CA2038220C - Process for depositing hard coating in a nozzle orifice - Google Patents

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CA2038220C
CA2038220C CA002038220A CA2038220A CA2038220C CA 2038220 C CA2038220 C CA 2038220C CA 002038220 A CA002038220 A CA 002038220A CA 2038220 A CA2038220 A CA 2038220A CA 2038220 C CA2038220 C CA 2038220C
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    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C16/00Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes
    • C23C16/04Coating on selected surface areas, e.g. using masks
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02MSUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M61/00Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00
    • F02M61/16Details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M61/02 - F02M61/14
    • F02M61/166Selection of particular materials
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    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C16/00Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes
    • C23C16/04Coating on selected surface areas, e.g. using masks
    • C23C16/045Coating cavities or hollow spaces, e.g. interior of tubes; Infiltration of porous substrates
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02MSUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M61/00Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00
    • F02M61/16Details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M61/02 - F02M61/14
    • F02M61/18Injection nozzles, e.g. having valve seats; Details of valve member seated ends, not otherwise provided for
    • F02M61/1806Injection nozzles, e.g. having valve seats; Details of valve member seated ends, not otherwise provided for characterised by the arrangement of discharge orifices, e.g. orientation or size
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02BINTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B3/00Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition
    • F02B3/06Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition with compression ignition
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S239/00Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
    • Y10S239/19Nozzle materials

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a process for coating the interior surfaces of an orifice in a substrate that forms a slurry fuel injection nozzle. In a specific embodiment, the nozzle is part of a fuel injection system for metering a coal-water slurry into a large, medium-speed, multi-cylinder diesel engine. In order to retard erosion of the orifice, the substrate is placed in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reaction chamber. A reaction gas is passed into the chamber at a gas temperature below its reaction temperature and is directed through the orifice in the substrate. The gas reaction temperature is a temperature at and above which the reaction gas deposits as a coating, and the reaction gas is of a composition whereby improved resistance to-erosion by flow of the particulates in the slurry fuel is imparted by the deposited coating. Only the portion of the substrate in proximity to the orifice to be coated is selectively heated to at least the gas reaction temperature for effecting coating of the orifice's interior surfaces by the vapor deposited coating formed from the reaction gas.

Description

PROCESS FOR DEPOSITING HARD COATING IN A NOZZLE ORIFICE
The Government of the United States of America has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. DE-AC21-88MC23174 awarded by the U.S.
Department of Energy.
Background of the Invention The present invention relates to nozzles through which a flow of 05 particles passes and more particularly to improving the durability thereof.
Internal combustion engines designed to achieve a useful power output through the controlled combustion of solid powdered fuels, such as coal, have been proposed essentially since the early investigations of Rudolph Diesel. Generally, the difficulties encountered by investigators in connection with these engines have centered about the development of techniques for forming and controlling a particulate fuel-air mixture for introduction in properly timed fashion into a combustion chamber.
In one engine design approach, a mixture of powered coal and air is conveyed to an intake manifold, pre-combustion chamber, or the like, whereupon the mixture is directed to a combustion region for admission.
The maintenance of the particulate suspension during this procedure is difficult, resulting in unwanted powder accumulation and degradation of desired fuel-air ratios. Approaches intended to maintain a proper particulate suspension have included, for example, "animators" serving to agitate particles within the mixture as it awaits introduction to a region of combustion. Loss of consistency in a predetermined and desired suspension necessarily results in a loss of accurate metering of fuel into the combustion chamber leading to vagaries in cylinder power output. The coal/air mixture is pumped into the combustion chamber under pressure, thus creating nozzle erosion problems, particularly with the orifice of the nozzle that infects the mixture in the combustion chamber.
In another typical engine design approach, a mixture of coal and water (hereinafter sometimes referred to ws CWM") is injected into a compression ignition reciprocating internal combustion engine such as a large, medium-speed, mufti-cylinder diesel engine. In such a mixture, 05 there are fine particles of coal which similarly can cause excessive rates of wear and premature failure of components in the fuel injection system. CWM fuel includes, for example, from less than 30 wt-f. to as much as 60 wt-% coal particles in the range of from 0.01 to 50 microns in diameter. These particles are both abrasive and corrosive to the materials used in the nozzles and other components of the fuel injection system.
