EP4522853A1 - Gasinjektor mit robuster nadelführung - Google Patents
Gasinjektor mit robuster nadelführungInfo
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- EP4522853A1 EP4522853A1 EP23709338.0A EP23709338A EP4522853A1 EP 4522853 A1 EP4522853 A1 EP 4522853A1 EP 23709338 A EP23709338 A EP 23709338A EP 4522853 A1 EP4522853 A1 EP 4522853A1
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- Prior art keywords
- needle guide
- guide
- needle
- gas injector
- lubricant
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
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- F02M21/0203—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form for gaseous fuels characterised by the type of gaseous fuel
- F02M21/0206—Non-hydrocarbon fuels, e.g. hydrogen, ammonia or carbon monoxide
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a gas injector for blowing in a gaseous fuel, in particular hydrogen or natural gas or the like, with very robust and long-lasting guiding properties for guiding a long valve needle of a closing element of the gas injector.
- the gas injector is designed in particular for direct injection into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine.
- Gas injectors are known from the prior art in different designs.
- One problem area with gas injectors is, due to their principle, that due to the gaseous medium to be injected, no lubrication through the medium is possible, as is possible, for example, with fuel injectors that inject gasoline or diesel. This results in excessive wear during operation compared to fuel injectors for liquid fuels, particularly in an area for guiding a valve needle.
- a compact design is often necessary.
- tilting moments which can be exerted on the valve needle by a restoring element, for example, can be safely absorbed and do not lead to an inclined position of the valve needle on the sealing seat.
- the gas injector is in all of them Operating situations on the sealing seat when closed.
- the gas injector comprises a magnetic actuator with an armature, an inner pole and a coil.
- the gas injector comprises a closing element with a valve needle, which opens and closes a gas path for the gaseous fuel at a sealing seat.
- the anchor is connected to the closing element.
- a closed lubricant space is provided, which is filled with lubricant and in which the movable anchor is arranged.
- the lubricant ensures that the armature is lubricated so that no wear occurs on the armature during operation.
- the lubricant space here comprises at least one flexible sealing element, in particular a bellows, which seals the lubricant space from the gas path and thus ensures the axial mobility of the closing element.
- the gas injector comprises a restoring element, in particular a closing spring in the form of a cylinder spring, wherein the restoring element returns the closing element to a closed starting position.
- the gas injector includes a first, second and third needle guide, which guide the valve needle during the opening and closing processes.
- the first and second needle guides are arranged in the gas path and the third needle guide is arranged in the lubricant space.
- the restoring element is also arranged in the lubricant space.
- the first and second needle guides which are arranged in the gas path, are therefore located outside the lubricant space. If a tilting moment is exerted on the valve needle by the restoring element during operation, this tilting moment can be safely absorbed by the two first and second needle guides arranged in the gas path. This prevents the valve needle from bending, which could be caused by the tilting moment that may occur, through the first and second needle guides. As a result, the sealing seat remains closed in all operating situations and tilting of the valve needle on the sealing seat and thus an insufficient closing process can be prevented. The valve needle is therefore safely guided by a double guide outside the lubricant space and a guide in the lubricant space.
- a first distance A1 between the first and second needle guides in the axial direction XX of the gas injector is smaller than a second distance A2 between the second and third needle guides in the axial direction XX.
- the second distance A2 is preferably at least twice as large, more preferably at least three times as large, as the first distance A1.
- first and/or second and/or third needle guide each have an annular guide region which is connected to the valve needle of the closing element via webs, such that openings for fluid passage are present between the webs.
- first and second needle guides which are arranged in the gas guide area of the gas injector in order to allow the largest possible quantities of gas to flow through the first and second guide areas when the gas injector is open.
- the annular guide area is preferably closed along the entire circumference. In order to keep friction as small as possible during the opening and closing process of the closing element, a width of the annular guide area is chosen to be as small as possible.
- three webs are provided, which connect the valve needle to the annular guide area. The webs are preferably arranged at equal distances along the circumference.
- the webs between the valve needle and the annular guide areas are arranged at an acute angle to the annular guide area. This makes it possible for a flow cross section to be increased in the area of the guides, which is particularly advantageous for the first and second needle guides, which are located in the gas guide area.
- the webs are preferably arranged in the direction of flow through the openings after the guide area.
- the webs between the valve needle and the annular guide area of the needle guides are arranged at a right angle to the valve needle.
- the first and/or second and/or third needle guide are designed exclusively as webs which extend radially outwards from the valve needle and have guide areas at their free ends. Further alternatively, the first and/or second and/or third needle guide are designed as guide ribs, which have a greater extent in the axial direction than in the radial direction.
