• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.15 no.4 s.48
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• pp.277-283
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• 2006

In this study, butane 100% was used as fuel to verify the real fuel effect such as vapor pressure variation due to temperature change. A MPI fuel injection system for V-6 engine, which has reverse 'L' type cross section to minimize the possibility of liquid phase injection, was composed and one bank was operated under sequential injection scheme. Flow rate were measured according to injection duration, interval, and pressure. Also occurring of liquid phase injection was monitored with varying vaporizer and fuel rail temperature. The result shows that basic characteristics of injection is a relatively difference between air and LPG injection. Under cold start condition, however, the occurrence of liquid injection becomes more severe as the pressure increases, and sufficiently high temperature both in vaporizer and fuel rail is very important to insure gaseous injection. In addition, the temperature of vaporizer plays more important role in keeping LPG vapor state and the reverse 'L' type cross section of the rail is available to prevent liquid injection.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.579-585
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• 2018

This study is to figure out the fuel injection characteristics according to the injection pressure and engine speed in the fuel supply system for gas fuel. The fuel rail pressure was from 1.5 to 6.0 bar by 1.5 bar increment and engine speed was set 1,000 ~ 6,000 RPM at interval of 1000 RPM. Considering the real engine operation, the injection pulse width was set 2.5ms, 5.0ms, and 13.0ms which correspond low, mid and high load condition respectively. In conclusion, in case of 100cc fuel rail, 4.5 bar of injection pressure showed best performance and the minimum required injection quantity 53cc which guarantees engine output can be obtained in each 1000~ 6000 rpm engine speed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.813-816
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• 2006

Complex pressure pulsation phenomenon in fuel rails is generated by rapid opening and closing of injectors and it commonly causes undesirable noise. In this study, fluid-structure interaction analyses based on CFD and FEM have been conducted to examine the pulsation damping characteristics for different shapes of fuel rails. It is shown from the present results that the fuel rail with a high aspect ratio rectangular cross section seems to be best in order to reduce the pressure pulsations. It also agrees well with the previous experimental test by Mizuno, K. et al.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.11b
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• pp.839-841
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• 2010

기존의 범용 가솔린 소형엔진의 경우 대부분이 캬브레이터 연료 공급 방식으로 연비 및 배기가스성분이 매우 열악한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 단점을 극복하고 배기규제에 대응하기위하여 전자제어식 연료분사방식으로 엔진을 변경하고, 관련핵심 부품의 개발을 수행하였다. 전자제어식 소형엔진에 적합한 인젝터, 연료펌프를 선정하였으며 연료레일은 새로이 설계하여 장착하였다. 최적의 작동조건을 선정하기위하여 엔진의 성능개발을 수행하였다. 개발된 소형엔진은 기존의 캬브레이터 방식의 엔진 대비 우수한 연비개선 효과와 배기가스 저감 효과가 있었다.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.5-11
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.05b
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• pp.1000-1003
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• 2010

기존 Non-Road 가솔린 불꽃점화 소형엔진의 경우 대부분이 캬브레이터 연료 공급 방식으로 연비 및 배기가스 성분이 매우 열악한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 단점을 극복하고 배기규제에 대응하기위하여 전자제어식 연료분사방식으로 엔진을 변경하고, 관련핵심 부품의 설계 및 개발을 수행하였다. 전자제어식 소형엔진에 적합한 인젝터, 연료펌프를 선정하였으며 연료레일은 새로이 설계하여 장착하였다. 최적의 인젝터, 연료펌프 및 흡기포트를 선정하기위해 각각의 핵심 부품에 대한 성능개발을 수행하였다. 제작된 소형엔진은 엔진성능 개발을 통하여 연비 및 배기가스를 개발할 예정이다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.444-453
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• 2015

In the previous study, several problems were observed in a NG conversion vehicle, which were fail of air-fuel ratio closed loop control, aggravated fuel economy, increased harmful emission and declined roadability. It was provisionally supposed that the mismatch of injection system with the engine caused these performance deterioration. In this context, the characteristics of fuel injection system of commercial conversion kit for NG were investigated experimentally varying the engine speed, fuel rail pressure and volume. The results are as follows; The injection quantity decreases as the engine speed increases due to the extremely small rail volume of the presenting system and flow rate of No. 2 injector are always lower than that of the other ones regardless of the speed under the dynamic operation condition. Furthermore the existing system does not meet the required fuel quantity for the normal engine operation over 3000 RPM. On the other hands, the large rail volume systems ease and/or eliminate the difference of injection quantity between the injectors according to the speed variation, however, these systems decrease injection flow rate and still cannot supply sufficient fuel. Finally, suitable combination of the higher rail pressure and the larger rail volume might be a solution about these problems.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.03b
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• pp.332-336
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• 2008

A pulsation damper is usually mounted on the fuel rail to diminish undesirable noise in the vehicle cabin room. However, pulsation dampers are quite expensive. Therefore, several studies have focused on reducing fuel pressure pulsations by increasing the self-damping characteristics of the fuel rail. This paper is a basic study in the development of a fuel rail that can reduce pulsations via a self-damping effect. In this study, the pressure pulsation characteristics were of investigated with respect to the aspect ratio of the cross section, wall thickness, and fuel rail material through oil hammer simulations. An oil hammer simulation was performed in advance to simulate the pressure pulsations at the resonant speed, which is a time-saving way. The pressure pulsation peak of fuel rail was observed to rise as the injection period increases. Increase of the aspect ratio and decrease of the wall thickness can reduce the pressure pulsation efficiently.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.186-192
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• 2007

In general, pulsation damper is installed in fuel rail for conventional MPI engine to decrease undesirable noise in vehicle cabin room. However, pulsation damper is so expensive that there are prevailing studies to reduce fuel pressure pulsations with integrated damping effect. This paper is one of basic studies for development of fuel rail to abate pulsations with self-damping effect. Primarily, the pressure pulsation characteristics was investigated with aspect ratio of cross section, wall thickness, and materials of fuel rail. A high aspect ratio or thin wall was found to absorb the pressure pulsations effectively. But volume effects on the fuel pressure pulsation reductions were not especially significant than cross section effects because volume increment rate is larger than pressure pulsation reduction rate. The fuel rail made of aluminum is effective for reduction of pressure pulsation than that of low-carbon steel. Pressure change period increases on the basis of same lengths of supply line and fuel rail as the volume is enlarged and/or the thickness of wall is thinned.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05b
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• pp.3323-3328
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• 2007

Conventional LPG pump for Liquified Petroleum injection(LPi) engine has been adopted vane type. But the BLDC type fuel pump for LPi system has complicated structure and its price is high. Therefore, as a alternative, this study has mainly focused on the development of turbine type LPG pump which has lower cost and simple structure than conventional BLDC type. To verify the possibility of substitute the performance tests were performed for each fuel pump. The comparative items were pressure settling time, variation of fuel outlet temperature and engine performance of hot restart ability. As a result, performances of turbine type LPG pump were equivalent or high comparing to the BLDC type all over the tests for different fuel composition.