressure)




                                     Fig. 9 Block diagram of fuel injection controller


measurements of the air mass flowrate upstream                                    0 to 40 °C. The estimated temperature correction
of the throttle body and the air–fuel ratio in the                               factors are determined using equation (6). The
exhaust manifold. The measured injection rates vary                              measured values are smaller than the estimated
from 0.761 to 0.796 g/s and increase with decreasing                             values. The temperature correction factors and the
fuel temperature owing to the fuel density increase.                             differences between the measured and the estimated
The lower the fuel temperature, the larger is the dis-                           values increase according to the decrease in the fuel
crepancy between the estimated and the measured                                  temperature. This feature is a result of the decrease
injection rates. This feature results from the increase                          in the injection rate due to the increase in fuel
in fuel viscosity at low fuel temperatures. Figure 13                            viscosity.
shows the estimated and measured temperature                                       The relative air–fuel ratios, with and without
correction factors for fuel temperatures ranging from                            compensation for the effect of fuel temperature on

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Fig. 10 Temperature variations during engine warm-up                         Fig. 12 Injection rate as a function of fuel temperature




                                                                                           Fig. 13 Temperature correction factor



Fig. 11   Basic injection duration (MAP, manifold
          pressure)


injection duration, are plotted in Fig. 14. With tem-
perature compensation, the relative air–fuel ratio is
maintained at around 1.0 with an error of 1 per cent.
Without temperature compensation, the relative air–
fuel ratio varies from 0.9 to 1.0. Consequently, it is
appropriate to introduce the temperature correction
factor in order to compensate for the changes in fuel
temperature.

5.3 Injection pressure influence test
The injected fuel quantity varies with the injection
pressure. This test is conducted under steady-state                          Fig. 14        Relative air–fuel ratios with and without
operating conditions at an engine speed of 2000 r/min,                                      compensation


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an intake manifold absolute pressure of 0.05 MPa,
a coolant temperature of 90 °C, and constant fuel
temperature of 40 °C. The basic injection pressure
is 0.59 MPa, and the injection duration is 4.3 ms.
Injection pressure is controlled by nitrogen gas
through a pressure regulator.
   Figure 15 shows the estimated and the measured
fuel injection rates as functions of injection pressure.
The measured injection rates vary from 0.690 to
0.973 g/s and increase with increasing injection
pressure. At injection pressures above 0.59 MPa, the
measured values are smaller than the estimated
values, and the difference becomes larger. This is a
result of the increase in the opening delay time of
the injector.
   Figure 15 also shows the pressure correction factors                          Fig. 16        Relative air–fuel ratios with and without
calculated using the injection rate at an arbitrary                                             compensation
injection pressure and the basic injection rate. The
estimated pressure correction factors are calculated
from equation (8). The pressure correction factor and                            5.4 Evaluation test
the difference between the measured and estimated
values increase according to the increase in injection                           In order to validate the developed feedforward com-
pressure. The measured values are smaller than the                               pensation algorithm, the tested engine is operated
estimated values above the basic injection pressure.                             at a constant-speed mode and at a constant-torque
This feature also results from the increase in the                               mode respectively. The relative air–fuel ratio is
opening delay time.                                                              measured using a lambda sensor. Figure 17 shows
   Figure 16 shows the relative air–fuel ratio as a                              the throttle movements used in the tests and the
function of injection pressure with and without                                  corresponding response of the intake manifold
compensation for the effect of injection pressure on                              pressure. The injection control algorithms used for
injection duration. With pressure compensation, the                              the evaluation tests are the feedforward compen-
relative air–fuel ratio is maintained at around 1.0                              sation algorithms proposed in this study and a
with an error of 1 per cent. Without pressure com-                               typical feedback air–fuel ratio control using a lambda
pensation, the relative air–fuel ratio varies from 0.76                          sensor.
to 1.07. Therefore, it is advantageous to introduce the                            Figures 18 and 19 show the relative air–fuel ratios
pressure correction factor in order to compensate for                            at constant-speed mode and constant-torque mode
the changes in injection pressure.




