Carter Carburetor: Construction, working and diagram

Working of Carter carburetor, also its construction and working

Carter carburetor was invented by the founder of cast brass carburetor, William Carter. In the previous post, we have seen working of Solex carburetor, Carter carburetor is another type of modern carburetor.

Carter carburetor is a down-draught type carburetor. In Carter carburetor fuel or petrol enters into the chamber and air enters from the choke valve which is allocated at the top position. The choke valve keeps open during the normal running of the engine.

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Working of Carter carburetor:

• Unlike other carburetors, Carter carburetor has three venturies named Primary, secondary and third main venturi. Primary venturi which is the smallest among three venturies lies above the fuel level in the float chamber.
• Secondary and third main venturi lies below the fuel level in the float chamber as well as primary venturi. Suction presents at the primary venturi to draw petrol at low engine speed.
• Fuel from the float chamber enters into the primary venturi using nozzle by making an angle in the upward direction as shown in the figure.
• Now the mixture of air and fuel travels from primary venturi to the third main venturi through secondary venturi. From the main venturi, it finally travels to the engine cylinder for the combustion.
• Due to the use of multiple venturies, fuel reached the engine is in the atomized form which causes the smooth running of the engine apparently vehicle.

Fuel Circuit in Carter carburetor:

• Fuel circuit in the Carter carburetor consists of the metering rod which is connected to the main throttle. A metering rod is used to control the amount of fuel drawn into the main engine.

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Starting Circuit:

• The starting circuit in the Carter carburetor consists of a butterfly valve which is also called a choke. When the choke is closed, the pressure at the nozzle is almost equal to the suction pressure. It creates a large pressure drop between the float chamber and the nozzle.
• Due to the minimum air supply, the mass flow rate of the fuel increases rapidly. It results in the supply of rich mixture to the combustion chamber in the engine at the time of starting. In this way, the Starting circuit works in the Carter carburetor.

Idling or No Load Running:

• In idling conditions, the engine requires a rich mixture for the combustion, also the throttle valve remains closed in this condition. The throttle valve opens when speed increases slowly.

Acceleration:

• When we increase acceleration suddenly, we need the required air-fuel mixture for the engine. For this required mixture, we use the Acceleration pump circuit. When the engine is accelerated, the plunger connected to the inlet valve moves down and releases the required extra into the choke tube through the jet.

From this post, we learned about the working of carter carburetor. We have also seen 2D diagram of the carter carburetor. If you have any queries about this post then feel free to mention it in the comment section.