atomization enhancement

[Greg Hermann]

>> First: I live in europe and we don't use the unlogical imperial
>> measurements and I have double checked these figures and it
>> says bar not psi. Second: I have the "Bosch Automotive Handbook"
>> in my hand right now and it says that Bosch common rail uses
>> pressures of up to 1600 bar in their common-rail systems.
>[...]
>> This is not bad information, and just because Cummins don't
>> have a way to achieve these pressures don't mean that others
>> don't...please, we live in 1999 now and technology are still
>> getting better.
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>It's simply that pressures that high are difficult to believe
>just from a basic materials standpoint.  2000 bar is approaching
>the tensile strength of aluminum.  To put such incredibly high
>pressures through any mass-produced part, even now in 1999, is
>pretty remarkable, and I can't imagine it's cheap to do so.
>
>I'd love to know *why* Bosch feels such pressures are necessary.
>There must be a very good reason to justify the production costs.

Faster injection and better atomization give a more efficient cycle and
cleaner burning.

Greg
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>james montebello