Fig. 15 Fuel injection rate and pressure correction                              Fig. 17 The throttle movement and the intake manifold
        factor as functions of injection pressure                                        pressure


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                                                                             ratios at constant load torque and constant engine
                                                                             speed are similar. Therefore, the relative air–fuel ratio
                                                                             can be maintained at the target value of 1.0 with an
                                                                             error of 2 per cent by using the feedforward compen-
                                                                             sation algorithm for steady-state engine operations.



                                                                             6 CONCLUSIONS

                                                                             There are many factors that influence the injection
                                                                             characteristics. In this study, three factors that
                                                                             influence the amount of injected fuel in a liquid-
                                                                             phase LPG engine are investigated. These factors are
                                                                             the fuel temperature, injection pressure, and injector
Fig. 18   Air–fuel ratio at constant engine speed                            driving voltage. In order to compensate for variations
          (2000 r/min)                                                       in these factors, correction factors are proposed and
                                                                             verified through engine tests. The following con-
                                                                             clusions can be drawn from the validation tests of
                                                                             the compensation algorithms.

                                                                             1. The injection conditions that influence the
                                                                                injection rate are investigated and mathematically
                                                                                formulated to implement an air–fuel ratio con-
                                                                                troller for a liquid-phase LPG injection engine.
                                                                             2. A temperature correction factor is proposed to
                                                                                compensate for the effect of fuel temperature on
                                                                                injected fuel quantity and verified through engine
                                                                                tests. The relative air–fuel ratio using the non-
                                                                                compensated algorithm is 0.9 at a fuel tempera-
                                                                                ture of 0 °C while the relative air–fuel ratio using
                                                                                the temperature-compensated algorithm is 1.0.
                                                                             3. In order to compensate for the effect of injection
                                                                                pressure on injected fuel quantity, a pressure
                                                                                correction factor is proposed. This factor is veri-
                                                                                fied through engine tests. The relative air–fuel ratio
Fig. 19 Air–fuel ratio at constant load torque (49 N m)                         is maintained at around 1.0 with pressure com-
                                                                                pensation while the relative air–fuel ratio varies
                                                                                from 0.76 to 1.07 without pressure compensation.
respectively. The dotted curves represent the tested                         4. A voltage correction factor is proposed and
result of only the feedforward algorithm, and the                               applied to the fuel injection controller in order to
solid curves represent the result of both the feed-                             compensate for the variations in battery voltage.
forward plus feedback control. In Fig. 18, excursions                           This factor varies from 0.78 to 1.12 in the driving
in the relative air–fuel ratio are observed at the                              voltage range 9–15 V.
moment of throttle transients, and the lambda spikes                         5. The feedforward control scheme to compensate
of the feedforward compensation are higher than                                 for the changes in injection conditions is applied
those of the feedforward plus feedback control by                               and evaluated during the engine experiment.
3–7 per cent. Meanwhile the relative air–fuel ratio is                       6. The relative air–fuel ratios for the feedforward
maintained at the target value of 1.0 with an error of                          compensation algorithm and feedforward plus
2 per cent for both control cases with a constant                               feedback control algorithm have values of 1.0
throttle input. In Fig. 19, the lambda spikes of the                            with an error of 2 per cent except for fast throttle
feedforward compensation are higher than those of                               transients. In order to reduce the lambda spikes
the feedforward plus feedback control by 1 per cent.                            during fast throttle movements, conventional feed-
During constant throttle input, the relative air–fuel                           back control techniques should be incorporated.

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Injection characteristics of a liquid phase lpg injection