- a plate is also arranged on the valve needle, to which the flexible sealing element is fixed. This makes it possible to achieve a simple connection between the closing element and the flexible sealing element, which seals the lubricant space.
- the first and second needle guides are preferably guided on the same component.
- the component is preferably a cylindrical valve body, on which the sealing seat is also arranged. This makes it possible for the guide surfaces for the first and second needle guides to be produced in one clamping, which offers great advantages in terms of manufacturing technology and further reduces manufacturing costs.
- the third needle guide is preferably also set up to support the restoring element, which is arranged in the lubricant space.
- the third needle guide can preferably be designed as a spring plate with openings for the lubricant during the opening and closing process of the closing element.
- a third distance A3 between the first needle guide and the sealing seat is smaller than the first distance A1 between the first and second needle guides.
- the third distance A3 is preferably smaller than half of the first distance A1 and particularly preferably smaller than a third of the first distance A1.
- the closing element can be made in one piece or in several parts with the lower two needle guides and the disk for receiving the elastic element.
- several disks, disks for guidance and the disk for receiving the elastic element can be welded to a pin.
- the pin can also form a part with the seat plate to which the plates for the valve needle guides and for receiving the elastic element are welded.
- the flexible sealing element is preferably a metal bellows.
- the metal bellows provides very good mobility in order to enable the axial movements of the closing element and, on the other hand, the metal bellows can be arranged as close as possible to the hot combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. This allows the axial length of the gas injector to be further reduced.
- the flexible sealing element is a plastic bellows or a membrane or a rubber element.
- the gas injector has a cone seat or ball-cone seat.
- the closing element comprises a sealing disk at an end directed towards the combustion chamber, which exposes one or more through openings at a sealing seat.
- the gas injector is preferably designed as an injector that opens to the outside. This makes it possible to provide a sealing seat which lies in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the gas injector.
- the gas injector preferably comprises a braking device arranged in the lubricant space, which is set up to brake the closing element during a reset process of the gas injector from the open to the closed state.
- the braking device comprises a brake bolt, a damping space that is in fluid communication with the lubricant space, and an elastic braking element, in particular a spring.
- the brake bolt and the elastic brake element are in operative connection with the closing element and/or the armature, wherein the brake bolt is also set up during the restoring process to displace lubricant from the damping space in order to dampen a reset of the brake bolt.
- the provision of the damping space can prevent the formation of vapor bubbles in the liquid lubricant when overcoming the hydraulic sticking, so that in particular wear due to cavitation can be prevented.
- the braking process is additionally supported by the acceleration of the additional masses provided by the braking device. Furthermore, further braking is achieved by displacing the lubricant between the armature and the brake bolt. A return speed of the closing element can also be further reduced by friction of guide elements or the like with the brake bolt. All of this reduces the impact force of the anchor at the stop, so that the service life of the anchor can be further extended.
- the brake bolt in particular comprises a main body with a contact surface, which is arranged on a side of the main body of the brake bolt directed towards the closing element and can be brought into operative connection with the closing element and serves as a stop surface.
- the main body is preferably cylindrical. More preferably, an annular flange is arranged on the side of the main body facing the closing element. The ring flange preferably serves as a stop surface.
- the elastic braking element of the braking device is arranged in the damping space.
- the elastic braking element is preferably a compression spring, in particular a cylinder spring.
- the damping chamber is in fluid communication with the lubricant chamber via a guide play of the brake bolt.
- the gas injector further comprises a throttle which connects the damping space with the lubricant space.
- the throttle ensures that the damping process can take place in a defined manner, since the lubricant from the damping chamber is then transferred into the lubricant chamber via the throttle.
- the throttle is preferably a small connecting hole between Damping room and lubricant room. The damping behavior of the braking device can be adjusted by selecting geometric dimensions of the connecting hole, for example the diameter and/or length of the hole.
- the gas injector further preferably comprises an anchor bolt which rests on the closing element, the anchor bolt being connected to the anchor.
- An end of the anchor bolt facing away from a sealing seat of the gas injector is set up to come into contact with the brake bolt when the gas injector is closed.
- An oil in particular a synthetic oil, is preferably used as the lubricant.
- a liquid fuel in particular diesel or gasoline, is used.
