- 著者
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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
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9
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.