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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Vliv mazivostních přísad na snižování opotřebení třecích povrchů / Effect of additives on wear reduction of rubbing surfaces

Súkeník, Juraj January 2010 (has links)
Lubricants additives are inseparable component of modern high-tech lubricants. Viscosity index improvers additives play uncoverable role in a branch of boundary lubrication. They are designed to ensure sufficient oil film thickness in low speeds of frictional surfaces motion. This thesis deal with effect of specific viscosity index improvers additives on boundary lubrication film formation in elliptical contact. The purpose of this work is also checking the effect of concentration changing these additives on lubricantion film thickness formation.
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The Feasibility study of using Palm oil as the lubricant of Automative Engine

tzeng, jason 19 August 2001 (has links)
In general,the lubricants were composed by basestock and additive,and the basestock is usual use mineral oil. This paper examines the viscosity,viscosity index and antiwear properties of palm oil blended lubricants. To study the feasibility of using palm oil as the lubricant of automative engine . The V.I. of commercial sae 30 engine oil will increase from 101 to 147 via the blend of palm oil and SAE 30.The anti-wear charactisteristics test in a four-ball tribometer.Under conditions of 40kg,1200rpm,and a test duration of one hour at 120 ¢J. The test oil appear markedly superior to the reference SAE 30 engine oil .The palm oil blended lubricant showed is reduced to 10% scar than reference oil .
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Simulating the Misting of Lubricant in the Piston Assembly of an Automotive Gasoline Engine: The Effect of Viscosity Modifiers and Other Key Lubricant Components

Dyson, C.J., Priest, Martin, Lee, P.M. 08 April 2022 (has links)
Yes / The presence of lubricant droplets in the gas that flows through the piston assembly and crankcase of an internal combustion engine (generically termed oil misting) has important implications for performance, particularly lubricant supply to the upper piston assembly, oil consumption and lubricant degradation. A significant source of these droplets is thought to be oil shearing and blow-through by blow-by gas flows in the piston assembly. An experimental rig was developed to simulate the high velocity gas and lubricant film interactions at a top piston ring gap where the flow conditions are most severe. Flows of lubricant droplets were produced and characterised in terms of the proportion of the oil flow that formed droplets in the gas flow and the size distribution of the droplets produced. Considering various aspects of a commercial automotive crankcase formulation, the effect of lubricant viscosity was found to be particularly important. Of the lubricant additives evaluated, viscosity modifiers were found to have the greatest effect on the tendency to form droplets: Detailed study on a range of viscosity modifiers identified that the influence of their molecular architectures on viscoelasticity was the key mechanism.
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Etude du comportement d'additifs polymères épaississants dans les huiles moteur / Study of thickening bahavior of polymer additives in engine oils

Dorenge, Justine 02 July 2018 (has links)
La réduction de la consommation en carburant des voitures est une préoccupation importante. L'objectif est de réduire les frottements entre pièces mobiles du moteur à travers la formulation du lubrifiant.Un lubrifiant est composé d'une huile de base et d'additifs afin d'ajuster les propriétés de l'huile moteur. En particulier, des polymères sont utilisés pour limiter la perte de viscosité avec la température afin de protéger au mieux les pièces du moteur. Le fonctionnement de ce type d'additifs, appelés améliorants de viscosité (AVI), est basé sur le gonflement avec la température des chaines polymères. Le paramètre le plus important à prendre en compte dans la formulation d'un lubrifiant est sa viscosité ainsi que sa dépendance en température. Le but de ce travail a été d'étudier l'influence de polymères AVI récemment commercialisés afin de sélectionner le plus efficace dans le cadre d'une application moteur, tout en éclaircissant les mécanismes d'action en jeu à l'échelle moléculaire dans ce type de systèmes. Les propriétés rhéologiques de poly(alkyle méthacrylates) en solution ont été étudiées à l'aide de tests standards dans le but de comprendre l'influence des lubrifiants sous pression et dans des conditions confinées. La dégradation de ce type de polymère a également été considérée à travers un test standard afin de vérifier si les performances du polymère sont conservées dans le temps. Les comportements en dégradation et en tribologie ont pu être rationalisés par des considérations de volume occupé par le polymère. / The reduction of car fuel consumption is one of the biggest concerns for oil companies. It involves the reduction of friction between moving parts through the formulation of lubricants.A lubricant is composed of base oil and several additives used to improve the properties of engine oils. Polymeric compounds are used to limit the decrease of viscosity with temperatures to efficiently protect the motor. This type of additives, called Viscosity Index Improver (VII), is based on the swelling of polymer chains with temperature. The most important parameter in the lubricant formulation is the viscosity and its dependance on temperature. The aim of the work was to study the influence of recently developed families of VII additives in different base oils in ordrer to select the most efficient type of polymer for engine lubricant uses, by understanding the molecular mechanisms responsible of the VII behavior. Various polyalkylmethacrylates were investigated to establishing the rheological properties of the solutions, namely as a function of temperature (dependence of intrinsic viscosity). For a given base oil, the efficiency of a VII varies with its chemical structure, its molecular weight and its concentration. Then, tribological properties were investigated using standard tests with the aim to obtain an overview of the lubricant's behavior under pressure. We also considered the degradation of this kind of polymers in a representative test in order to check the performance's durability. Degradation and tribological behaviors were rationalized in terms of volume occupied by polymer chains.
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The flow of lubricant as a mist in the piston assembly and crankcase of a fired gasoline engine