- a grease is used as a lubricant.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic sectional view of a gas injector according to a first exemplary embodiment of the invention
- Figure 2 is a schematic partial sectional view of the gas injector
- Figure 3 is a schematic, perspective view of the first and second needle guides of the gas injector from Figure 1,
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic, perspective view of a first and second needle guide of a gas injector according to a second exemplary embodiment of the invention
- Figure 5 shows a schematic, perspective view of a first and second needle guide of a gas injector according to a third exemplary embodiment of the invention
- Figure 6 shows a schematic, perspective view of a first and second needle guide of a gas injector according to a fourth exemplary embodiment of the invention.
- a gas injector 1 according to a first preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.
- the gas injector 1 for introducing a gaseous fuel comprises a magnetic actuator 2, which moves an outwardly opening closing element 3 from a closed state to an open state.
- Figure 1 shows the closed state of the gas injector.
- the magnetic actuator 2 includes an armature 20, which is connected to the closing element 3 by means of an anchor bolt 24. Furthermore, the magnetic actuator 2 includes an inner pole 21, a coil 22 and a magnet housing 23, which ensures a magnetic inference of the magnetic actuator.
- the gas injector 1 comprises a main body 7 with a gas inlet 70 through which the gaseous fuel is supplied.
- a valve housing 8, in which the magnetic actuator 2 is arranged, is fixed to the main body 7.
- the valve housing 8 is adjoined by a housing sleeve 19, at the free end of which a sealing seat 11 is provided on a valve seat component 93, on which the closing element 3 opens and closes a passage for the gaseous fuel.
- FIG 1 shows schematically an electrical connection 13, which is guided through the main body 7 and the magnet housing 8 to the magnetic actuator 2.
- the reference number 10 denotes a restoring element for the closing element 3 in order to return it to the closed state shown in FIG. 1 after an opening process.
- 1 also shows a gas flow as a gas path 14 through the gas injector 1.
- the gas flow begins at the gas inlet 70 and is then diverted into an annular space 80 between the valve housing 8 and the main body 7.
- the gas flow 14 continues past an outer area of the magnetic actuator 2 through a filter 15 to the sealing seat 11.
- Breakthroughs are provided in the respective components, not all of which are shown in Figure 1.
- the closing element 3 comprises a valve needle 30 with a seat plate 30a, which is arranged at the end of the closing element directed towards the combustion chamber.
- the sealing seat 11 is formed between the seat plate 30a and the valve seat component 93, which is a cylindrical tube.
- the closing element 3 further comprises a first needle guide 31, a second needle guide 32 and a third needle guide 33.
- the three needle guides 31, 32, 33 are formed in one piece or in several pieces with the valve needle 30.
- the closing element 3 also includes a plate 34, which is arranged in the axial direction X-X between the second needle guide 32 and the third needle guide 33.
- the gas injector 1 further comprises a closed lubricant space 4.
- the closed lubricant space 4 is completely or partially filled with a liquid lubricant, for example oil.
- the lubricant space 4 is defined by a first flexible sealing element 51, the inner pole 21, the magnet housing 23, a guide body 18 and a second flexible sealing element 52.
- the first and second flexible sealing elements 51, 52 are each designed as bellows. It should be noted that instead of a bellows, a membrane or a hose or the like can also be used as flexible sealing elements 51, 52.
- the second flexible sealing element 52 is fixed to a storage spring plate 41, for example by means of a welded connection. Furthermore, the gas injector 1 includes a storage pressure spring 40, which is supported on the main body 7 and biases the second flexible sealing element 52 via the storage spring plate 41. Connecting holes 18a are provided in the guide body 18, so that the lubricant located in the lubricant space 4 is also located in the area within the second flexible sealing element 52.
- the first flexible sealing element 51 is fixed directly to the closing element 3 on the plate 34 and is connected to a guide sleeve 9 at the other end.
- the third needle guide 33 is guided within the guide sleeve 9.
- the lubricant chamber 4 thus has two flexible sealing elements 51, 52 and the storage pressure spring 40.
- the storage pressure spring 40 exerts a certain preload, for example 1 x 10 5 Pa, on the lubricant located in the lubricant chamber 4. If displacement of the lubricant occurs during an opening process due to the stroke of the closing element 3 or also due to thermal expansion or cooling of the lubricant, any overpressure/negative pressure that may arise inside the lubricant space 4 can be caused by deflection on the second flexible sealing element 52 in conjunction with a contraction of the Storage pressure spring 40 can be balanced. Thus, the flexible sealing element 51 cannot exert any unwanted force on the closing element 3 acting via the bellows effective surface.
- the anchor bolt 24 with the anchor 20 fixed to it is also arranged in the closed lubricant space 4. Since the lubricant space 4 is filled with a lubricant, for example an oil with a viscosity of gasoline or diesel or a grease or the like, the armature 20 is continuously lubricated. This makes it possible to compensate for the problem that occurs in the prior art with gaseous fuels, that there is a lack of lubrication of the moving parts.
