Global market review of fuel injection systems - forecasts to 2016

With fuel efficiency being at the top of many suppliers' and vms' development agendas right now, just-auto' s latest edition of its fuel injection global market review analyses how this component sector is key to addressing this major market driver of the future.

Fuel-injection systems squirt atomised fuel into the cylinders of an internal combustion engine. They use a series of single- or multi-hole nozzle injectors to spray fuel into the combustion chamber. Direct-injection systems have been heralded as the panacea for fuel economy and emissions. Despite a rocky start, gasoline direct-injection (GDI) technology is starting to become popular given its potential 20% improvement in fuel economy and emissions, compared to conventional gasoline engines. Meanwhile, direct-injection and common-rail technology, which injects fuel directly into the combustion chamber at ultra-high pressure with electronic control, have boosted diesel' s performance. Common-rail technology has transformed the diesel engine' s noisy and dirty image.

In India and China, Bosch expects to see growth in common-rail systems. At present, just one-fifth of the company' s total production of high-pressure injection systems is for the markets in Asia and the Americas, but by 2015 this figure will be nearly 50%. The driving force behind this development is emission standards that can only be fulfilled with high-pressure injection systems.

Continental: “We think that, in the future, we will see more engines in the US with a combination of turbocharging and direct injection to implement the downsizing technology.”

Delphi: “GDi will be its own success story in combination with turbocharging and similar technologies that diesel engines undertook. Combining fun-to-drive with excellent fuel economy is the path for the future. I look for all other gasoline technologies to be add-ons to this basic configuration.”

In this, the fifth edition of this report, just-auto reviews the key market drivers for fuel-injection systems, and updates the market analysis.