Stratified Charge DI with EGR (was: AFM

[Mike (Perth, Western Australia)]

At 05:10 PM 11/3/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>>The complication has its rewards; 15% less fuel consumption, partly
>>>due to increased "volumetric efficiency" because the throttle is
>>>often wide open... better find an updated abbreviation to replace
>>>WOT!
>>>
>It would be far more accurate to call this "decreased pumping losses" than
>"increased volumetric efficiency".

Yes thats a good point, because with higher EGR it takes energy to pump this
inert gas around the system - I would have thought not that efficient.

Decreased pumping losses for 'fresh air' would be spot on...

:) mike

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