Effect of operating conditions on ring wear in a natural-gas engine. Topical report, September 1989-December 1990

Technical Report · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:6126198

Crane, M E

The report outlines investigations into engine operating conditions that promote piston ring wear on a natural gas engine using a statistically designed test program and sensitive wear monitoring with the radioactive tracer technique. The goal was to identify and quantify the key parameters that promote piston ring wear (i.e., coolant temperature, oil temperature, oil type, engine speed, and peak firing pressure). These results would support research directed at achieving extended ring life on stationary gas engines -- a limiting factor in periods between major engine overhaul.

• Research Organization: Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (United States). Engine, Fuel, and Vehicle Research Div.
• OSTI ID: 6126198
• Report Number(s): PB-92-101500/XAB; SWRI-3178-1-3; CNN: GRI-5089-293-1848
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Color illustrations reproduced in black and white. Sponsored by Gas Research Inst., Chicago, IL
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
PISTONS
NATURAL GAS
COMBUSTION
WEAR
COOLANTS
ISOTOPES
LUBRICATING OILS
OPERATION
RINGS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HEAT ENGINES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
LUBRICANTS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
034000* - Natural Gas- Combustion