- the third needle guide 33 is also arranged in the lubricant space 4. As can be seen in particular from FIG. 2, the third needle guide 33 is guided inside the guide sleeve 9.
- the restoring element 10 is also arranged, which is supported on a shoulder 9a of the guide sleeve 9 and the third needle guide 33.
- the third needle guide 33 thus has two functions, namely guiding the valve needle 30 and supporting the restoring element 10.
- Corresponding openings 33a are provided in the third needle guide 33 so that the lubricant located in the lubricant chamber 4 can pass through these openings.
- the guide sleeve 9 is connected to the first flexible sealing element 51, for example by means of a welded connection.
- the third needle guide 33 is arranged in the lubricant chamber 4, there is sufficient lubrication here in all operating situations of the gas injector, so that no wear occurs on the third needle guide during operation.
- the first needle guide 31 and the second needle guide 32 are arranged in the gas path 14.
- the first needle guide 31 and the second needle guide 32 are constructed the same.
- the first needle guide 31 includes an annular guide region 31a, which is connected to the valve needle 30 via three webs 31b. Openings 33c are formed between the webs for fluid to pass between the webs.
- the webs are designed to be as thin as possible in order to provide the largest possible passage cross section for the medium to be blown in.
- the second needle guide 32 is designed in the same way as the first needle guide 31 with an annular guide area 32a, three webs 32b and corresponding openings 32c formed between the webs.
- the annular guide areas 31a and 32a on the first and second needle guides make it possible to guide the closing element 3 particularly safely and precisely.
- the restoring element 10 and, if necessary, also the bellows can be used first flexible sealing element 51 tilting moments are exerted on the closing element.
- these can be accommodated by the first and second needle guide, so that the valve needle 30, which is designed with the smallest possible cross-section and has a certain overall length in the axial direction XX, can be flexible and can bend due to such tilting moments. Due to the flexibility of the valve needle, there are only small transverse forces on the needle guides during tilting moments from the closing element or the elastic element.
- a first distance A 1 between the first needle guide 31 and the second needle guide 32 is smaller than a second distance A2 between the second needle guide and the third needle guide 33.
- the gas injector can therefore be designed to be very slim and with a certain overall length, without unwanted transverse forces being exerted on the valve needle during operation due to tilting moments of the restoring element 10 or the first flexible sealing element 51, so that the gas injector can always seal in all operating situations can be safely returned to the closed, sealing state even after an opening process.
- the wear on the valve needle guides is therefore negligible.
- a third distance A3 between the first needle guide 31 and the sealing seat 11 is smaller than the first distance A1 between the first and second needle guides 31, 32. This additionally supports the closing process so that the sealing seat can always be closed correctly.
- a braking device 6 is also arranged in the closed lubricant space 4.
- the braking device 6 comprises a brake bolt 60, a brake spring 61 and a damping chamber 62.
- the damping chamber 62 is in fluid communication with the lubricant chamber 4.
- the brake bolt 60 and the elastic brake element 61 are in operative connection with the closing element 3 when the gas injector is reset to the closed starting position.
- lubricant is displaced from the damping space 62 into the lubricant space 4 in order to provide additional damping when the gas injector is reset Brake bolt 60 in the closed state of the gas injector ( Figure 1).
- the brake bolt 60 is guided in the guide body 18.
- the damping space 62 is formed directly on the brake bolt 60 on a side of the brake bolt 60 facing away from the sealing seat 11.
- the damping chamber 62 is connected to the connecting bores 18a and thus to the main area of the lubricant chamber 4 via a throttle 63, which is a small bore.
- the brake spring 61 is arranged in a spring space 67.
- the brake bolt 60 has a contact surface which is in contact with the anchor bolt 24.
- the closed state which is shown in Figure 1, there is a first gap 101 between the brake bolt 60 and a stationary anchor bolt guide 25.
- the anchor bolt guide 25 guides the anchor bolt 24 during an opening and closing process.
- the brake spring 61 is arranged between the brake bolt 60 and the guide body 18.
- the brake bolt 60 has a flange which is provided with play for the guide body 18.
- the first gap 101 is still formed between the contact surface of the brake bolt 60 and the anchor bolt guide 25.
- the gap 101 has a first width, which is smaller than a second width between the armature 20 and the inner pole 21 (see Figure 1) at a second gap 102. This ensures that a stroke of the brake bolt 60, which through the compression spring 61 is preloaded in the axial direction, is smaller than a stroke of the armature 20. This means that sufficient fluid can flow from the lubricant space 4 via the throttle 63 into the damping space 62 during the injection process.
