Combustion system for direct injection diesel engines

• US 6,553,960 B1
• Filed: 04/09/2001
• Issued: 04/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yanmar Company Limited (Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Yanmar Company Limited (Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yoshikawa, Sigeru, Akimoto, Seita, Hamaoka, Shunji
• Primary Examiner(s): Argenbright, Tony M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hoang, Johnny H.
• Application Number:
  US09/806,081
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• Field of Search: 123/295, 123/296, 123/298, 123/299, 123/300, 123/261, 123/276
• US Class Current: 123/299
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 2275/14 Direct injection into combustion chamber
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 23/02 with compression ignition
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 23/0621 Squish flow
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 23/0624 Swirl flow
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 23/0639 the combustion space having substantially the shape of a cylinder
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 23/0669 having multiple fuel spray jets per injector nozzle
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 23/0696 W-piston bowl, i.e. the combustion space having a central projection pointing towards the cylinder head and the surrounding wall being inclined towards the cylinder wall
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 3/06 with compression ignition compression ignition engines using air or gas for blowing fuel into compressed air in cylinder F02B13/02
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 61/182 Discharge orifices being situated in different transversal planes with respect to valve member direction of movement
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 61/1826 Discharge orifices having different sizes
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 61/1846 Dimensional characteristics of discharge orifices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

A combustion system for direct injection diesel engines, having a fuel injection nozzle provided with upper and lower rows of nozzle holes and disposed so as to be opposed to a deep dish combustion chamber of a small opening ratio. The directions of the upper nozzle holes (1) in the upper row and those of the lower nozzle holes (2) in the lower row are set so that fuel injected from the upper nozzle holes (1) reaches a side wall of the combustion chamber and fuel injected from the lower nozzle holes (2) impinges upon a bottom surface (4) of the combustion chamber. A ratio of a fuel spray travel from the upper nozzle holes (1) to a diameter of each of the upper nozzle holes is set to 150-250. The number of said upper nozzle holes (1) is set twice as large as that of said lower nozzle holes (2).

Claims

1. A combustion system for direct injection diesel engines, comprising:

a deep dish combustion chamber of a small opening ratio;

a fuel injection nozzle disposed so as to be opposed to said deep dish combustion chamber;

a first number of upper nozzle holes, having a first direction, forming an upper row of nozzle holes provided in said fuel injection nozzle; and

a second number of lower nozzle holes, having a second direction, forming a lower row of nozzle holes provided in said fuel injection nozzle,

wherein said first direction of said upper nozzle holes is set so that fuel injected from said upper nozzle holes impinges upon a bottom of said combustion chamber,

wherein said second direction of said lower nozzle holes is set so that fuel injected from said lower nozzle holes impinges upon a bottom of said combustion chamber,

wherein a ratio of a first fuel spay travel from said upper nozzle holes to a diameter of each of said upper nozzle holes is set to 150-250,

wherein a ratio of a second fuel spray travel from said lower nozzle holes to a diameter of each of said lower nozzle holes is set to 100-180,

wherein a ratio of a total area of all lower nozzle holes to that of all of said upper and lower nozzle holes is set to 0.25-0.35, and

wherein said first number of upper nozzle holes is set twice as large as said second number of lower nozzle holes.

2. A combustion system for direct injection diesel engines according to claim 1, wherein said upper and lower nozzle holes are arranged at regular intervals in said respective upper and lower rows.