Optimization of the Cylinder Liner Surface for Reduction of Oil Consumption

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Staffan Johansson ◽  
Per H. Nilsson ◽  
Robert Ohlsson ◽  
Cecilia Anderberg ◽  
Bengt-Go¨ran Rose´n
Keyword(s):  
Piston Ring ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Hydrocarbon Emissions ◽  
Oil Consumption ◽  
Wear Properties ◽  
System A ◽  
Liner System ◽  
Liner Surface ◽  
Truck Engine

A decrease of oil consumption in the modern truck engine would mean decrease of particulate matter and hydrocarbon emissions. This decrease has a positive impact on the environment. One important source of oil consumption is the piston/piston-ring/liner system. One way of decreasing oil consumption is to optimize the surface topography of the liner. In this study different liner surfaces and different piston rings were investigated. The investigation shows that it is possible to decrease both the oil film thickness and the friction without sacrificing wear properties of the piston-liner system. A new surface parameter for quick wear estimation of this system is presented.

Wear Resistance of Smooth Automotive Cylinder Liner Surfaces

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Anderberg ◽  
S. Johansson ◽  
P. H. Nilsson ◽  
R. Ohlsson ◽  
B. G. Rose´n
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Piston Ring ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Engine Oil ◽  
Oil Consumption ◽  
Smooth Cylinder ◽  
Liner Surface ◽  
Oil Fuel ◽  
Cylinder Liners

Demands for decreased environmental impact from vehicles are resulting in a strong push for decreased engine oil, fuel consumption and weight. New machining and coating technologies have offered ways to attack these problems. Engine oil and fuel consumption are to a great extent controlled by the topography of the cylinder liner surface and it is therefore important to optimise this surface. Recent engine tests have shown a reduction in oil consumption when using cylinder liners with a smoother finish than that given by the current plateau honing. However, engine manufacturers are hesitant to introduce smoother liner surfaces because of fears of severe wear and scuffing. There is also the possibility that smoother liner surfaces may be more sensitive to the choice of piston ring finishes. This paper therefore seeks to investigate the functional performance and resistance to wear of these smooth cylinder liners and the mating top ring surfaces.

Analyzing the Effects of Three-Dimensional Cylinder Liner Surface Texture on Ring-Pack Performance With a Focus on Honing Groove Cross-Hatch Angle

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Jocsak ◽  
Yong Li ◽  
Tian Tian ◽  
Victor W. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Piston Ring ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Oil Consumption ◽  
Surface Textures ◽  
Liner Surface ◽  
Piston Ring Pack ◽  
Ring Pack

Frictional losses in the piston ring-pack of an engine account for approximately 20% of the total frictional losses within an engine. Although many non-conventional cylinder liner finishes are now being developed to reduce friction and oil consumption, the effects of the surface finish on ring-pack performance is not well understood. The current study focuses on modeling the effects of three-dimensional cylinder liner surface anisotropy on piston ring-pack performance. A rough surface flow simulation program was developed to generate flow factors and shear stress factors for three-dimensional cylinder liner surface textures. Rough surface contact between the ring and liner was modeled using a previously published methodology for asperity contact pressure estimation between actual rough surfaces. The surface specific flow factors, shear stress factors, and asperity contact model were used in conjunction with MIT’s previously developed ring-pack simulation program to predict the effects of different surface textures on ring-pack behavior. Specific attention was given to the effect of honing groove cross-hatch angle on piston ring-pack friction in a stationary natural gas engine application, and adverse effects on engine oil consumption and durability were also briefly considered. The modeling results suggest that ring-pack friction reduction is possible if the liner honing cross hatch angle is decreased by reducing the feed-to-speed ratio of the honing tool. Reducing the cross-hatch angle increased oil flow blockage and increased the lubricant’s effective viscosity during mixed lubrication. This allowed more load to be supported by hydrodynamic pressure, reducing ring-pack friction. However, there appeared to be a potential for increased oil consumption and scuffing tendency corresponding to a decrease in honing cross-hatch angle.

scholarly journals Mutual Effect of Groove Size and Anisotropy of Cylinder Liner Honed Textures on Engine Performances

2014 ◽  
Vol 966-967 ◽  
pp. 175-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Yousfi ◽  
Sabeur Mezghani ◽  
Ibrahim Demirci ◽  
Mohamed El Mansori
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Effect ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Texture Features ◽  
Groove Depth ◽  
Oil Consumption ◽  
Hydrodynamic Friction ◽  
Liner Surface ◽  
Ring Pack ◽  
Mixed Lubrication Regime ◽  
Cylinder Bore

The cylinder liner surface texture, widely generated by the honing technique, contributes a lot on engine functional performances (friction, oil consumption, running-in, wear etc.). In order to improve these functional performances, different honing processes are being developed. These different honing processes generate surfaces with various texture features characteristics (roughness, valleys depth, valley width, cross hatch angle, etc.). This paper addresses a comparison of ring-pack friction for cylinder texture with different cross-hatch angles and valley sizes. It takes in consideration the mutual effect of valley depth and honing angle. A numerical model is developed to predict friction within the cylinder ring-pack system in mixed lubrication regime and a morphological method is used to characterize groove depth. The results show the effect of different honing variables (rotation speed, stroke speed and indentation pressure) on cylinder bore surface textures and hydrodynamic friction of the ring-pack system.

