Experimental Investigation on Usage of Palm Oil as a Lubricant to Substitute Mineral Oil in CI Engines

Q4 Engineering

工程设计学报 Pub Date : 2014-01-14 DOI:10.1155/2014/643521

K. K. Reddy, Naval Kabra, Umesh Kunchum, T. Vijayakumar

引用次数: 26

Abstract

Due to growing environmental concerns, vegetable oils are finding their way into lubricants for industrial and transportation applications. The substitution of mineral oil with vegetable oil as a base stock for an environment friendly lubricant in a CI engine is explored in this study without adding any additives. The experiments have been conducted with a mixture of palm oil and mineral oil, at different compositions. Blends of palm oil and mineral oil in different compositions, 0, 25, and 50 (by vol %) were added to base SAE20W40 mineral oil to obtain different lubricant blends. The parameters evaluated include brake thermal efficiency, brake specific fuel consumption, volumetric efficiency, and mechanical efficiency and exhaust emissions. The engine performance and emission tests were carried out on a single cylinder, water cooled, 4-stroke CI engine. Compared to mineral oil, the palm oil-based lubricant revealed appreciable expedience on engine and emission performance.

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棕榈油作为润滑油替代矿物油在内燃机中的试验研究

由于日益增长的环境问题，植物油正在寻找工业和运输应用的润滑剂。本研究探讨了在不添加任何添加剂的情况下，以植物油代替矿物油作为内燃机的环保型润滑油的基础油。实验是用不同成分的棕榈油和矿物油的混合物进行的。在基础SAE20W40矿物油中加入不同组成的棕榈油和矿物油的混合物，分别为0、25和50(按体积%)，以获得不同的润滑油混合物。评估的参数包括制动热效率、制动比油耗、容积效率、机械效率和废气排放。发动机性能和排放测试是在一台单缸、水冷、四冲程CI发动机上进行的。与矿物油相比，棕榈油基润滑油在发动机和排放性能方面显示出明显的便利性。

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工程设计学报 Engineering-Engineering (miscellaneous)

CiteScore

0.60

自引率

0.00%

发文量

2447

审稿时长

14 weeks

期刊介绍： Chinese Journal of Engineering Design is a reputable journal published by Zhejiang University Press Co., Ltd. It was founded in December, 1994 as the first internationally cooperative journal in the area of engineering design research. Administrated by the Ministry of Education of China, it is sponsored by both Zhejiang University and Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering. Zhejiang University Press Co., Ltd. is fully responsible for its bimonthly domestic and oversea publication. Its page is in A4 size. This journal is devoted to reporting most up-to-date achievements of engineering design researches and therefore, to promote the communications of academic researches and their applications to industry. Achievments of great creativity and practicablity are extraordinarily desirable. Aiming at supplying designers, developers and researchers of diversified technical artifacts with valuable references, its content covers all aspects of design theory and methodology, as well as its enabling environment, for instance, creative design, concurrent design, conceptual design, intelligent design, web-based design, reverse engineering design, industrial design, design optimization, tribology, design by biological analogy, virtual reality in design, structural analysis and design, design knowledge representation, design knowledge management, design decision-making systems, etc.