Tribometer investigation of the frictional response of piston rings when lubricated with the separated phases of lubricant contaminated with the gasoline engine biofuel ethanol and water

Tribology Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-120

  De Silva, P R ^a   Priest, M ^a   Lee, P M ^a   Coy, R C ^a   Taylor, R I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive; Boundary lubrication friction; Emulsivity; Friction test methods; FTIR; Fuel dilution; Gasoline engines; Hydrodynamic friction; Non Newtonian behaviour; Spectroscopy; Surface roughness; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE; BOUNDARY LUBRICATION FRICTION; EMULSIVITY; FRICTION TEST METHODS; FTIR; FUEL DILUTION; GASOLINE ENGINES; HYDRODYNAMIC FRICTION; NON-NEWTONIAN;

BIOFUELS; ENGINE PISTONS; ENGINES; ETHANOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRICTION; FUEL ECONOMY; GASOLINE; INVESTMENTS; LUBRICANTS; PISTON RINGS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIBOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 79960562668     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-011-9809-3     Document Type: Article

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