Regardless of the form of the fuel mixture, rapid wear of the fuel injection nozzle due to erosion is a universal problem. Solutions thereto, particularly with respect to CWM fuel, have included the insertion of a bushing or liner of very hard material in the nozzle of the fuel injector. These liners have been manufactured from silicon carbide, cubic boron nitride, tungsten carbide, polycrystalline diamond compacts, and alumina (sapphire). While some of these materials appear as appropriate candidates for CWM nozzle orifice applications, such liners undesirably affect the flow, atomization and strength characteristics that are required for proper operation of the fuel injection system.
Broad Statement of the Invention The present invention is directed to a practical process for depositing a thin coating of superhard material on the interior surfaces of an orifice in a fuel injection nozzle, which orifice comprises at least one small aperture penetrating through a substrate of relatively strong, ductile material. In a specific embodiment, the nozzle is part of a fuel injection system for metering CWM fuel into a large, medium-speed, mufti-cylinder diesel engine. In order to retard erosion of the orifice, the substrate in which the orifice is disposed is placed in a chemical vapor deposition (C11D) reaction chamber. A reaction gas is passed into the chamber at a gas temperature below its reaction temperature. The gas reaction temperature is a temperature at and above which the reaction gas deposits as a coating, and the reaction gas is of a composition whereby improved resistance to erosion by flow of the 2~~~~
particulates in the CWM fuel is imparted by the deposited coating. The reaction gas is directed through the orifice to be coated, and the portion of the substrate in proximity to the orifice is selectively heated to at least the gas reaction temperature for effecting the 05 desired deposition, on the interior surfaces of the orifice, of a vapor deposited coating formed from the reaction gas.
Advantageously, the nozzle orifice additionally comprises a fuel sac disposed between a larger cavity in the substrate and a ring of two or more apertures. In order to promote the selective deposition of the coating onto the interior surfaces of such an orifice, it may be desirable to cool some portions of the substrate, especially those upon which no vapor deposited coating is desired.
Advantages of the present invention include the ability to selectively coat nozzle orifices with a vapor deposited coating.
Another advantage is the ability to coat nozzle orifices with a wear layer that does not significantly alter the performance of the nozzle.
A further advantage is the ability to control the thickness and uniformity of the coating on the nozzle orifice by control of reaction conditions. These and other advantages will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art based upon the disclosure contained herein.
Brief Descriction of the Drawing FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram depicting how the invention can be implemented to selectively coat a nozzle orifice; and FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the simplified fuel injection nozzle showing where the coating is deposited by the process represented at FIG. 1.
The drawing will be described in detail below.
npt~~ted Descriction of the Invention An archetypal fuel injection system which can suffer from undesirable wear due to the particulate fuel passed through the nozzle orifice is disclosed in commonly-assigned U.S. patent 4,782,794 - Hsu and Leonard. Very high injection pressures (e.g. on the order of 10,000-15,000 psi) are required to cause sufficient atomization of the CWM so that this fuel will mix adequately with air in a combustion chamber for ignition and complete burn-out in the time available (e. g.
10-12 milliseconds in an engine running at 1,000 rpm), and such high injection pressures need to be sustained to ensure good combustion at reduced loads/speed. It is not surprising, then, that prior art injector nozzles suffer from premature failure due to erosion resulting 05 from the particulate fuel pumped through the injector at these very high pressures.
Implementation of conventional CYD technology would result in the vapor deposition of a non-uniform coating on all exposed surfaces of the substrate disposed in the CYD reaction chamber. Since it is not desirable to coat the entire fuel injector part, a modified CYD process is called for. As is illustrated at FIG. 1, CYD reaction chamber 10 normally is held under vacuum by a conventional vacuum pump P connected to the outlet 11 of the chamber, though some CYD processing at atmospheric or superatsmospheric pressure has been proposed in the art.
An annular, hollow substrate 12 which suitably can be the nozzle for a fuel injector is disposed within CYD reaction chamber 10. This substrate is made of strong, ductile material such as stainless steel.
Only the interior surfaces of the ventral fuel sac and spray holes in the distal end of the nozzle 12 are desired to be coated with a thin layer of superhard material.
The substrate 12 is supported in an inverted position by a mufti-outlet manifold 13 inside the CYD reaction chamber 10, the main cavity of the substrate registering with one of the cylindrical outlets of this manifold. Additional substrates (not shown) can be similarly disposed on other outlets of the same manifold. The coating process involves passing unheated reaction gas into chamber 10 via a line 14 connected through a flow meter 15 and a control valve V to a pressurized tank 16 of such gas. Inside chamber 10 the manifold 13 directs the relatively cool reaction gas from the line 14 to the cavity of substrate 12.