  • 1. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering http://pid.sagepub.com/ A study on the injection characteristics of a liquid-phase liquefied petroleum gas injector for air-fuel ratio control Hansub Sim, Kangyoon Lee, Namhoon Chung and Myoungho Sunwoo Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 2005 219: 1037 DOI: 10.1243/095440705X34621 The online version of this article can be found at: http://pid.sagepub.com/content/219/8/1037 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Institution of Mechanical Engineers Additional services and information for Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering can be found at: Email Alerts: http://pid.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://pid.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Citations: http://pid.sagepub.com/content/219/8/1037.refs.html >> Version of Record - Aug 1, 2005 What is This? Downloaded from pid.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF TECHNOLOGY on April 22, 2012
  • 2. 1037 A study on the injection characteristics of a liquid-phase liquefied petroleum gas injector for air–fuel ratio control Hansub Sim1, Kangyoon Lee2*, Namhoon Chung 2, and Myoungho Sunwoo2 1Department of Automotive Engineering, Jinju National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea 2Department of Automotive Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea The manuscript was received on 7 September 2004 and was accepted after revision for publication on 23 February 2005. DOI: 10.1243/095440705X34621 Abstract: Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is widely used as a gaseous fuel in spark ignition engines because of its considerable advantages over gasoline. However, the LPG engine suffers a torque loss because the vapour-phase LPG displaces a larger volume of air than do gasoline droplets. In order to improve engine power as well as fuel consumption and air–fuel ratio control, considerable research has been devoted to improving the LPG injection system. In the liquid-phase LPG injection systems, the injection rate of an injector is affected by the fuel temperature, injection pressure, and driving voltage. When injection conditions change, the air–fuel ratio should be accurately controlled in order to reduce exhaust emissions. In this study, correction factors for the fuel injection rate are developed on the basis of fuel temperature, injection pressure, and injector driving voltage. A compensation method to control the amount of injected fuel is proposed for a liquid-phase LPG injection control system. The experimental results show that the liquid-phase LPG injection system works well over the entire range of engine speeds and load conditions, and the air–fuel ratio can be accurately controlled by using the proposed compensation algorithm. Keywords: liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), air–fuel ratio, fuel injection rate, port fuel injection, correction factor, compensation algorithm 1 INTRODUCTION engine suffers a torque loss because the vapour- phase LPG displaces a larger volume of air than Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is widely used as an do gasoline droplets [2]. Therefore, it is necessary alternative fuel for automobiles due to its efficient to develop a port fuel injection system for LPG- combustion characteristics and low pollution. LPG fuelled vehicles in order to improve engine power as has a high octane number, which prevents engine well as to meet the strict emission requirements. knock, and a relatively high hydrogen-to-carbon ratio, Considerable research has been devoted to improving which results in substantial reduction in the emission the LPG injection system [1–4]. The power perform- of carbon dioxide [1]. The LPG-fuelled vehicle, which ance of a liquid-phase LPG injection engine is nearly is commercially available, uses vapour-phase LPG the same as that of a gasoline engine, and the exhaust as a fuel and has a vapour-mixing system in order emissions are lower [5]. In addition, the heavy-duty to meter the LPG into the intake air upstream. LPG injection engine, which is a converted heavy- The vapour-mixing system does not provide a fast duty diesel engine, has superior power performance air–fuel ratio control in transient engine operations to a diesel engine [6]. However, several challenges owing to the relatively long distance between the arise in the liquid-phase LPG injection system. The fuel mixing system and the lambda sensor installed LPG is stored as a saturated mixture in the vehicle, in the exhaust system. In addition, compared with and the pressure in the LPG tank is the vapour gasoline-powered engines, the vapour-phase LPG pressure corresponding to the fuel temperature. Saturated liquids have a tendency to vaporize with * Corresponding author: Department of Automotive Engineering, any pressure drops or temperature increases. Vapour Hanyang University, 17 Haendang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul lock can occur in the fuel lines or injectors, and this 133-791, Republic of Korea. email: bikeman@ihanyang.ac.kr affects the amount of injected LPG [2]. Icing can D17204 © IMechE 2005 Proc. IMechE Vol. 219 Part D: J. Automobile Engineering Downloaded from pid.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF TECHNOLOGY on April 22, 2012
