4. Conclusion
The single-hole gasoline injector performance with retrofit use of ethanol at 0.2–0.4 MPa and 40–80 °C can be concluded as the followings, based on the assumption that the fuel flow was quasi steady, incompressible, and one dimensional. At constant fuel temperature, ethanol delivered greater fuel amounts than gasoline. Both fuels showed greater flow at higher pressure drop across the injector nozzle. Higher discharge coefficients were observed for ethanol. By the conditions used in the test, the heated ethanol up to 60 °C benefits for both terms of mass flow rate and discharge coefficient. Calibrating fuel injection timing and duration, and adding fuel preheating element are recommended when an OEM gasoline injector has to be retrofit by ethanol fuel.