Dyson, C.J., Priest, Martin, Lee, P.M. 09 December 2022 (has links)
Yes / The tribological performance of the piston assembly of an automotive engine is highly influenced by the complex flow mechanisms that supply lubricant to the upper piston rings. As well as affecting friction and wear, the oil consumption and emissions of the engine are strongly influenced by these mechanisms. There is a significant body of work that seeks to model these flows effectively. However, these models are not able to fully describe the flow of lubricant through the piston assembly. Some experimental studies indicate that droplets of lubricant carried in the gas flows through the piston assembly may account for some of this. This work describes an investigation into the nature of lubricant misting in a fired gasoline engine. Previous work in a laboratory simulator showed that the tendency of a lubricant to form mist is dependent on the viscosity of the lubricant and the type and concentration of viscosity modifier. The higher surface area-to-volume ratio of the lubricant if more droplets are formed or if the droplets are smaller is hypothesised to increase the degradation rate of the lubricant. The key work in the investigation was to measure the size distribution of the droplets in the crankcase of a fired gasoline engine. Droplets were extracted from the crankcase and passed through a laser diffraction particle sizer. Three characteristic droplet size ranges were observed: Spray sized (250–1000 μm); Major mist (30–250 μm); and Minor mist (0.1–30 μm). Higher base oil viscosity tended to reduce the proportion of mist-sized droplets. The viscoelasticity contributed by a polymeric viscosity modifier reduced the proportion of mist droplets, especially at high load.
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Compréhension moléculaire et prédiction des propriétés physicochimiques dans les produits pétroliers / Molecular understanding and prediction of physicochemical properties in petroleum products