  • 3. 1038 Hansub Sim, Kangyoon Lee, Namhoon Chung, and Myoungho Sunwoo occur around the injector tip owing to the heat of Figure 2 shows the saturated vapour pressure vaporization [1]. In order to prevent vapour lock and for various mixtures of butane and propane as icing, high pressure needs to be maintained within a function of temperature. The saturated vapour the fuel rail, and a thermal insulator can be attached pressure increases with increasing fuel temperature to the injector tips [5]. The quantity of injected LPG and propane content. Considering that the propane varies with injection pressure, fuel temperature, and composition of LPG is less than 30 per cent in the injector driving voltage at constant injection duration. Republic of Korea, the saturated vapour pressure is In this study, injection characteristics according to less than 0.6 MPa over the temperature range from changes in fuel temperature, injection pressure, −20 to 40 °C. and injector driving voltage are examined through injection experiments. A compensation algorithm for the variations in injection conditions is proposed in 3 CHARACTERISTICS OF FUEL INJECTION order to control accurately the amount of injected fuel. This compensation algorithm is verified through 3.1 Fundamentals of fuel injection engine tests for air–fuel ratio control. Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional view of an LPG injector. The amount of injected fuel through an injector is determined by the well-known orifice flow 2 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF LPG equation S LPG is composed of butane (C H ) and propane 2r Dp 4 10 m =C A f (3) (C H ). Butane consists of normal butane (n-butane) ˙ 3 8 f D d 1−(A /A )2 and isobutane (i-butane). Therefore, the density of d u liquid-phase LPG can be expressed as A B v v v −1 r = p + nb + ib (1) LPG r r r p nb ib Figure 1 shows the density for various blends of butane and propane as a function of tempera- ture. The density of n-butane varies from 0.528 to 0.629 kg/l, and the density of propane varies from 0.430 to 0.566 kg/l over the temperature range from −30 to 60 °C. At a fuel temperature of 20 °C, the density of liquid-phase LPG varies from 0.501 to 0.579 kg/l. The saturated vapour pressure of LPG in the fuel tank is expressed as [7] p =M p +M p +M p (2) vapour p p nb nb ib ib Fig. 2 Saturated vapour pressure of LPG as a function of fuel temperature Fig. 1 Density of LPG as a function of fuel temperature Fig. 3 Cross-sectional view of an injector Proc. IMechE Vol. 219 Part D: J. Automobile Engineering D17204 © IMechE 2005 Downloaded from pid.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF TECHNOLOGY on April 22, 2012
  • 4. Injection characteristics of a liquid-phase LPG injector 1039 under the assumption of incompressible flow. The decreasing fuel temperature. The rate of change in discharge coefficient is determined from injection the propane temperature correction factor is steeper experiments of liquid-phase LPG. Therefore, the than that of butane. amount of injected fuel is described as a function of the fuel density and the injection pressure difference. 3.3 Influence of the injection pressure The injection pressure, which is the difference 3.2 Influence of the fuel temperature between the fuel rail pressure and the intake port The density of LPG depends on the fuel temperature, pressure, varies with the engine operating conditions. as shown in Fig. 1. The fuel density is largely affected Therefore, the amount of injected fuel fluctuates by the fuel temperature, which is influenced by according to the injection pressure. In order to the ambient temperature and heat transfer from the analyse the influence of injection pressure on the engine compartment. As a result, the injected fuel injected fuel quantity, the fuel injection rate at an quantity varies with the fuel temperature. In order to arbitrary injection pressure is expressed as analyse the influence of fuel temperature on the m =m ˙ ˙ F (7) injected fuel quantity, the fuel injection rate at an f,i f,base f,Dp arbitrary fuel temperature is expressed as The pressure correction factor F is defined as f,Dp m =m F (4) S ˙ ˙ Dp f,i f,base f,r(T) F = f,i (8) The basic injection rate m ˙ at a standard tempera- f,Dp Dp f,base f,base ture and pressure difference is defined as Figure 5 shows how the pressure correction factor changes with injection pressure based on three m ˙ f,base =C A 2r D d f,base S DP 1−(A /A )2 d u f,base (5) pressure differences: 0.49, 0.98, and 