Study on Influence of Particles on Service Life of Diesel Engine Fuel/Water Separator
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Key Words:IC engine  diesel engine  fuel/water separator  particulates  service life
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ZHU Xiaoming ,LIU Shenghua ,CHEN Wei,WANG Yu 1.Autmotive Engineering Department Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049, China
2.DIFITE (SIP) Co., Ltd., Suzhou 215126, China 
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Abstract:The effect of particles on fuel/water separation is ignored in evaluating the ability of a fuel/water separator for common rail diesel engines. This cannot reflect the actual operation of the fuel/water separator. Therefore, the effect of particles on the separating efficiency and service life of the fuel/water separator was investigated by adding ISO A3 particles to the fuel system and the experiment was carried out according to SAEJ1839—1997 standard. Under the conditions of flow rate of 5 L/min, upstream reference weight concentration of 30mg/L and water content of 0.25%, the pressure difference increased by 1.5 kPa and the water separation efficiency reduced to below 88% after the fuel/water separator worked for about 125 minutes. The experiment results show that the fuel/water separator can only work for about half its proposed service life because particles reduce its water filtering efficiency. It is suggested that either the replacement cycle of the fuel/water separator should be shortened, or an extra particle filter should be added in the upstream of the fuel/water separator to prolong its service life.
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