• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2013

A small engine-oil-deterioration detection sensor was developed and installed at the tip of a dipstick gage. The sensor part was manufactured using printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing technology. A set of sensor covers was installed in order to protect the sensor and realize good signal stability. The small engine-oil-deterioration detection sensor system comprised a dual sensor having etched copper electrodes coated with gold and ceramic, a flexible PCB (FPCB) acting as electric wire, and a dummy PCB with only a lock connector. The sensor can easily be installed by insertion through the guide tube of a dipstick gage. Thus, a driver can easily handle it without further installation equipment. The sensor can determine the level of deterioration in the engine oil by estimating the corresponding dielectric constant of the engine oil.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.48-56
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• 2014

Engine oil is an oil used for lubrication of various internal combustion engines. The main function is to reduce wear on moving parts; it also cleans, inhibits corrosion, improves sealing, and cools the engine by carrying heat away from moving parts. In engines, there are parts which move against each other. Otherwise, the friction wastes the useful power by converting the kinetic energy to heat. Those parts were worn away, which could lead to lower efficiency and degradation of the engine. It increases fuel consumption, decreases power output, and can induce the engine failure. This study was conducted to evaluate the relation between engine oil property changes and engine performance for the diesel engine. This test was performed by using 12L, 6 cylinder, heavy duty engines. Low SAPS 10W30 engine oil (two type engine oils) was used. Test procedure and method was in accordance with the modified CEC L-57-T97 (OM441LA) method. In this study, TAN, TBN, KV and metal components, engine power, blowby gas, A_F were presented to evaluate the relation with engine oil property changes and engine performance. TAN, TBN, KV and metal We found that the components were generally increased but engine performance did not change. This results mean that property changes did not affect on engine performance because those were not enough to affect engine performance.

• 공업화학
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.632-637
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• 2017

자동차용 윤활유가 국내 윤활유 시장의 35%를 차지하고 있으며, 이 중 엔진오일이 자동차용 윤활유의 75%를 차지하고 있다. 운전자와 엔진보호를 위해 유통 엔진오일의 품질이 적절하게 관리되어져야 한다. 하지만 KS제품과 합성엔진오일(합성기유가 30% 이상 포함된 제품)은 석유 및 석유대체연료 사업법상 품질관리에서 제외되어져 있다. PAO (poly alpha olefin)와 같은 합성오일은 기존 광유보다 내마모성, 바니쉬 조절 및 산화안정도와 같은 특성이 우수한 것으로 알려져 있으며, 이러한 이유로 PAO는 엔진오일, 로터리 스크류, 중장비, 왕복 압축기, 극압장비 등에 많이 사용되어져 왔다. 본 연구에서는 고온모사증류시험(SIMDIST)을 이용하여 광유, PAO, 일정 비율의 PAO가 혼합된 광유시료를 분석하였다. 분석결과, 광유는 브로드란 크로마토그램을 얻은 반면, PAO는 특정한 머무름시간에서 샤프한 피크를 보였다. 또한 점도가 큰 물질은 큰 분자량과 높은 끓는점을 지녀 긴 머무름시간을 보였다. 특히 20%의 PAO가 함유된 시료에서 전형적인 광유와 다른 PAO 패턴의 크로마토그램을 보였다. 유통엔진오일 내 PAO 함량을 모니터링하기 위해 국내 판매량이 높은 27종류의 유통엔진오일을 분석한 결과, 모든 제품에서 PAO 함량이 20%보다 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 더욱이 제품명에 PAO라 표현한 제품조차도 PAO 함량이 낮은 것을 보였다. 따라서 합성엔진오일에 대한 적절한 관리 법규가 필요한 것으로 판단된다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2006

