Papers by Keyword: Motorcycle Engine

Abstract: For PFI (Port Fuel Injection) SI engine, accurate AFR (Air-fuel Ratio) control would keep TWC (Three-Way Catalyst) work in high efficiency range to achieve low pollutants emission. For ZS157FMI-3 motorcycle engine equipped with ZH600 ECS (Electronic Control System), a control strategy with close-loop feedback mode and feed-forward mode was designed for transient, quasi-steady and steady work states. One switching oxygen sensor was installed to form the close loop for quasi-steady and steady work states, and feed-forward control strategy based on a simplified fuel-film model was implemented to cope with transient AFR control. TP (Throttle Position) change rates were selected to be the determinant of which AFR control mode should be activated. For the validation of the control methods, bench tests were carried out in three typical work procedures. The results showed that AFR values of close-loop were close to stoichiometric one with relative error below 3%. AFR in acceleration or deceleration process may exhibit slight fluctuations, but the crest would be eliminated immediately. It concluded that the strategy designed in the study is able to cope with AFR control on variety of operation conditions for the experimental engine.

Abstract: A set of fuel supply system, in place of the carburetor, based on ultrasonic atomization is designed. The fuel for the new system which is atomized into micron grade fog grain with ultrasonic system, increases the fuel and air mixing contact area, make the fuel mix more uniform. The experimental results shows that the HC and CO conce-ntration in tail gas of new system has significantly lower,and CO₂ is increased, which demonstrates the fuel burning more fully, achieve the effect of energy saving and emission reduction. The cost is quite to carburetor type.

Abstract: The internal combustion engine should be enlarged the cylinder diameter for the Power requirements. In order to ensure the engine to work normally, it is needed to compute the strength of the connecting rod. Through adopting ANSYS software, the three-dimensional computational model is constructed, and the stress analysis is carried out. We can learn the stress field of process of deformation. Through calculation the stress and strength of connecting rod are derived. Using the stress which was calculated from ANSYS we can decide the Safety of connecting rod. In general, the analysis is meaningful to optimize the design of connecting rod.

Abstract: A misfire controller developed by the authors was used in this paper to investigate the effect of misfire on the emission and engine performance of a single cylinder motorcycle engine. Three kinds of test were carried out, the idle test, the engine dynamometer tests, and the chassis test. It was found that in the engine dynamometer tests, the concentration of unburned hydrocarbons in the engine exhaust was raised and the engine torque declined as the misfire rate increased. The variations of the CO and CO₂ are not the same in different operating conditions. At low load, CO concentration increased with the misfire rate while CO₂ moved in an opposite direction. Contrary condition happened at high load. The CO₂ concentration increased with the misfire rate while CO varied in the opposite way. Results of idle test showed that misfire would cause moderate deterioration of engine emission. However, chassis dynamometer test showed that even 1% of misfire would cause severe increase of emission.

Abstract: Three reasons of the deviation of the fuel injection quantity for the electronic fuel injection (EFI) motorcycle engine during the transient conditions were analyzed, including the presence of fuel injection dead time, the engine load measurement deviation and the existence of fuel film attached to the inlet pipe wall. The control strategy of fuel film compensation was studied at conditions of starting, acceleration and deceleration, which was based on the changes of engine velocity, inlet air pressure and inlet air temperature. During the transient condition, the basic fuel film compensation and correction coefficient were calibrated at motorcycle dynamometer, and the modified fuel film compensation MAP were achieved correspondingly, in order to keep the excess air coefficient stable.

Abstract: The performance of production cell for motorcycle engine parts is critical for the competitive capacity of motorcycle products. In order to meet the maximum beneficial result with minimum cost, simulation approach is applied to find the best improvement scheme of the production cell. Performance indicators including rate of comprehensive utilization of equipment and rate of utilization of workers are established. Two different production schemes are analyzed based on work study. Flexsim simulation software was used to simulate and evaluate the schemes. The comparative simulation results show that simulation provides an effective way to find the best improvement scheme by evaluating overall performance of the production cell, instead of partial performance evaluation by traditional work study methods.

Abstract: This study presents heat transfer rate and temperature distributions for the prediction of each component in an air-cooled motorcycle engines. The 3-D finite element method was used to solve the temperature field and heat transfer rate for each component (intake valves, exhaust valves, piston, piston rings, cylinder head and cylinder) of motorcycle engine when the piston is in TDC and BDC. The results shows that the fractions of heat transfer rate for each component are as follows: intake valves 11％, exhaust valves 8％, cylinder head 21％, the piston 35％ and the cylinder 25％. And the temperature measurement value is in good agreement with experimental data within 20%.