Selective heating of only the distal end of substrate 12, i.e., the portion of the substrate in closest proximity to the fuel sac and spray holes, is accomplished by means of an electrical heating element 18 which preferably is an induction heating coil surrounding this end and energized by alternating current from a suitably controlled source 19 of electrical power so as to heat the distal end of substrate 12 to the reaction gas reaction temperature. The "reaction temperature" for ~~~'~la~
5_ 2 0-DD-1559 present purposes is that temperature whereat the reaction gas deposits as a coating. Alternatively, the heating element 18 could be a hot tungsten filament. After an appropriate period of time has elapsed, a coating of desired thickness will-adhere to the heated interior surfaces 05 of the passages through which the gas leaves the hollow substrate 12, and the valve Y is turned off. Before removing the substrate from the chamber 10, it is desirable to provide post heating and controlled cooling intervals to improve the bond and to avoid high stresses at the interface of the superhard coating and the substrate.
With particular reference to FIG. 2, it will be observed that the substrate 12 has a relatively large, uncoated cylindrical cavity 20 , which is in communication with a coated orifice comprising a fuel sac 26 of reduced diameter and a ring of smaller apertures or spray holes in the distal end of substrate 12. Two such apertures 22 and 24 are shown in FIG. 2; in practice the number of apertures may range from one to ten or more. In an assembled injector, the conical tip of a reciprocally moveable needle (not shown) will be seated concentrically in a correspondingly shaped valve seat 28 around the open end of the fuel sac 26. Because the orifice (i.e., the apertures 22 and 24 and the fuel sac 26 with which they communicate] presents a substantial constriction on the flow of reaction gas during the CYD coating process represented at FIG. 1, the process yields an improved result. This geometry results in the concentration of the reaction gas increasing as it flows from cavity 20 past valve seat 28 through sac 26 and thence into apertures 22 and 24. Moreover, the velocity of the reaction gas also increases in these constricted passages. Coupled with the localized heating of the substrate, the increased gas concentration and flow rate result in the preferential coating of the interior surfaces of the fuel sac 26 and of apertures 22 and 24 as indicated by reference number 30 in FIG. 2. A
more uniform coating is also obtained by virtue of the higher gas velocity resulting from the nozzle geometry. Accordingly, a highly selective coating process results.
A variety of superhard coatings can be formed in accordance with known CVD technology. These coatings generally are ceramics such as carbides, nitrides, and borides. Specific coatings include, for example, silicon carbide, tantalum carbide, tungsten carbide, boron nitride, titanium diboride, and mixtures thereof. The flow rate is ' 2~ 3220 appropriately controlled so that the gas passes through the nozzle orifice with a velocity in a range between about one meter per hour and about one meter per second. The surfaces to be coated are heated to a temperature (e.g., 1,500°F.) that is optimum for effecting the desired deposition of the reaction gas.
Coating thicknesses preferably will range from about ten to 1,000 microns, depending upon the concentration of the reaction gas, the reaction temperature, and importantly on the reaction time. Less than ten microns may be suitable for some nozzle applications.
By following the above-described steps, satisfactory coatings can be to deposited using many different reaction gases. If, however, the desired coatings were not obtained, yet another step should be added to the process. The additional, optional step is to ionize and decompose the reaction gas so that its atoms are disassociated from the molecular structure of the gas and will readily adhere to the heated interior surfaces of the nozzle orifice. This ionizing-i5 disassociation step is performed before the gas enters the nozzle orifice (e.g., in or near the manifold 13) be either of two techniques: pre-heating the reaction gas to its decomposition temperature (which may be much higher than its optimum deposition temperature), or exciting the reaction gas with electromagnetic radiation (e.g., either radio frequency radiation or microwaves) to form a plasma. The 2o preheating step could be implemented, for example, by a hot tungsten filament in the manifold 13, in which case the manifold needs to be thermally insulated from the substrate 12, or in the cavity 20 of the substrate itself, as is indicated at reference No. 32 in FIG. 1. The alternative exciting step could be implemented, for example, by connecting a radio frequency or microwave source across two 25 electrodes disposed on opposite sides of the flow path of the reaction gas upstream from the substrate 12.