Cylinder bore wear may not be a problem in most current automotive engines. However, a small change in cylinder bore diameter can significantly affect the lubrication characteristics and ring axial motion. This in turn can cause to change inter-ring pressure, blow-by and oil consumption in an engine. Therefore, by predicting the wear of piston ring face, ring groove and cylinder bore altogether, the changed ring end gap and the changed volume of gas reservoir can be calculated. Then the excessive oil consumption can be predicted. Being based on the calculation of gas flow amount by the theory of piston ring dynamics and gas flow, and the calculation of oil film thickness and friction force by the analysis of piston ring lubrication, the calculation theory of oil amount through top ring gap into combustion chamber will be set. This is estimated as engine oil consumption. Furthermore, the wear theories of ring, groove and cylinder bore are included. Then the each amount of wear is to be obtained. The changed oil consumption caused by the new end gap and the new volume of oil reservoir around second land, can be calculated at some engine running interval. Meanwhile, the wear amount and oil consumption occurred during engine durability cycle are compared with the calculated values. Next, the calculated amount of oil consumption and wear are compared with the guideline of each pare0s wear and oil consumption. So, the timing of part repair and engine life cycle can be predicted in advance without performing engine durability test. The wear data of cylinder bore diameter are obtained from three engines before and after engine durability test. The calculated wear data of cylinder bore diameter are turn out to be twice of the lower bound of averaged test values at TDC and the lower bound at BDC.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.211-217
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• 2006

Ring and groove wear may not be a problem in most current automotive engines. However, a small change in ring face and groove geometry can significantly affect the lubrication characteristics and ring axial motion. This in turn can cause to change inter-ring pressure, blow-by and oil consumption in an engine. Therefore, by predicting the wear of piston ring face, ring groove and cylinder bore altogether, the changed ring end gap and the changed volume of gas reservoir can be calculated. Then the excessive oil consumption can be predicted. Being based on the calculation of gas flow amount by the theory of piston ring dynamics and gas flow, and the calculation of oil film thickness and friction force by the analysis of piston ring lubrication, the calculation theory of oil amount through top ring gap into combustion chamber will be set. This is estimated as engine oil consumption. Furthermore, the wear theories of ring, groove and cylinder bore are included. Then the each amount of wear is to be obtained. The changed oil consumption caused by the new end gap and the new volume of oil reservoir around second land, can be calculated at some engine running interval. Meanwhile, the wear amount and oil consumption occurred during engine durability cycle are compared with the calculated values. Next, the calculated amount of oil consumption and wear are compared with the guideline of each part's wear and oil consumption. So, the timing of part repair and engine life cycle can be predicted in advance without performing engine durability test. The wear data of rings and grooves are obtained from three engines before and after engine durability test. The calculated wear data of each part are turn out to be at the lower bound of aver-aged test values or a little below.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.48-55
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• 2018

It has recently been reported that methanol fuel has been used in the product carrier with established duel fuel engine, which has been greatly reducing emissions of $CO_2$, NOx and SOx from the engine. However, to use methanol alone as fuel oil in a general diesel engine, design modification of cylinder head is needed because the ignition aid device or the duel fuel injection system is needed. On the other hand, only if the mixer is installed on the fuel oil supply line, diesel oil - methanol blending oil can be used as fuel oil for the diesel engine, but there is a problem of the phase separation when two fuels are mixed. In this study, diesel oil and methanol were blended compulsorily in preventing the phase separation with installing agitators and a fuel oil boost pump on fuel line of a test engine. Also, cylinder pressure and fuel consumption quantity were measured according to engine load and methanol blending ratio, and indicated mean effective pressure, heat release rate and combustion temperature obtained from the single zone combustion model were analyzed to investigate the effects of latent heat of vaporization of methanol on combustion stability and characteristics. As a result, the combustion stability and characteristics of 10% methanol blending oil are closest to the those of diesel oil, and it could be used as fuel oil in existing diesel engines without deterioration of engine performance and combustion characteristics.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.311-323
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• 2023

