Post by racket on Apr 10, 2014 16:30:00 GMT -5
Hi Mike
Welcome :-)
Once the diesel spray is ignited you can turn off the ignition as well as the propane pilot light , as long as the spray of diesel is reasonably atomised and is continuous , she should continue to run, evaporators are only needed with very low fuel pressures and no atomisation , the fuel is simply fed/poured into the evaporator .
You will need fuel pressure considerably higher than P2 pressures for reasonable atomisation , so if you've got 30 psi coming out of the compressor you'll need >30 psi just to get fuel moving into the engine , you then add on the pressure required to produce the desired fuel flow rate to produce the atomisation , any pressure up to ~500 psi at full throttle , I've used fuel pressures up to 1,300 psi on occasion with a spray nozzle , but settled on ~750 psi for my bike build.
Cheers
John
Welcome :-)
Once the diesel spray is ignited you can turn off the ignition as well as the propane pilot light , as long as the spray of diesel is reasonably atomised and is continuous , she should continue to run, evaporators are only needed with very low fuel pressures and no atomisation , the fuel is simply fed/poured into the evaporator .
You will need fuel pressure considerably higher than P2 pressures for reasonable atomisation , so if you've got 30 psi coming out of the compressor you'll need >30 psi just to get fuel moving into the engine , you then add on the pressure required to produce the desired fuel flow rate to produce the atomisation , any pressure up to ~500 psi at full throttle , I've used fuel pressures up to 1,300 psi on occasion with a spray nozzle , but settled on ~750 psi for my bike build.
Cheers
John
