An adsorption-precipitation model for the formation of injector external deposits in internal combustion engines

• Main Authors: Slavchov, Radomir I., Mosbach, Sebastian, Kraft, Markus, Pearson, Richard, Filip, Sorin V.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Deposition Rate Model; Engineering::Chemical engineering; Injector Deposits
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107585; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50339
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The occurrence of deposits on fuel injectors used in gasoline direct injection engines can lead to fuel preparation and combustion events which lie outside of the intended engine design envelope. The fundamental mechanism for deposit formation is not well understood. The present work describes the d...