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An idea for controlling the inertia charging effect of diesel engines have been developed. Although the conventional inertia charging system can provide an effect in a narrow driving range, the new concept covers the whole range of engine speeds and load conditions. The Hino EK100 naturally aspirated 13.3 dm³ engine equipped with this variable controlled inertia charging system could meet the 1983 Japanese exhaust emission regulation (intensified to 470ppm of NO_x on 6 Mode from the original value of 770ppm in 1974) while giving an improved fuel economy. This 199 kw engine is applied to the Hino heavy duty truck named the 'New Super Dolphin (Econo Diesel)'. One of the measures to offset the deterioration of engine performance caused by the reduction of exhaust gas emissions is to improve the combustion characteristics by increasing the excess air ratio. Although inertia charging can provide more excess air for the engine, this system has to have come fixed factors such as tuned pipe length and diameter etc. So the resonance zone is also fixed within a narrow engine speed range. And, moreover, out of such range, the air quantity has been reduced below that experienced without inertia charging. Thus variable control of the inertia charging with a mechanism to change the tuned pipe length is considered for this system. The intake air quantity is thus controlled to improve engine performance over a wide speed range at both full load and partial load. The engine can get a higher brake mean effective pressure of 0.90 MPa at peak torque and also improve fuel consumption even at partial load by reduced intake air quantity for minimizing gas exchange loss.

A method of controlling the inertia charging effect for the diesel engine has been developed. Though the conventional inertia charging system can provide an effect in a narrow range of driving conditions, the new method covers the whole range of engine speeds and load conditions. A Hino EK 100 naturally aspirated 13.3dm&#179, engine equipped with this variable controlled inertia charging system could meet the 1983 Japanese exhaust emissions regulations (intensified to 470 p.p.m. of NOx on 6 Mode from the original value of 770 p.p.m. in 1974) while giving improved fuel economy. This 199kW engine is applied to the Hino heavy duty truck named 'New Super Dolphin (Econo Diesel)'. One of the measures that can be taken to offset the deterioration of engine performance caused by the reduction of exhaust gas emission is to improve the combustion characteristics by increasing excess air ratio. Though inertia charging can provide more excess air from the engine, this system has to have some fixed factors, such as tuned pipe length and diameter. So the resonance zone is also fixed within a narrow engine speed range. And, moreover, outside this range, the air quantity is reduced below that without inertia charging. Therefore, variable control of inertia charging with a mechanism to change the tuned pipe length is considered for this system. The intake air quantity is thus controlled to improve engine performance over a wide speed range at both full and partial load. The engine can get a higher brake mean effective pressure of 0.90 MPa at peak torque and can also improve fuel consumption even at partial load by reducing intake air quantity to minimise gas exchange loss.