- the anchor bolt 24 hits the contact surface of the brake bolt 60.
- the brake bolt 60 is pressed against the fluid located in the damping space 62. Due to the throttle 63, the fluid cannot be pressed out of the damping space 62 immediately, but rather slowly, so that a damping effect is made possible during the closing process.
- the sealing seat 11 and the anchor 20 become too large Wear is prevented because the closing process is dampened by the resetting of the brake bolt 60.
- the damping process is further supported by the brake spring 61 and a hydraulic bonding of the brake bolt 60 to the anchor bolt guide 25.
- the damping space 62 can prevent cavitation during the closing process in this area between the anchor bolt guide 25 and the contact surface of the brake bolt 60. Friction of the brake bolt 60 in the guide body 18 also delays the resetting process as well as the masses of the moving components to be accelerated in the entire lubricant space 4, which leads to a displacement of the lubricant in the closed lubricant space 4 and thus to additional braking during the closing process.
- the damping behavior can be adjusted individually for the respective gas injector.
- a stop surface between the damping bolt 60 and the anchor bolt guide 25 can be wedge-shaped, i.e., not at right angles to a central axis X-X of the gas injector.
- radial slots can be provided in the contact surface or the end face of the anchor bolt guide 25, which is directed towards the brake bolt 60, whereby a cavitation effect is further reduced and prevented.
- the gas injector 1 shown in Figure 1 is balanced in terms of pressure force.
- a so-called closing bounce in which an element hits hard on a sealing seat and is bounced back, can also be effectively prevented.
- the sealing seat 11 is designed as a cone sealing seat.
- the sealing seat 11 can also be designed as a flat sealing seat, so that the sealing surfaces on the seat plate 30a and the valve seat component 93 can be produced easily, for example by surface processing such as lapping.
- the gas injector 1 can thus provide reduced wear on the moving parts, in particular on the sealing seat 11, anchor 20 and in the anchor bolt 24 and the three needle guides. In this case, tilting and bending of the valve needle 30 can be prevented, so that the opening and, in particular, closing processes can always be carried out without any problems. Furthermore, heat dissipation from the magnetic actuator 2 can be significantly improved by the closed lubricant space 4 with a liquid lubricant. Furthermore, the two flexible sealing elements 51, 52 can prevent unwanted forces from acting on the closing element 3.
- Figure 4 shows a gas injector with a closing element according to a second exemplary embodiment of the invention.
- the same or functionally identical parts are designated with the same reference numbers as in the first exemplary embodiment.
- the first and second needle guides 31, 32 are designed differently from the first exemplary embodiment.
- the first and second needle guides 31, 32 each have an annular guide region 31a, 32a, as in the first exemplary embodiment, but the webs arranged in such a way that a bowl-shaped needle guide is achieved.
- the webs are arranged at an acute angle a to the valve needle 30 and extend in the direction of the sealing seat 11.
- a passage cross section on the first and second needle guide 31, 32 can be significantly increased in comparison to the first exemplary embodiment. This allows larger quantities of gas to be passed through the first and second needle guides, which is an important aspect of gas injectors, since the largest possible quantities of gas must be blown into the combustion chamber for the injection process in the shortest possible time.
- the angle a between the webs of the first and second needle guide and the valve needle 30 is preferably in a range of 30° to 60° and is particularly preferably 45°. Otherwise, this exemplary embodiment corresponds to the previous exemplary embodiment, so that reference can be made to the description given there.
- Figure 5 shows a gas injector with a closing element according to a third exemplary embodiment of the invention.
- Identical or functionally identical parts are designated with the same reference numerals as in the previous exemplary embodiments.
- the first and second needle guides exclusively have webs without the annular guide area, which are arranged perpendicular to the valve needle 30.
- three webs are provided.
- the guide regions 36 of the first and second needle guides 31, 32 are formed, which take over the guidance of the closing element 3 with the valve seat component 93.
- Figure 6 shows a fourth exemplary embodiment of the invention, which is designed similarly to the third exemplary embodiment, with guide ribs being formed instead of the webs, which take over the guiding of the needle in the valve seat component 93.
- a length L of the ribs in the axial direction is greater than a radial extent R, so that the elongated guide ribs are obtained on the valve needle 30.
- this exemplary embodiment corresponds to the previous exemplary embodiments, so that reference can be made to the description given there.
- the third and fourth exemplary embodiments can be produced particularly cost-effectively by dispensing with the annular guide area.
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