Oil Flow in Gasoline Engines
Introduction
Engine Specification
Extraction of Oil from Top Piston Ring
Piston Assembly
Oil Flow in Engine
Ring Pack Residence Time :?ringpack
Ring Pack Residence Time : 60 sec
Ring Pack Residence Time – Previous Work
Oil Flow and Chemistry in Engine
Oxidation Chemistry
Oxidation in Sump – IR Spectrospcopy
Oxidation in Ring Pack
Oxidation in Ring Pack : Previous Work
Sump Residence Time and Oil Flow Rates
Characterisation of Ricardo Hydra Engine
Comparison with Tribological Model
Two Reactor Simulation
Conclusions
Abstract for STLE Houston 2002 Conference: The Interaction of Lubricant Degradation and Tribology in Automotive Gasoline Engines
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