Improving Tribological Behavior of 2-Stroke Marine Diesel Engine Piston Ring by Cylinder Liner Surface Texturing

2014 ◽  
Vol 620 ◽  
pp. 278-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salaheldin A. Mohamad ◽  
Qun Zheng ◽  
Xi Qun Lu
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engines ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Piston Ring ◽  
Surface Texturing ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Hydrodynamic Effect ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Marine Diesel ◽  
Piston Ring Lubrication

Piston ring lubrication in some types of low-speed 2-stroke marine diesel engines is completely different from those in medium-or high-speed diesel engines since the inner surface of cylinder liners are textured with circular grooves in macro-scale and honing texture in micro-scale. In this paper, a numerical model has been developed to study the potential of use of cylinder bore surface texturing, in the form of circumferential oil grooves with different dimensions and densities, and their efficiency to improve the tribological properties of piston ring-cylinder liner tribo-system. The average Reynolds equation has been employed in the area of micro-scale texture and the effect of macro-scale grooves has been incorporated to improve the currently lubrication model. The results showed that the cylinder liner oil grooves can efficiently be used to maintain hydrodynamic effect. It is also shown that optimum surface texturing may substantially reduce the friction losses between piston ring and cylinder liner.

Optimization of cylinder liner macro-scale surface texturing in marine diesel engines based on teaching–learning-based optimization algorithm

2020 ◽  
pp. 135065012091156
Author(s):  
Salaheldin A Mohamad ◽  
Mohamed A Kamel
Keyword(s):  
Friction Force ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Surface Texturing ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Oil Film ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Marine Diesel ◽  
Teaching Learning Based Optimization ◽  
Teaching Learning

This paper investigates the effect of optimum macro-scale cylinder liners oil groove on the tribological behavior of large bore marine diesel engines. Parabolic bottom shape grooves are selected as the cylinder liner surface texturing. The grooves have been distributed along the stroke in the form of array of circumferential cells with the axial groove centered in each cell. Teaching–learning-based optimization algorithm is applied to get the optimum dimensions of oil grooves, where the objective is to minimize the cyclic average total friction force between the top compression piston ring and the cylinder liner. Numerical simulation based on Reynolds equation is presented to study the effect of optimum grooves’ dimensions on tribological parameters such as hydrodynamic friction, asperity contact pressure, and hydrodynamic oil film pressure. Results showed that the optimum dimensions oil grooves have a significant effect on the total friction force and the cavitation pressure of the oil film.

Numerical Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of Cylinder Liner Macro-Scale Surface Texturing

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renlian Ma ◽  
Salaheldin A. Mohamad ◽  
Xiqun Lu ◽  
Wanyou Li
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Piston Ring ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Surface Texturing ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Model Match ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Cylinder Liners ◽  
Scale Surface ◽  
Effect Of Surface

An experimental and theoretical study is presented to study the effect of surface texturing in the form of circumferential oil grooves on improving the tribological properties of piston ring-cylinder liner tribosystem. Tests were performed on a reciprocating test rig with actual piston rings and cylinder liner segments, and a numerical model has been developed. A comparison was made between the performance of the textured cylinder liners and un-textured cylinder liners. It was found that with the smaller oil groove area density, the reduction in friction force is more obvious, Parabolic and triangular oil grooves are more efficient in friction reducing, and the prediction results by numerical model match the experimental results well in most case.

OPERATIONAL EVALUATION OF PISTON-RINGS-CYLINDER LINER ASSEMBLY WEAR IN HIGH POWER MARINE DIESEL ENGINES

Tribologia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 271 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
Adam ADAMKIEWICZ ◽  
Jan DRZEWIENIECKI
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Piston Ring ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Piston Rings ◽  
Protective Layers ◽  
Marine Diesel ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Operational Methods

This paper presents an operational evaluation of piston-piston rings-cylinder liner (PRC) assembly wear in marine diesel engines of high power. It is based on visual inspection through cylinder liner scavenge ports. Clearance measurements of piston rings in piston grooves and piston ring gap measurements were used to evaluate the extent of wear of the PRC assembly. Moreover, it is shown that piston ring gap measurements can be used as a reference parameter in wear trend analysis to predict the length of time periods between overhauls (TBO). Furthermore, it has been shown that controlling the wear of chromium (protective) layers of piston ring working surfaces by measuring their thickness with induction and eddy current methods is highly useful. They were accepted as a source of information on PRC lubrication correctness and as a symptom of its technical condition. Factors indicating the necessity of an overhaul and introducing operational methods of improving working conditions between the tribological pair – liner and piston rings have been determined.