1.96 MPa. The pressure correction factor increases as the pressure and the temperature correction factor F is defined difference increases. The higher the pressure differ- f,r(T) as ence, the lower is the rate of the change in the pressure correction factor. F f,r(T) = S f,i f,base r r (6) 3.4 Influence of the driving voltage Figure 4 shows the temperature correction factors The driving voltage of an injector creates a magnetic for propane and butane at various fuel temperatures. field in the solenoid. The magnetic field intensity The temperature correction factor increases with induced in the solenoid is proportional to the driving voltage. Therefore, the amount of injected fuel varies with the driving voltage because of changes in the Fig. 4 Temperature correction factor for propane and Fig. 5 Pressure correction factor as a function of butane pressure difference D17204 © IMechE 2005 Proc. IMechE Vol. 219 Part D: J. Automobile Engineering Downloaded from pid.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF TECHNOLOGY on April 22, 2012
  • 5. 1040 Hansub Sim, Kangyoon Lee, Namhoon Chung, and Myoungho Sunwoo opening delay of an injector. The injected fuel quan- dead time increases at high injection pressures and tities under arbitrary and standard driving voltages low driving voltages [8]. In this study, it is assumed are described as that the dynamic quantity of injected fuel is pro- portional to the injection duration. The amount of m =m ˙ t (9) f,Vi f,Vi f,Vi injected fuel under arbitrary fuel temperatures and and injection pressures can be expressed as m =m ˙ t (10) f,Vbase f,Vbase f,Vbase m =m t ˙ (14) f,i f,i f,i respectively. An equal amount of fuel must be injected in order to maintain a constant air–fuel ratio and the basic amount of injected fuel also can be under identical engine operating conditions. As a expressed as result, the injection duration at an arbitrary driving voltage is expressed as m =m ˙ t (15) f,base f,base f,base m ˙ t = f,Vbase t (11) In order to investigate the influence of fuel tem- f,Vi m˙ f,base perature and injection pressure on the injected fuel f,Vi If the voltage correction factor F is defined as quantity, it is further assumed that the injection f,V duration is constant, and that the amount of injected m ˙ fuel depends substantially on the fuel temperature F = f,Vi (12) f,V m ˙ and the injection pressure. From equations (14) and f,Vbase (15), the injected fuel quantity is expressed as then equation (11) can be rewritten as t m ˙ t = f,base (13) m = f,i m F f,Vi f,i m˙ f,base f,V f,base Figure 6 shows the voltage correction factor as a =F F m (16) f,r(T) f,Dp f,base function of driving voltage. The voltage correction factor has an increasing tendency according to the Therefore, the ratio of injected fuel quantity can be increase in the driving voltage. determined as S S 3.5 Compensation of the injection quantity m r Dp f,i =F F = f,i f,i (17) The dynamic quantity of injected fuel changes m f,r(T) f,Dp r Dp f,base f,base f,base irregularly at the beginning of injection because of the injection dead time and is mainly affected by the The injected fuel quantity m is proportional to the f,i injection pressure and battery voltage. The injection square root of the density ratio and the square root of the pressure difference. The air–fuel ratio must be maintained at a constant value under identical engine operating conditions regardless of variations in the fuel temperature and injection pressure. Therefore, an equal amount of fuel must be injected, and the equation m =m (18) f,i f,base is satisfied. Substituting equations (9), (14), and (15) into equation (18), the injection duration is expressed as a function of temperature correction factor and pressure correction factor as t t = f,base (19) f,i F F f,r(T) f,Dp Fig. 6 Voltage correction factor as a function of driving Considering the effects of the temperature, pressure, voltage and driving voltage on the amount of injected Proc. IMechE Vol. 219 Part D: J. Automobile Engineering D17204 © IMechE 2005 Downloaded from pid.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF TECHNOLOGY on April 22, 2012
  • 6. Injection characteristics of a liquid-phase LPG injector 1041 fuel, the injection duration under arbitrary fuel tem- puter through the engine management system. The peratures, injection pressures, and injector driving quantity of injected fuel is estimated on the basis of voltages can be described as measurements of the air mass flowrate at the inlet of the throttle body and the air–fuel ratio in the t t = f,base (20) exhaust manifold. The fuel temperature and injection f,i F F F f,r(T) f,Dp f,V pressure are changed during engine tests in order to investigate the influence of fuel temperature and injection pressure on the amount of fuel injected. 