기름 유출 사고는 발생 시 환경과 관련된 다양한 문제들을 야기하므로 신속하게 유출유의 면적과 위치 변화를 파악하는 것이 중요하다. 광학 위성자료를 활용한 기름 유출 탐지의 경우 다양한 위성탑재 센서를 통해 유출유에 대한 정보 수집 후 이를 이용하여 광범위한 기름 유출 범위를 모니터링할 수 있다. 선행 연구에서는 파장별 기름의 반사도를 분석한 후 특정 파장대의 밴드를 이용한 oil spill index가 개발 및 적용되었다. 기름 유출 모니터링을 위해 유출 전후 여러 시기의 위성자료를 분석할 경우 다량의 데이터로 인해 많은 시간과 컴퓨팅 자원이 소비된다. 웹 브라우저를 통해 대량의 위성자료 분석이 가능한 Google Earth Engine을 활용할 경우 효율적으로 기름 유출 탐지가 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 Sentinel-2 MultiSpectral Instrument 위성자료와 클라우드 기반의 위성자료 분석 플랫폼인 Google Earth Engine을 이용하여 기존에 제안된 네 종류의 oil spill index의 다양한 피복 환경에서의 활용성 평가를 수행하였다. 지표 피복별 index 값의 비교를 통해 기름 유출 영역이 타 피복과 잘 구분되는지에 대한 분리도를 평가하고 기름 유출 면적을 산정하였다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 Google Earth Engine이 기름 유출 광역 모니터링에 효율적으로 활용 가능하다는 것을 확인하였고, 복잡한 지표 피복이 분포하는 다른 지역에 기름 유출 사고 발생 시 우수한 성능으로 평가된 oil spill index B ((B3+B4)/B2)와 C (R: B3/B2, G: (B3+B4)/B2, B: (B6+B7)/B5)의 적용은 효과적인 기름 유출 모니터링에 기여할 것으로 판단된다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.168-176
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• 2014

This paper presents an engine oil change warning algorithm based on the test results of a small dip-stick-gage-type engine-oil-deterioration-detection sensor, software to realize the algorithm and a display device to apply the software. The algorithm determines the engine oil deterioration condition from the rate of change in the dielectric constant based on the average measured capacitance at $80^{\circ}C$ after the engine stops. The rate of change in the dielectric constant at the time for oil change correlates with the time that one of recommended warning limits for engine oil physical properties such as TAN (Total Acid Number), TBN (Total Base Number) and viscosity is first reached. At this point, a warning signal for oil change appears on the display device like a smart-phone or individual display device. The frames of smartphone app have three stages. The user can directly input all of the thresholds into the frame of the smartphone app. The screen of the display device comprises one frame for each warning signature with the related message. The user can input the thresholds to the device through a USB cable connected to a personal computer.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.256-263
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• 2021

In this study, blending oils of diesel oil and butanol were used as fuel oil for diesel engine to measure combustion pressure, fuel consumption, air ratio and exhaust gas emission due to various operating conditions such as engine revolution and torque. Using these data, the results of analyzing the engine performance, combustion characteristics and exhaust emission characteristics such as NOx (nitrogen oxides), CO₂ (carbon dioxide), CO (carbon monoxide) and soot were as follows. The fuel conversion efficiency at each load was highest when driven in the engine revolution determined by a fixed pitch propeller law. Except 30% butanol blending oil, fuel conversion efficiency of the other fuel oils increased as the load increased. Compared to diesel oil, using 10% and 20% butanol blending oil as fuel oil was advantageous in terms of thermal efficiency, but it did not have a significant impact on the reduction of exhaust gas emissions. On the other hand, future research is needed on the results of the 20% butanol blending oil showing lower or similar levels of smoke concentration and carbon monoxide emission rate other than those types of diesel oil.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2008

A pin bush bearing is one of the most important element in the piston engine which is joined a piston to a connecting rod. A pin bush is suffered by heat and changeable repeat loads, which are come from the explosive gas heat and pressures during a reciprocating stroke. Therefore, a tribological behavior of pin bush bearings is very severe compared to other parts of a piston assembly. To keep a stable operation of pin bush bearings effectively, it would be satisfied with proper oil film strength for severe operating conditions and durability, which are strongly related to the oil film thickness, oil film pressure, and a friction loss power. The computed results show that the viscosity of engine oils slightly affects to the minimum oil film thickness and oil film pressure distribution, but is an influential parameter on a total friction loss power. Thus the low viscosity engine oils for an increased operation condition should select a high level of base oil and add a viscosity index improver as an oil film additive.