Nozzles coated in accordance with the precepts of the present invention are useful in a particulate fuel injection system, such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,782,794. Such fuel preferably comprises a mixture of 3o water and bituminous coal (approximately 50 wt-% each), the coal being beneficiated by a physical process that reduces it to very small particles (e.g. with a mean particle size in the range of 3-5 ,A

microns in diameter). The CWM fuel needs to have a low enough viscosity to flow freely through holes of approximately 0.5rrm (0.02 in) diameter for apertures 22 and 24 of the nozzle. In this regard, it will be appreciated that the present invention permits thin coatings to be 05 applied to the erodible areas in such a manner as to not interfere significantly with the atomization of liquid flow therethrough and not placing undue stresses on the coated nozzle.
Numerous modifications, variations, substitutions, and equivalents to the invention as illustrated herein will probably occur to those skilled in the art based upon the disclosure contained herein.
Accordingly, it is intended by the appended claims to cover all such changes and modifications as fall within the precepts and scope of the . present invention.

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1. A process for selectively coating the interior surfaces of a fuel injection nozzle having at least one aperture operatively positioned therein, the aperture being in communication with a fuel sac, comprising the steps of:
positioning the fuel injection nozzle in a chemical vapor disposition reaction chamber so that the concentration and velocity of a reaction gas increases as the gas flows through the nozzle and out the aperture;
introducing the reaction gas into the chamber at a temperature sufficiently below the reaction gas's reaction temperature so that the gas does not adhere to the internal surfaces of the nozzle;
heating a select portion of the interior surfaces of the nozzle in proximity to the aperture to a temperature sufficient to cause the gas to interact with the select portion of the interior surface of the nozzle;
directing the reaction gas through the nozzle, so that the select portion of the interior surfaces of the nozzle receive a coating from the interaction of the gas with the selected portion of the interior surface of the nozzle.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein the reaction gas is introduced through the nozzle at a velocity between about one meter per hour and about one meter per second.
3. The process of claim 1 wherein the resulting coating has a thickness from about ten to about 1,000 microns.
4. The process of claim 1 wherein the coating comprises carbide, nitride or boride.
5. The process of claim 4 wherein the coating comprises silicon carbide, tantalum carbide, tungsten carbide, boron nitride, titanium diboride, or diamond.
6. The process of claim 1 wherein the fuel injection nozzle is operatively positioned in a compression ignition reciprocating internal combustion engine.
7. The process of claim 1 wherein the diameter of each aperture is about 0.5 mm.
8. The process of claim 1 wherein the resulting coating provides improved resistance to erosion of the aperture by the flow of a mixture of coal and water fuel therethrough.
9. The process of claim 1 further comprising the step of: ionizing the reaction gas before the gas enters the fuel injector nozzle.
10. The process of claim 9 wherein the reaction gas is ionized by heating to a temperature sufficient to cause it to decompose.
11. The process of claim 9 where the ionization is accomplished by exciting the reaction gas with electromagnetic radiation.
12. A process for selectively coating the interior surface of a fuel injection nozzle having at least one aperture, the nozzle being utilized in a fuel system for a compression ignition reciprocating internal combustion engine comprising the steps of:
positioning the fuel injection nozzle in a chemical vapor deposition reaction chamber, the nozzle being supported in the inverted position by a manifold;
introducing a reaction gas into the chamber at a temperature lower than its reaction temperature for depositing a coating in the nozzle;
heating that portion of the nozzle selected to have the coating deposited thereon to a temperature sufficient to cause the reaction gas in the vicinity thereof to interact therewith; and directing a sufficient amount of the reaction gas to and through that portion of the nozzle where the coating is to be selectively deposited so that at least the interior surfaces of the aperture is sufficiently coated by the coating whereby the rate of wear and premature failure of components in the fuel injection system due to abrasive and erosive materials contained in the fuel utilized in the fuel system is reduced.
13. The process of claim 12 wherein by controlling the reaction conditions, a uniform thick coating is deposited in the nozzle.
14. The process of claim 12 wherein the coating provides a wear layer that does not significantly alter the performance of the nozzle.
15. A fuel injection nozzle having a selectively coated interior surface and at least one aperture operatively positioned therein prepared by a process comprising the steps of:
positioning the fuel injection nozzle in a chemical vapor deposition reaction chamber so that the concentration and velocity of a reaction gas increases as the gas flows through the nozzle and out the aperture;
introducing the reaction gas into the chamber at a temperature sufficiently below the gases reaction temperature so that the gas does not adhere to the internal surfaces of the nozzle;
heating a select portion of the interior surfaces of the nozzle in proximity to the aperture to a temperature sufficient to cause the gas to interact with the select portion of the interior surface of the nozzle; and directing the reaction gas through the nozzle, so that the select portion of the interior surfaces of the nozzle receive a coating from the interaction of the gas with the selected portion of the interior surface of the nozzle.
16. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 15 wherein the reaction gas is introduced through the nozzle at a velocity between about one meter per hour and about one meter per second.
17. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 15 wherein the resulting coating has a thickness from about ten to about 1,000 microns.
18. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 15 wherein the coating comprises carbide, nitride or boride.
19. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 18 wherein the coating comprises silicon carbide, tantalum carbide, tungsten carbide, boron nitride, titanium diboride, or diamond.
20. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 15 wherein the at least one aperture is in communication with a fuel sac.
21. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 15 wherein the diameter of each aperture is about 0.5 mm.
22. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 21 wherein the resulting coating provides improved resistance to erosion of the aperture by the flow of a mixture of coal and water fuel therethrough.
23. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 15 wherein the fuel injection nozzle is operatively positioned in a compression ignition reciprocating internal combustion engine.
24. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 15 prepared by the further step of:
ionizing the reaction gas before the gas enters the fuel injector nozzle.
25. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 24 wherein the reaction gas is ionized by heating to a temperature sufficient to cause it to decompose.
26. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 24 wherein the ionization is accomplished by exciting the reaction gas with electromagnetic radiation.
27. A fuel injection nozzle having a selectively coated interior surface and at least one aperture, the nozzle being utilized in a fuel system for a compression ignition reciprocating internal combustion engine, prepared by a process comprising the steps of:
positioning the fuel injection nozzle in a chemical vapor deposition reaction chamber, the nozzle being supported in the inverted position by a manifold;
introducing a reaction gas into the chamber at a temperature lower than its reaction temperature;
heating that portion of the nozzle selected to have the coating material deposited thereon to a temperature sufficient to cause the reaction gas in the vicinity thereof to interact therewith; and directing a sufficient amount of the reaction gas to and through that portion of the nozzle where the coating is to be selectively deposited so that at least the interior surfaces of the aperture is sufficiently coated by the coating such that the rate of wear and premature failure of components in the fuel injection system due to abrasive and erosive materials contained in the fuel utilized in the system is reduced.
28. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 27 wherein by controlling the reaction conditions, a uniform thick coating is deposited in the nozzle.
29. The fuel injection nozzle of claim 27 wherein the coating provides a wear layer that does not significantly alter the performance of the nozzle.
30. An apparatus for selectively applying an interior coating to a fuel injection nozzle having at least one aperture operatively positioned therein, the apparatus comprising:
a chamber;
means for introducing unheated reaction gas into the chamber;
means for controlling the flow of the reaction gas into the chamber;
means for directing the reaction gas from the gas introduction means into the fuel injection nozzle; and means for heating a selected portion of the fuel injection nozzle proximate the aperture, the nozzle being positioned in the chamber so that the concentration and velocity of the reaction gas increases as the gas flows through the nozzle and out the aperture.
31. An apparatus for selectively coating the interior surface of the fuel injection nozzle having at least one aperture operatively positioned therein, the apparatus comprising:
means for positioning the fuel injection nozzle in a chemical vapor deposition reaction chamber;
means for introducing a reaction gas into the chamber at a temperature lower than its reaction temperature;
means for heating that portion of the nozzle selected to have the coating deposited thereon to a temperature sufficient to cause the reaction gas to interact with the interior surfaces of the heated portion of the nozzle; and means for directing a sufficient amount of the reaction gas to and through that portion of the nozzle where the coating is to be selectively deposited so that at least the interior surfaces of the aperture is sufficiently coated by the coating such that the rate of wear and premature failure of the fuel injection system due to abrasive and erosive materials contained in the fuel utilized in the system is reduced.
32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the nozzle is positioned in the chamber so that the concentration and velocity of the reaction gas increases as the gas flows through the nozzle and out the aperture.
33. The apparatus of claim 31, further including means for ionizing the reaction gas before the reaction gas enters the nozzle.
34. The apparatus of claim 31, further including means for cooling portions of the nozzle where no vapor deposited coating is desired at the same time that the means for heating heats that portion of the nozzle selected to have the coating deposited thereon.
35. The apparatus of claim 31, further including means for providing heating and cooling intervals, after the interior surface of the fuel injection nozzle has been selectively coated, to improve the bond and to avoid high stresses at the interface of the coating and the nozzle.
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