4 EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS Figure 9 is the block diagram of the fuel injection controller which regulates the amount of injected The tested engine is a water-cooled Hyundai gasoline fuel. engine with an electronic engine control and a port fuel injection system. The engine specifications are given in Table 1, and the tested engine is shown in 5 ANALYSIS OF TEST RESULTS Fig. 7. Figure 8 shows a schematic diagram of the experi- 5.1 Preliminary test mental set-up for the fuel injection control system. The injectors used in this study are identical with Various temperatures in the engine are measured those of a gasoline engine, and the injection pressure during the test run in order to investigate the effect is regulated by pressurized nitrogen gas. A pressure of the changes in fuel temperature. Figure 10 shows transducer and a thermocouple are installed in the temperature variations of the coolant, fuel, and the fuel rail to measure the fuel temperature and intake air from engine start-up to the coolant tem- injection pressure. The amount of injected fuel and perature of 90 °C. This test is conducted at steady- ignition timing are controlled by a personal com- state operating conditions at an engine speed of 2000 r/min, an intake manifold absolute pressure of Table 1 Engine specifications 0.05 MPa, a fuel injection pressure of 0.59 MPa, and an injection duration of 4.3 ms. The engine has been Item Specifications soaked at a temperature of 0 °C before this test run. Type In-line four cylinder, DOHC The coolant temperature varies from 0 to 90 °C while Bore×stroke (mm) 75.5×83.5 the fuel temperature varies from 0 to 40 °C. Hence, Swept volume (cm3) 1495 Compression ratio 9.5 : 1 the basic amount of injected fuel is determined Firing order 1–3–4–2 under the conditions of a coolant temperature of Valve timing IVO 5° BTDC 90 °C and a fuel temperature of 40 °C. In addition, the IVC 35° ATDC pressure difference across the injector is 0.64 MPa, EVO 43° BTDC and the injection duration is 4.3 ms. EVC 5° ATDC Figure 11 shows the basic injection duration as a IVO, intake valve open; IVC, intake valve closed; function of the engine speed and the intake manifold EVO, exhaust valve open; EVC, exhaust valve closed; pressure. The tested engine is operated under steady- DOHC, dual overhead cam; BTDC, before top dead centre; ATDC, after top dead centre. state conditions at a coolant temperature of 90 °C, a fuel temperature of 40 °C, and a relative air–fuel ratio of 1.0. The relative air–fuel ratio is defined as the ratio of the actual air–fuel ratio to the stoichiometric ratio [9]. The basic injection duration increases with increasing intake manifold pressure and varies from 7.4 ms at low engine speeds and low engine loads to 10.3 ms at high engine speeds and high engine loads. These results show that the characteristics of injection duration for a liquid-phase LPG injection system are similar to those of a spark ignition engine. 5.2 Fuel temperature influence test Figure 12 shows the estimated and the measured fuel injection rates as functions of fuel temperature. The Fig. 7 Photograph of tested engine measured injection rates are calculated using the D17204 © IMechE 2005 Proc. IMechE Vol. 219 Part D: J. Automobile Engineering Downloaded from pid.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF TECHNOLOGY on April 22, 2012
  • 7. 1042 Hansub Sim, Kangyoon Lee, Namhoon Chung, and Myoungho Sunwoo Fig. 8 Schematic diagram of experimental setup (EMS, engine management system; CAS, crank- shaft angle sensor; TDC, top dead centre signal; MAP, manifold absolute pressure) Fig. 9 Block diagram of fuel injection controller measurements of the air mass flowrate upstream 0 to 40 °C. The estimated temperature correction of the throttle body and the air–fuel ratio in the factors are determined using equation (6). The exhaust manifold. The measured injection rates vary measured values are smaller than the estimated from 0.761 to 0.796 g/s and increase with decreasing values. The temperature correction factors and the fuel temperature owing to the fuel density increase. differences between the measured and the estimated The lower the fuel temperature, the larger is the dis- values increase according to the decrease in the fuel crepancy between the estimated and the measured temperature. This feature is a result of the decrease injection rates. This feature results from the increase in the injection rate due to the increase in fuel in fuel viscosity at low fuel temperatures. Figure 13 viscosity. shows the estimated and measured temperature The relative air–fuel ratios, with and without correction factors for fuel temperatures ranging from compensation for the effect of fuel temperature on Proc. IMechE Vol. 219 Part D: J. Automobile Engineering D17204 © IMechE 2005 Downloaded from pid.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF TECHNOLOGY on April 22, 2012
