Injection diagnosis through common-rail pressure measurement

Abstract

Modern diesel common-rail injection systems supply fuel from a high-pressure vessel. The injection event causes an instantaneous drop in the rail pressure, as the stored mass is diminished. Pressure variations are also affected by the dynamics of the high-pressure pump that supplies fuel to the rail to compensate for the emptying process due to the injection. This paper proposes the possibility of diagnosing the injection process from measurement of the rail pressure. Different data treatment techniques are explored and evaluated in this paper to propose an effective method for the diagnosis of common-rail injection systems.