common-rail injection

common-rail injection

[′käm·ən ¦rāl in′jek·shən]
(mechanical engineering)
A type of diesel engine fuel-injection system in which one rail maintains the fuel at a specified pressure while feed lines run from the rail to each fuel injector.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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