Engine Management System
Part 2
Prof. Mohamed Ibrahim
Multi-Point Fuel Injection (MPFI)
▪ The MPFI injection system is also known as port fuel injection (PFI).
▪ This injection system is widely used in multi-cylinder petrol engines.
▪ In this, the each cylinder is provided with individual injector which is
located over intake valve as shown in Fig. below. The fuel can be
supplied to each injector by a common accumulator or separate
branching of pipes.
▪ This system allows, more uniform fuel distribution to each cylinder.
Hence, it helps to smooth running of engine.
▪ The amount of fuel injected is dependent on the engine speed and load.
Various sensors are such as speed sensor, throttle position sensor, mass
air flow sensor etc. are used to control the quantity of fuel injected.
▪ The heat conducted from the engine cylinder
assists the fuel evaporation, which improves the
homogeneity of the mixture.
▪ There are two types of MPFI systems, these are
listed below.
▪ D- MPFI
▪ L- MPFI
▪ The Robert Bosch Gmbh, Germany has
developed many MPFI systems, they are known by
the trade name Jetronic like L-Jetronic, K-Jetronic,
KE-Jetronic etc.
D- MPFI System
▪ In this, D stands for “Druck”. It is a German word meaning
“Pressure”. It is also known as manifold pressure control system.
The Fig. below shows the block diagram of D- MPFI system.
▪ The quantity of fuel injected depends of the intake manifold
pressure. The intake manifold vacuum is sensed by the pressure
sensor and it sends the signal to ECU (Electronic Control Unit). The
ECU decides the quantity of fuel injection, time of injection
depending on the look-up table data.
▪ The signal from ECU actuates the fuel injection. The solenoid
(Electromagnetic) fuel injectors are used for fuel injection.
▪ It also employs other sensors like engine rpm sensor, air temperature
sensor etc. for accurate metering of fuel.
▪ The exhaust gas oxygen (EGO) sensor detects the amount of
oxygen retained in exhaust gas. This is because the 3 way catalytic
converter gives better conversion efficiency at stoichiometric air-
fuel ratio
L- MPFI System
▪ In this, L stands for “Luft”. It is a German word meaning “Air”. It is
similar to D-MPFI system, the only difference being use of intake air
flow sensor which replaces the pressure sensor.
▪ The air flow sensor measures the amount of air inducted into cylinder
and sends the signal to the ECU as shown in Fig. below.
▪ Also, the ECU also receives the information from engine rpm sensor,
inlet air temperature sensor and decides the quantity of fuel injection.
▪ The exhaust gas oxygen (EGO) sensor (also known as lambda sensor)
detects the amount of oxygen retained in exhaust gas.
▪ This system is also known as L-Jetronic (Robert Bosch Corporation,
Germany)