著者

荒木 幹也 嶋津 有宏 小保方 富夫 石間 経章 志賀 聖一 増渕 匡彦 杉本 知士郎

出版者

一般社団法人日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学會論文集. B編 (ISSN:03875016)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.73, no.726, pp.622-630, 2007-02-25

被引用文献数

9

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Atomization characteristics of an ultrasonic fuel injector using a micro nozzle array were investigated experimentally. Micro nozzles whose exit diameter is d=3, 6 and 9μm are mounted on a thin metal film. The number of the micro nozzle is 2.0×10^4. Using an ultrasonic oscillator, gasoline is periodically pushed out from the micro nozzles at the frequency of 63.6 kHz. A disk-type PZT is used as an ultrasonic oscillator, and the oscillation is amplified using a step-type horn. The input voltage is varied from 0 to 200 V. At the natural frequency, the oscillation amplitude of the horn is about 10μm. The droplet diameter and velocity are measured with a phase Doppler analyzer at 15 mm downstream from the micro nozzle array. For d =3μm, the Sauter mean diameter (SMD) is about 10μm, and the fuel flow rate is 0.023 cc/s. The SMD is much smaller when compared to conventional port fuel injectors. For d=6μm, the SMD is about 10 to 18μm, and the fuel flow rate is 0.055 cc/s. For d=9μm, the SMD is about 16 to 28μm, and the fuel flow rate is 0.41 cc/s. It is shown that, using the micro nozzle array, a uniform-diameter steady spray can be obtained without high-pressure fuel pump and nozzle type injectors.