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A Study on Performance Improvement in Durability and Reliability of LPi Injector

LPI 인젝터의 성능 및 내구성 개선에 관한 연구

  • 박철웅 (한국기계연구원 그린동력연구실) ;
  • 김창업 (한국기계연구원 그린동력연구실) ;
  • 최교남 (한국기계연구원 그린동력연구실) ;
  • 백승국 ((주)케피코 제품개발팀) ;
  • 신문성 ((주)케피코 제품개발팀)
  • Received : 2011.10.28
  • Accepted : 2012.03.06
  • Published : 2012.04.30

Abstract

In recent years, the need for more fuel-efficient and lower-emission vehicles has driven the technical development of alternative fuels such as LPi (Liquid phase LPG injection) which uses pump for the high pressure supply of liquid LPG fuel and is able to meet the limits of better emission levels while it has an advantage of higher power. Although it has the advantage of power and lower emission levels, the characteristics of LPG, such as high vapor pressure, lower viscosity and surface tension than gasoline fuels makes it difficult design system. Therefore most fuel pumps and injectors are imported. In the present study, in order to domestically develop LPG injector which guarantees flow rates and optimal operation, the experimental investigation on leakage and flow rate characteristics of developed prototype injector was carried out at the bench test rig for developed injector.

근래 들어 강화되는 배출가스 규제에 대응하기 위한 대책으로 LPG 차량에 적용되고 있는 제3세대 LPG 연료공급방식인 LPi(Liquid phase LPG injection)는 펌프를 이용해서 고압의 액상연료를 공급하는 것이 가장 핵심적인 기술이다. LPi 시스템은 액상연료분사의 전자식 정밀제어를 통해 출력이 상승하고 유해배출가스가 현저하게 저감되는 장점이 있으나, 가장 핵심적인 부품인 연료펌프 및 인젝터의 경우 대부분 수입에 의존하고 있어 시스템 설계에 유연하지 못하다. 본 연구에서는 인젝터의 국산화 개발을 위해 LPi 시스템에 적합한 연료공급방법의 인젝터 디자인 및 최적의 작동조건 확보를 목표로 LPi용 인젝터의 설계 및 시작품을 제작하여 누설 및 유량특성을 살펴보았다.

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