Da Costa Soares, Jean-Jérôme 14 December 2017 (has links)
La diminution en pétrole brut léger nécessite de convertir les fractions lourdes en produits valorisables (essences, gazoles, huiles, etc.). Dans ce contexte, l'hydrocraquage (HCK) fournit des produits de très haute qualité à partir de distillats sous vide (DSV) du pétrole brut. La qualité des coupes obtenues est caractérisée par des propriétés physico-chimiques qui sont soumises à des spécifications. L'optimisation du procédé nécessite des expérimentations longues et coûteuses. IFPEN a donc de plus en plus recours à des tests sur unité d'expérimentation haut débit (EHD). Ces derniers posent cependant un problème d'accessibilité aux coupes d'intérêt. Par ailleurs, pour comprendre et prédire l'impact des conditions opératoires sur la qualité des produits, des simulateurs sont développés. Certaines propriétés de produits sont cependant complexes et difficiles à modéliser voire mal comprises. Ce travail de thèse a porté sur l'amélioration de la compréhension moléculaire des propriétés produits pour une meilleure prédiction. Dans cette étude, nous nous sommes focalisés sur le point de trouble (PT) de la coupe gazole et l'indice de viscosité (VI) de l'huile obtenue lors de l'hydrocraquage de DSV. Deux techniques d'analyse moléculaire ont été utilisées : la chromatographie en phase gazeuse bidimensionnelle (GC×GC) qui permet de déterminer la composition par famille chimique des différentes coupes et la résonance magnétique nucléaire (RMN) du 13C qui fournit des informations sur la structure chimique des hydrocarbures présents dans ces mélanges. Nous présentons les résultats obtenus par une régression multivariée parcimonieuse (sparse Partial Least Squares) appliquée aux données GC×GC et 13C RMN. Il s'agit d'une variante de la PLS classique qui permet de réduire le nombre de facteurs tout en privilégiant ceux qui sont les plus corrélés à une propriété d'intérêt donnée. Globalement, cette étude a notamment permis de mieux comprendre l'impact des différents hydrocarbures (n-paraffines, isoparaffines, aromatiques,…) et de leur structure moléculaire (longueur de chaînes, degrés de branchements,…) sur le PT des gazoles et le VI des huiles. La bonne qualité des modèles obtenus par sparse PLS montre par ailleurs la possibilité d'accéder à la qualité des produits lors de l'utilisation d'EHD. Des modèles de prédiction par krigeage ont également été développés. Cette méthode d'interpolation permet de prédire une propriété en un point donné en effectuant une moyenne pondérée des observations au voisinage de ce point. Les modèles de krigeage sont des modèles locaux adaptés aux structures de données complexes. Ce sont des approches probabilistes qui permettent d'estimer les incertitudes de prédiction. Aussi bien dans le cas du PT de la coupe gazole que dans celui du VI de la coupe huile, les résultats montrent une amélioration des performances. Cette approche est tout à fait novatrice dans le domaine des produits pétroliers. Lors de l'utilisation d'unités EHD, elle permet d'accéder au VI des huiles de base plus aisément que via des données chromatographiques ou spectroscopiques, qui sont de plus non accessibles en raffinerie / The rapid decline in light crude oils requires to convert heavy petroleum fractions into more valuable products (naphtha, diesel, lubricants, etc.). In this context, hydrocracking process (HCK) consists on upgrading vaccum gas oil (VGO) into high quality products. The quality of petroleum products is based on some chemical and physical properties that should fulfill prerequisite specifications. The hydrocracking process optimization requires to set up time consuming and costly experiments for developing catalysts and setting operating conditions. High throughput experimentation (HTE) units are then increasingly used at IFPEN. However, these units do not enable to obtain end products. Otherwise, predictive models were developed in order to understand and predict the impact of operating conditions about products quality. However, some complex properties are very difficult to model and require a better understanding. This work is mainly concerned with the understanding of diesel cloud point (CP) and viscosity index (VI) of base oils. Two analytical techniques were used: the two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) that enables to identify hydrocarbons compounds in petroleum products and the 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy which provides structural characteristics of these compounds. A sparse multivariate regression (sparse Partial Least Squares) was performed using chromatographic and spectroscopic data. The sparse PLS is derived from classical PLS. It allows to reduce the number of factors by performing a variable selection. The selected factors are the most correlated to the property to model. Globally, this approach enabled to better understand how hydrocarbon compounds (nparaffins, isoparaffins, aromatics,…) and their molecular characteristics (carbon number, degree of branching,…) affect the diesel CP and the VI of base oil. Furthermore, the good performances of developed sparse PLS models show that it is possible to access to the products quality when using HTE units. Kriging models were also developed. Kriging is an interpolation method that predicts the value of a function at a given point by computing a weighted average of the known values of the function in the neighborhood of the point. Kriging models have local aspect which is well adapted to complex data. Its probabilistic approach enables to provide an estimate of predicted value uncertainty. Results show that kriging improves predictive performances for both diesel CP and VI of base oil. This approach is quite innovative in modelling of petroleum products properties. When using HTE units, it allows to estimate the VI of base oil more easily than from chromatographic or spectroscopic data which are not available for the refiners

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