  • 8. Injection characteristics of a liquid-phase LPG injector 1043 Fig. 10 Temperature variations during engine warm-up Fig. 12 Injection rate as a function of fuel temperature Fig. 13 Temperature correction factor Fig. 11 Basic injection duration (MAP, manifold pressure) injection duration, are plotted in Fig. 14. With tem- perature compensation, the relative air–fuel ratio is maintained at around 1.0 with an error of 1 per cent. Without temperature compensation, the relative air– fuel ratio varies from 0.9 to 1.0. Consequently, it is appropriate to introduce the temperature correction factor in order to compensate for the changes in fuel temperature. 5.3 Injection pressure influence test The injected fuel quantity varies with the injection pressure. This test is conducted under steady-state Fig. 14 Relative air–fuel ratios with and without operating conditions at an engine speed of 2000 r/min, compensation D17204 © IMechE 2005 Proc. IMechE Vol. 219 Part D: J. Automobile Engineering Downloaded from pid.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF TECHNOLOGY on April 22, 2012
  • 9. 1044 Hansub Sim, Kangyoon Lee, Namhoon Chung, and Myoungho Sunwoo an intake manifold absolute pressure of 0.05 MPa, a coolant temperature of 90 °C, and constant fuel temperature of 40 °C. The basic injection pressure is 0.59 MPa, and the injection duration is 4.3 ms. Injection pressure is controlled by nitrogen gas through a pressure regulator. Figure 15 shows the estimated and the measured fuel injection rates as functions of injection pressure. The measured injection rates vary from 0.690 to 0.973 g/s and increase with increasing injection pressure. At injection pressures above 0.59 MPa, the measured values are smaller than the estimated values, and the difference becomes larger. This is a result of the increase in the opening delay time of the injector. Figure 15 also shows the pressure correction factors Fig. 16 Relative air–fuel ratios with and without calculated using the injection rate at an arbitrary compensation injection pressure and the basic injection rate. The estimated pressure correction factors are calculated from equation (8). The pressure correction factor and 5.4 Evaluation test the difference between the measured and estimated values increase according to the increase in injection In order to validate the developed feedforward com- pressure. The measured values are smaller than the pensation algorithm, the tested engine is operated estimated values above the basic injection pressure. at a constant-speed mode and at a constant-torque This feature also results from the increase in the mode respectively. The relative air–fuel ratio is opening delay time. measured using a lambda sensor. Figure 17 shows Figure 16 shows the relative air–fuel ratio as a the throttle movements used in the tests and the function of injection pressure with and without corresponding response of the intake manifold compensation for the effect of injection pressure on pressure. The injection control algorithms used for injection duration. With pressure compensation, the the evaluation tests are the feedforward compen- relative air–fuel ratio is maintained at around 1.0 sation algorithms proposed in this study and a with an error of 1 per cent. Without pressure com- typical feedback air–fuel ratio control using a lambda pensation, the relative air–fuel ratio varies from 0.76 sensor. to 1.07. Therefore, it is advantageous to introduce the Figures 18 and 19 show the relative air–fuel ratios pressure correction factor in order to compensate for at constant-speed mode and constant-torque mode the changes in injection pressure. Fig. 15 Fuel injection rate and pressure correction Fig. 17 The throttle movement and the intake manifold factor as functions of injection pressure pressure Proc. IMechE Vol. 219 Part D: J. Automobile Engineering D17204 © IMechE 2005 Downloaded from pid.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF TECHNOLOGY on April 22, 2012
  • 10. Injection characteristics of a liquid-phase LPG injector 1045 ratios at constant load torque and constant engine speed are similar. Therefore, the relative air–fuel ratio can be maintained at the target value of 1.0 with an error of 2 per cent by using the feedforward compen- sation algorithm for steady-state engine operations. 6 CONCLUSIONS There are many factors that influence the injection characteristics. In this study, three factors that influence the amount of injected fuel in a liquid- phase LPG engine are investigated. These factors are the fuel temperature, injection pressure, and injector Fig. 18 Air–fuel ratio at constant engine speed driving voltage. In order to compensate for variations (2000 r/min) in these factors, correction factors are proposed and verified through engine tests. The following con- clusions can be drawn from the validation tests of the compensation algorithms. 1. The injection conditions that influence the injection rate are investigated and mathematically formulated to implement an air–fuel ratio con- troller for a liquid-phase LPG injection engine. 