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

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu Zhien ◽  
Jiang Yankun ◽  
Chen Guohua ◽  
Yang Wanli
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Piston Ring ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Heat Transfer Model ◽  
Lubricant Film ◽  
Transient Heat Transfer ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Friction Heat ◽  
Liner System ◽  
Piston Assembly

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.

Mutual influence of plateau roughness and groove texture of honed surface on frictional performance of piston ring–liner system

2016 ◽  
Vol 231 (7) ◽  
pp. 838-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Hu ◽  
Xianghui Meng ◽  
Youbai Xie ◽  
Jiazheng Fan
Keyword(s):  
Piston Ring ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Texture Features ◽  
Groove Depth ◽  
Mixed Lubrication ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Lubrication Performance ◽  
Liner System ◽  
Frictional Performance

The cylinder liner surface finish, which is commonly produced using the honing technique, is an essential factor of engine performance. The characteristics of the texture features, including the cross-hatch angle, the plateau roughness and the groove depth, significantly affect the performance of the ring pack–cylinder liner system. However, due to the influence of the honed texture features, the surface roughness of the liner is not subject to Gaussian distribution. To simulate the mixed lubrication performance of the ring–liner system with non-Gaussian roughness, the combination of a two-scale homogenization technique and a deterministic asperities contact method is adopted. In this study, a one-dimensional homogenized mixed lubrication model is established to study the influence of groove parameters on the load-carrying capacity and the frictional performance of the piston ring–liner system. The ring profile, plateau roughness, and operating conditions are taken into consideration. The main findings are that for nonflat ring, shallow and wide groove textures are beneficial for friction reduction, and there exists an optimum groove density that makes the friction minimum; for flat ring, wide and sparse grooves help improving the tribological performance, and there exists an optimum groove depth that makes the friction minimum.

scholarly journals Wear Behavior of CuSn Coated Piston Ring Sliding against Nodular Cast Iron Cylinder Liner under Heavy-Duty Conditions

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhua Li ◽  
Baihong Yu ◽  
Yutao Lv ◽  
Yan Shen ◽  
Ruoxuan Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cast Iron ◽  
Piston Ring ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Wear Behavior ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Nodular Cast Iron ◽  
Wear Loss ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
Liner Surface ◽  
Cr Coating

In order to investigate the friction and wear behavior between the nodular cast iron cylinder liner (Fe) and CuSn coated piston ring under heavy-duty conditions, piston rings with chromium(Cr) coating and CuSn-Cr coating were tested using the piston ring reciprocating liner test rig at the simulated working conditions of 56 MPa, 200 r/min, 190 °C. Compared with the Cr/Fe pair, the CuSn coating consumption of the CuSn-Cr/Fe pair made friction coefficient and cylinder wear loss decrease by 2.8% and 51.5%, respectively. Different size Sn patches worn from the CuSn coated piston ring were embedded into the cylinder liner surface based on the surface topography. This process was shown to reduce the surface roughness of a cylinder liner and form flatter plateau structures. Chemical elements analysis indicated that plateau structures on the cylinder liner surface matched with CuSn-Cr coated ring are helpful to promote the tribo-chemical reaction and generate the reactive products to protect the mutually contacted asperities.

Theoretical Analysis of Piston Ring Frictional Loss in an Innovative Rotating Liner Internal Combustion Engine

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Xu ◽  
M. Kim ◽  
M. D. Bryant ◽  
R. D. Matthews ◽  
T. M. Kiehne
Keyword(s):  
Piston Ring ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Rolling Friction ◽  
Friction Model ◽  
Statistical Parameters ◽  
Restoring Force ◽  
Frictional Loss ◽  
Surface Irregularities ◽  
Liner Surface

This paper presents a new lubrication model to predict piston ring friction. The average Reynolds equation is adopted to obtain the hydrodynamic component of restoring force against the cylinder liner surface. The dry or boundary lubricated component is derived from Greenwood-Tripp model. The influence of surface irregularities or roughness on the lubricant flow will be described by statistical parameters. Unlike classical piston ring mixed lubrication models, a sideslip rolling friction model is incorporated with contact simulation. Numerical results show that piston ring friction is reduced dramatically by the liner rotation.

Numerical Study on the Tribological Performance of Ring/Liner System With Consideration of Oil Transport

2018 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Liu ◽  
Yanjun Lu ◽  
Yongfang Zhang ◽  
Sha Li ◽  
Jianxiong Kang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transport Model ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Tribological Performance ◽  
Oil Consumption ◽  
Oil Supply ◽  
Oil Transport ◽  
Liner System ◽  
Lubrication Condition

The tribological performance of a compression ring-cylinder liner system (CRCL) is numerically studied. A thermal-mixed lubrication model is developed for the lubrication analysis of the CRCL with consideration of the cylinder liner deformation. An oil transport model coupled with a mass conservation cavitation algorithm is employed to predict the oil consumption and the transition between the fully flooded lubrication condition and starved lubrication condition. On this basis, the effects of the oil supply and cylinder liner deformation on the frictional characteristics are investigated under cold and warm engine conditions. The results show that the cylinder liner deformation and oil supply have great influence on the tribological performance of the CRCL. Better tribological performance and lower oil consumption can be obtained by reasonably controlling the oil supply.

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