Relationship Between Swirl And Fuel Injection Pressure - SSANGYONG Actyon Sports II 2012.01 Manual

Engine speed
Load
Low speed,
below 3,000
Low load
High speed,
over 3,000 rpm
High load
Swirl valve
Swirl: This is the twisted (radial) air flow along the cylinder wall during the intake stroke. This
stabilizes the combustion even in lean air-fuel mixture condition.
3) Features
- Swirl and air intake efficiency
To generate the swirl, the intake port should be serpentine design. This makes the resistance
in air flow. The resistance in air flow in engine high speed decreases the intake efficiency.
Eventually, the engine power is also decreased, Thus, the swirl operation is deactivated in high
speed range to increase the intake efficiency.
- Relationship between swirl and EGR
To reduce Nox, it is essential to increase EGR ratio. However, if EGR ratio is too high, the PM
also could be very higher. And, the exhaust gas should be evenly mixed with newly aspired air.
Otherwise, PM and CO are dramatically increased in highly concentrated exhaust gas range
and EGR ratio could not be increased beyond a certain limit. If the swirl valve operates in this
moment, the limit of EGR ratio will be higher.

4) Relationship between swirl and fuel injection pressure

The injector for DI engine uses the multi hole design. For this vehicle, there are 8 holes in injector.
If the swirl is too strong, the injection angles might be overlapped and may cause the increased
PM and insufficient engine power. Also, if the injection pressure is too high during strong swirl, the
injection angles might be overlapped. Therefore, the system may decreases the fuel injection
pressure when the swirl is too strong.
Swirl valve Amount of
Closed
rpm
Open
swirl
Increased EGR ratio, better air-fuel
Heavy
mixture (reduce exhaust gas)
Increase charge efficiency, higher
Light
engine power
The variable swirl valve actuator operates
when turning the ignition switch ON/OFF
position to open/close the swirl valve. In this
period, the soot will be removed and the
learning for swirl valve position is performed.
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