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(Carburetor)
Function of the carburetor
Pa = P1
P = P1 P2 P2
Afuel
* Changing
Throttle opening
Aair/Afuel !!
Simple Carburetor problems
Idling circuit
Acceleration (Response time)
Chock (Cold starting)
Carburetor Idle circuit and mix
adjustment
Variable Jet Carburetor
Intake System of a Gasoline Internal
Combustion Engine with a Two-Barrel
Carburetor
Assumptions:
Incompressible flow
No Heat transfer
Frictionless flow
No external work
Distance between venture inlet and
throat is negligible
1 2 3
Calculation of F/A ratio
Air
A. For air
Apply Bernoulli equation between 1 and 2
P1 V12 P2 V22 1 2 3
gZ1 gZ 2
1 2 2 2 Fuel
1 2 a
P1 P2 V22 V12 2 Pa
V22 V12 ..............(1)
a 2 a
Apply continuity equation
1 2 3
A2
1 A1 V1 2 A2 V2 V1 V2 ..............( 2)
Air
A1
From 2 in 1
2Pa A
2
2Pa A
2
V22 V22 2 V22 1 2
a A1 a A1
1 2 3
2Pa
a
V2 2
Fuel
A2
1
A1
2
A2
Where 1 approuch factor
A1
If A1>>> A2
A
2
1 2 1
A1
2Pa 1 2 3
V2
a
Air
Actual velocity:
If Ca = flow coefficient
Ca = Va)act / Va)th
Ca < 1 V2)act < V2)th 1 2 3
Mass flow rate:
Fuel
2Pa
m a Ca A2 V2 a Ca a
a
Ca a 2Pa a
Ca a Pa 2 a
B. For Fuel
Similarly as air
f Cf f
m Pf 2f
1 2 3
Air
A m
a Ca Aa a Pa
F m
f C A Pf
f f f
1 2 3
Fuel