Transient Heat Transfer Simulation of the Coupling 3-D Moving Piston Assembly-Lubricant Film-Liner System

Author(s):  
Liu Zhien ◽  
Jiang Yankun ◽  
Chen Guohua ◽  
Yang Wanli

Transient heat transfer model of the coupling 3-D moving piston assembly-lubricant film-liner system is successfully developed for predicting the temperature distributions in the component system of internal combustion chamber, in which the effect of the friction heat generated at the piston ring/cylinder liner interfaces has been taken into account. The finite element method (FEM) is employed in the model for establishing the heat transfer relation among the moving piston assembly-lubricant film-cylinder liner. The 3-D discrete model of the coupling system is obtained by hypothesizing the lubricant film as 1-D thermal resistances and the friction heat as heat flux boundary conditions. The allocation and distribution model of friction heat on piston ring pack and liner are also established. The 3-D coupling heat transfer model has been used to analyze the heat transfer of a gasoline engine.

Author(s):  
Yankun Jiang ◽  
Zhien Liu ◽  
Rolf D. Reitz ◽  
Zheling Dong ◽  
Xiaoming Ye

A transient heat transfer model for the coupling 3-D moving piston assembly-liner system has been successfully improved for predicting temperature distributions in the components of internal combustion engine chamber. In the model the effect of the 3-D friction heat generated at the piston ring/cylinder liner interfaces and the multi-dimensional lubricant film thickness between the piston rings and the liner has been taken into account. A directly coupled finite element method (FEM) is employed in the model for establishing the heat transfer relation among the moving piston assembly-cylinder liner components. A 3-D discrete model of the coupling system is formulated, which includes the piston rings, piston, liner and cylinder. Due to the complexity of the temperature stiffness matrix, a sparse matrix data structure is employed in the model to save the memory and calculation time. Finally, the 3-D coupling heat transfer model has been used to analyze heat transfer processes in a gasoline engine.


Author(s):  
Xiaoming Ye ◽  
Guohua Chen ◽  
Maji Luo ◽  
Yankun Jiang

A three-dimensional, hydrodynamic mixed lubrication model has been developed to investigate the frictional performance of piston ring and cylinder liner contact. The model is based on the average Reynolds equation and asperity contact approach with the considerations of surface roughness, rupture location, blowby through the piston ring pack and nonaxisymmetry in circumferential direction of cylinder liner. The equation has been solved cyclically using the finite difference method in a fully flooded inlet boundary condition and a flow-continuity Reynolds boundary condition for cavitation outlet zone. The oil film thickness, hydrodynamic pressure distribution, friction force and friction heat generated at the piston ring/cylinder liner interface are determined as the function of crank angle position. The results show that the shape of the cylinder liner (out-of-roundness) significantly affects the lubrication performance of the piston ring pack. A heat transfer model has been presented to evaluate the effects of friction heat on the temperatures of piston and cylinder liner system. The friction heat is added on the piston ring/cylinder liner interface as the flux boundary condition. The temperature fields of piston and cylinder liner system are acquired by the FEM, which reveal the distribution of the friction heat in this system. The results show that the friction heat mainly affects the temperature on the region near the top ring groove of the piston ring pack. The effect decreases at the region away from the top ring groove, especially at the piston skirt. The effect of friction heat on the temperature of cylinder liner is smaller than that of piston ring pack.


2019 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 331-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongwei Yang ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Gonghui Liu ◽  
Jiangshuai Wang ◽  
Kuidong Luo ◽  
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Author(s):  
Satish Kumar Dubey ◽  
Neelesh Agarwal ◽  
P. Srinivasan

In steel rolling mills reheat furnaces are used to heat the billets prior to rolling processes. Reheating is one of the most energy intensive processes in the steel industries. Inadequate temperature measuring techniques and extremely complex analytical solution for temperature filed calculations demands suitable numerical model. In the present work a three dimensional transient heat transfer model is developed for billet heating in reheat furnaces. Conduction heat transfer within the billets is modeled using Finite Difference Method (FDM). Fully implicit spatial discretization approximation was used for three dimensional heat diffusion equation of billet. The three dimensional model takes into account the temperature dependent thermo physical properties, reaction heat effect and growing oxide layer. Algorithm is implemented in MATLAB® to solve three dimensional discretization equations. Model is capable of predicting the temperature field for billet and oxide scale thickness for any residence time. The predicted results are in reasonable concurrence with available data. The main objective of this work is to predict billet temperature field and oxide scale thickness for the various residence times, which may be vital for development of energy efficient optimization strategy for reheating process.


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