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Tribological behavior of the boron succinimide on cylinder liner and piston ring surfaces

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In this study, tribological performances of two types of anti-wear additive, boron succinimide anti-wear package and ZnDTPs, were investigated in the cylinder liner and piston ring tribological system with a reciprocating tribotest machine. The tribological performances of oils were evaluated in three main contexts including wear rates, surface tribofilm formation and friction. Results showed that NP-3 (boron succinimide containing) lubrication oil which was environment and catalyst friendly, can be an alternative lubrication oil with its tribological performance due to its friction and wear reduction capacity.

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Abbreviations

NP-3:

Non phosphorus

R-1:

Phosphorus containing

SEM:

Scanning electron microscope

EDX:

Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

XPS:

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

AFM:

Atomic force microscope

ZnDTP’s:

Zinc dialkyldithiophosphates

TCP:

Tricresyl phosphate

API:

American Petroleum Institute

ACEA:

European Automobile Manufacturers Association

BN:

Boron nitride

PPP-CONT:

Point Probe Plus Contact

OMCs:

Organic molybdenum compounds

ME:

Molybdenum ester

δ:

Wave length of Raman laser

µm:

Micro meter

nm:

Nano meter

Force:

Newton

µ:

Coefficient of friction

N:

Newton

m:

Meter

mm:

Millimetres

min:

Minutes

Hz:

Hertz

ppm:

Part per million

cw:

Coefficient of wear

λ:

Lambda ratio

hmin :

Minimum oil film thickness

U * :

Dimensionless sliding speed parameter (U* = Uη0/E′Rx)

W * :

Dimensionless load (W* = Wη0/E′Rx)

G * :

Dimensionless materials parameter (G* = αE′)

α:

Pressure viscosity coefficient

E’ :

Young’s modulus

Rx :

Effective radius in x direction

η0 :

Viscosity at atmospheric pressure of the lubricant

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Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the Dr. Hirosi Fujita for their oil support in this work from Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. petrochemical company in Japan, Dr. Oğuzhan Gürlü from Istanbul Technical University for AFM supports and Dr. Barış Yağcı from KUYTAM in Koç University for Raman, SEM and XPS analysis.

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Özkan, D. Tribological behavior of the boron succinimide on cylinder liner and piston ring surfaces. Meccanica 53, 2861–2882 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-018-0863-x

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