"Developer Says New Injectors Promise 20% Fuel-Economy Gains"
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A pharmaceutical business that specializes in aerosol medicine delivery has spun off a company that's developing a better automotive fuel injector.
The crux of the claim is that the redesigned injector tip offers vastly better fuel atomization than conventional injectors, permitting faster combustion:
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“It looks like a shower head,” he says of his new injector. “The only thing we're changing is the geometry of the tip of the injector.” The orifices are the same size as in conventional injectors or even bigger, Mulye adds.
“We can get 50 times more droplets out of our injectors,” Coventry says. “The drops are smaller and burn more quickly.”
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The company is also working on a closed-loop water injection system as part of a "100 mpg" engine project.
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Nostrum says it has begun a joint development project with one of the Detroit Three, but Mulye and Coventry decline to reveal the automaker’s identity.
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