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- From: tgl@slee01.srl.ford.com (Tom Leone)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Poor Economy--318 Mopar
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 16:35:18 GMT
- Organization: Ford Motor Company Research Laboratory
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- Bob Valentine (ravalent@mothra.syr.EDU) wrote:
- : In article <1jpakqINN7up@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> tgl@slee01.srl.ford.com (Tom Leone) writes:
- : >
- : >For that matter, EGR helps fuel economy, too. Was it removed
- : >or disabled before the engine was installed?
- :
- : NOT! Diluting the intake mixture with burned/partialy burned
- : exhaust gas will only serve to reduce economy, since the fuel system
- : will have to compensate by adding more fuel. Just disconnecting the
- : EGR _WILL_ reduce mileage, since the system will then tend to run rich.
-
- First of all, the fuel system is designed to add only enough
- fuel for the air coming in (especially with feedback from the
- exhaust gas oxygen sensor in this car and all modern cars).
-
- YES, EGR does improve fuel economy. There are several reasons:
-
- (1) Reduced "pumping work" needed to move gases from a low-pressure
- intake to a high-pressure exhaust. When you dilute the air/fuel
- mixture with EGR, you must increase intake pressure (open the throttle
- more) to get the same mass of air/fuel for the same torque. Note
- EGR is automatically turned off at wide-open-throttle, so you get
- the same maximum torque/power.
-
- (2) Reduced heat transfer losses, due to lower combustion temperatures.
-
- (3) Less dissociation in the burned gases, due to lower combustion
- temperatures (allows fuller use of fuel's energy for useful work).
-
- There may also be some benefit from better fuel evaporation and mixing,
- due to hot exhaust gas in the intake. The only problems are a decrease
- in burn rate, and misfiring for excessively high EGR rates.
-
- Reference: Heywood, "Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals", p. 837-8,
- including graph showing approximately 10% improvement in fuel economy
- for 20% EGR (for a certain engine and speed/load point).
-
- Tom Leone <tgl@slee01.srl.ford.com>
-