Abstract
Direct gasoline injection is one major approach in reducing fuel consumption to fulfill the stages of CO2 reduction commitments in Europe from today until 2008. One effort is to unthrottle the gasoline engine utilizing charge stratification. This may be realized by using different combustion concepts. This paper shows the analysis of mixture preparation for two types of direct injected gasoline engines. Each engine was driven with two injectors which have two different atomization concepts. The injectors were analyzed in a pressure chamber, in an optical engine, and in an actual 1-cylinder engine. The formation of wall-film in wall-guided combustion systems will be discussed. Several important injector and engine parameters for fuel direct injection are pointed out.