2. A temperature correction factor is proposed to compensate for the effect of fuel temperature on injected fuel quantity and verified through engine tests. The relative air–fuel ratio using the non- compensated algorithm is 0.9 at a fuel tempera- ture of 0 °C while the relative air–fuel ratio using the temperature-compensated algorithm is 1.0. 3. In order to compensate for the effect of injection pressure on injected fuel quantity, a pressure correction factor is proposed. This factor is veri- fied through engine tests. The relative air–fuel ratio Fig. 19 Air–fuel ratio at constant load torque (49 N m) is maintained at around 1.0 with pressure com- pensation while the relative air–fuel ratio varies from 0.76 to 1.07 without pressure compensation. respectively. The dotted curves represent the tested 4. A voltage correction factor is proposed and result of only the feedforward algorithm, and the applied to the fuel injection controller in order to solid curves represent the result of both the feed- compensate for the variations in battery voltage. forward plus feedback control. In Fig. 18, excursions This factor varies from 0.78 to 1.12 in the driving in the relative air–fuel ratio are observed at the voltage range 9–15 V. moment of throttle transients, and the lambda spikes 5. The feedforward control scheme to compensate of the feedforward compensation are higher than for the changes in injection conditions is applied those of the feedforward plus feedback control by and evaluated during the engine experiment. 3–7 per cent. Meanwhile the relative air–fuel ratio is 6. The relative air–fuel ratios for the feedforward maintained at the target value of 1.0 with an error of compensation algorithm and feedforward plus 2 per cent for both control cases with a constant feedback control algorithm have values of 1.0 throttle input. In Fig. 19, the lambda spikes of the with an error of 2 per cent except for fast throttle feedforward compensation are higher than those of transients. In order to reduce the lambda spikes the feedforward plus feedback control by 1 per cent. during fast throttle movements, conventional feed- During constant throttle input, the relative air–fuel back control techniques should be incorporated. D17204 © IMechE 2005 Proc. IMechE Vol. 219 Part D: J. Automobile Engineering Downloaded from pid.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF TECHNOLOGY on April 22, 2012
  • 11. 1046 Hansub Sim, Kangyoon Lee, Namhoon Chung, and Myoungho Sunwoo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7 The Korean Institute of Industrial Educators LP Gas Technology, 1979 (Semunsa, Seoul). 8 Song, C. S., Lee, Y. J., and You, S. J. A study on the This research is supported in part by MOST (Ministry analysis of dynamic characteristics of the solenoid of Science and Technology) under the National valve of automotive transmission. J. Korean Soc. Research Laboratory (NRL) grant MI-0203-00-0058- Precision Engng, 1995, 12(8), 122–130. 02-J00-00-031-00, and part of the project ‘Develop- 9 Heywood, J. B. Internal Combustion Engine Funda- ment of Partial Zero Emission Technology for Future mentals, 1988 (McGraw-Hill, New York). Vehicle’, and we are grateful for their financial support. APPENDIX Notation REFERENCES A area (m2) C discharge coefficient 1 Sierens, R. An experimental and theoretical study of D F compensation factor liquid LPG injection. SAE paper 922363, 1992. 2 Lutz, B. R., Stanglmaier, R. H., Matthews, R. D., m mass (kg) Cohen, J. T., and Wicker, R. The effects of fuel com- m˙ mass flowrate (g/s) position, system design, and operating conditions on M mole fraction in-system vaporization and hot start of a liquid-phase p pressure (MPa) LPG injection system. SAE paper 981388, 1998. t time (s) 3 Kim, J. C., Cho, G. B., and Jeong, D. S. Characteristics T temperature (°C) of spray and combustion in direct injection LPG V voltage (V) engine according to combustion chamber shapes. In Spring Conference Proceedings of the Korean Society r density (kg/l) of Automotive Engineers, 2000, Vol. I, pp. 73–78. 4 Sim, H. S., Lee, K. Y., Chung, N. H., and Sunwoo, M. v mass fraction Experimental analysis of a liquid-phase liquefied petroleum gas injector for a heavy-duty engine. Proc. Subscripts Instn Mech. Engrs, Part D: J. Automobile Engineering, b butane 2004, 218, 719–727. base standard conditions or states 5 Vialle Alternative Fuel Systems BV, 2001, http:// d downstream www.vialle.nl/. 6 Han, B. J., Kim, C. U., Kang, K. Y., and Lee, C. S. The f fuel effect of intake ratios on combustion performance in i arbitrary conditions or states a heavy-duty LPG engine. Trans. Korean Soc. Automot. p propane Engrs, 2001, 9(5), 46–53. u upstream Proc. IMechE Vol. 219 Part D: J. Automobile Engineering D17204 © IMechE 2005 Downloaded from pid.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF TECHNOLOGY on April 22, 2012