atomization enhancement

James Montebello jamesm at talarian.com
Wed May 5 17:56:33 GMT 1999


> I just looked this up. All the new german diesel engines use 
> common-rail
> (BMW, Audi, Mercedes) and uses a pressures of approx 1350 bar.
> VW has a new diesel at 1.9 liter that uses one separate diesel
> pump/cyilinder and uses a pressure of 2050 bar. According to all these
> manufacturers the higher the pressure the better the combustion.

1350 BAR!?!  2050 BAR?!?

20,000psi and 30,000 psi?  Tell me there's a missing decimal
point, or a units mistake here. 13.5 and 20.5 bar sound more
believable.

james montebello



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