Friction Characteristics of Piston and Piston Rings.

Investigating the effect of nanocoating on friction loss and abrasion in the piston rings

The piston ring which prepares mechanical sealing of a combustion chamber, should have significant abrasion resistance and less friction loss, using appropriate ring coating. The coating widely used is CrN, because of its good abrasion resistance at room temperature. However, it suffers from some shortcomings, such as high abrasion rate at temperatures above 200°C and lack of self-lubricating p...

Crankshaft Offset and it’s Impact on Piston and Piston Ring Friction Behavior

Increasing fuel economy in modern passenger car engines has become one of the primary development targets, due to swiftly increasing raw oil prices. Initially, vast progress was achieved in the development of the combustion process. Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) has been one of the keys to success; however, further potential is now being investigated. Currently, the primary focus of engine d...

Calculation of the Hydrodynamic Lubrication of Piston and Piston Rings in Refrigeration Compressors

Dynamic Characteristics of a Free Piston Compressor

The design and dynamic characterization of a free piston compressor is presented in this paper. The free piston compressor is a proposed device that utilizes combustion to compress air into a high-pressure supply tank. The device is configured such that the transduction from thermal energy to stored energy, in the form of compressed gas, is efficient relative to other small-scale portable power...

Piston Ring Friction Analysis from Oil Film Thickness Measurements by

The oil film behavior of a series of fifteen lubricating oils was tested in a single cylinder spark ignition engine. The oil film thickness between the piston and cylinder liner of this engine was observed using the Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) technique. The data was examined for correlations between physical properties of the oil and characteristics of the oil film. The region of the oil ...