Effects of different surface grooved cylinder liner on the tribological performance for cylinder liner-piston ring components

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 581-588
Author(s):  
Jiazhi Miao ◽  
Yongqing Li ◽  
Xiang Rao ◽  
Libao Zhu ◽  
Zhiwei Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Piston Ring ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Crucial Effect ◽  
Design And Manufacturing ◽  
Marine Engines ◽  
Marine Diesel ◽  
Energy Economy ◽  
Groove Texture

Purpose The emission from marine engines has a crucial effect on energy economy and environment pollution. One of the effective emission reduction schemes is to minimize the friction loss of main friction pairs such as cylinder liner-piston ring (CLPR). Micro-groove textures were designed to accomplish this aim. Design/methodology/approach The authors experimentally investigated the effects of micro-groove textures at different cylinder liner positions. The micro-groove texture was fabricated on samples by chemical etching and cut from the real CLPR pair. Sliding contact tests were conducted by a reciprocation test apparatus. Findings The average friction coefficient of grooves at 30° inclination were reduced up to 58.22% and produced better tribological behavior at most conditions. The operating condition was the critical factor that determined the optimum texture pattern. The surface morphology indicated that textures could produce smoother surfaces and less scratches as compared with the untextured surface. Originality/value Inclined grooves and V-grooves were designed and applied to real CLPR pairs. The knowledge obtained in this study will lead to practical basis for tribological design and manufacturing of CLPR pair in marine diesel engines.

3-D Numerical Simulation and Experiment Study on the Wear of Piston Ring-Cylinder Liner

2010 ◽  
Vol 139-141 ◽  
pp. 1036-1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Ping Zhang ◽  
Yan Kun Jiang ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Zhe Lin Dong
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Piston Ring ◽  
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Wear Loss ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Warm Start ◽  
Deformation Equation ◽  
Marine Diesel

Aiming at a large marine diesel engine, a mathematical model for the 3-D elastohydrodynamic lubrication analysis of piston ring-cylinder liner was presented. The average Reynolds equation and asperity contact approach were combined with the elastic deformation equation. The asymmetry in the circumferential direction, gas blowby and the effect of temperature and pressure on the oil density and viscosity were considered. The 3-D wear simulation of piston ring-cylinder liner was performed when the diesel engine was operated under warm start and cold start conditions, respectively. The 3-D distribution rules show that the first gas ring has the biggest wear loss, and the maximum wear loss of cylinder liner occurs in the vicinity of TDCF. Finally, the results matched well with the wear measurements, and it indicates the present method is effective and can help engineers to improve the tribological performance of the diesel engine.

scholarly journals Investigation of the characteristics of a marine diesel engine when running on fuel with a water additive

2021 ◽  
Vol 2131 (2) ◽  
pp. 022074
Author(s):  
S Andriushchenko ◽  
S Titov ◽  
G Yur
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Gas Purification ◽  
Nitrogen Oxide Emissions ◽  
Engine Operation ◽  
Air Supply ◽  
Operation Process ◽  
Marine Diesel ◽  
Diesel Cylinder

Abstract Currently, environmental specifications of marine diesel engines become more stringent. There are two well-known and popular ways to improve engine environmental performance: the internal method is based on operation process improvement, as well as on the use of various fuel additives or air supply to the diesel cylinder. Another method is external (gas purification using catalysts and filters). The article considers one of these possible ways of reducing nitrogen oxides in marine diesel engines by using a water agent in fuel with various water phase dispersion degrees. The high-speed characteristics of the ship engine operation under various modes using “L” brand diesel fuel and emulsions are given. Studies have shown that when converting diesel from pure fuel to a microheterogenous emulsion (water inclusions’ diameter 5-10 microns), the concentration of NOx decreased by 1.4 times, fuel consumption increased by (4-5) g/(kWh), with an increase in the maximum combustion pressure by 0.7 MPa. The tests have confirmed the effectiveness of using a microheterogenous emulsion to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions.

A Study on the Numerical Prediction of Heat Release Rate and NOx Production in Medium-Speed Marine Diesel Engines

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joo Youn Kim ◽  
Wook Hyeon Yoon ◽  
Ji Soo Ha
Keyword(s):  
Heat Release ◽  
Diesel Engines ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Digital Camera ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Spray Angle ◽  
Nox Formation ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Medium Speed ◽  
Marine Diesel

Prediction of the ROHR (rate of heat release) and NOx production in medium-speed marine diesel engines was investigated. The subject of this paper is qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the numerical results. FIRE code v8.1 was used to examine the behavior of spray and combustion phenomena in diesel engine. Wave breakup and Zeldovich models were adopted to describe the atomization characteristics and NOx formation. The spray visualization was performed experimentally in the constant-volume high-pressure chamber to clarify numerical results on the spray characteristics of the spray angle and penetration. Time-resolved spray behaviors were captured by high-speed digital camera. The simulation results were tested with the experimental data of the real engine. Finally, with adjustment of some model constants, reasonable agreements between experimental and simulated results on the ROHR and NOx were shown.

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