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The injector driving strategy influences both the performance and the emission produced by internal combustion engines. The injector driving strategy is the intellectual property of the automotive industry; its disclosure is restricted to the automaker and the injection system supplier. The objective of this paper is to present a drive circuit for common rail diesel injectors. The circuit design is based on transient simulations using an equivalent virtual circuit, to be used on a test bench for injection strategies. The simulated electric current curve has been compared with experimental measurement under the same conditions in the projected circuit, the errors has remained at approximately 6%.

This paper presents an investigation on fuel consumption of a diesel engine fuelled with blends of natural gas-diesel and hydrogen-diesel. Experiments have been carried out in a 50 kW, four-stroke, diesel engine. Natural gas and hydrogen have both been injected in the intake manifold, while diesel was directly injected in the combustion chamber. Blends of 25%, 50% and 75% of natural gas in diesel were tested, while the concentrations of hydrogen were 20%, 30% and 50%. No alteration in the diesel injection system has been made when the gaseous fuels were used. The results show that diesel consumption is reduced proportionally to the necessary air amount for stoichiometric burn of the gaseous fuels.