Durability testing of medium speed diesel engine components designed for operating on coal/water slurry fuel
Over 200 operating cylinder hours were run on critical wearing engine parts. The main components tested included cylinder liners, piston rings, and fuel injector nozzles for coal/water slurry fueled operation. The liners had no visible indication of scoring nor major wear steps found on their tungsten carbide coating. While the tungsten carbide coating on the rings showed good wear resistance, some visual evidence suggests adhesive wear mode was present. Tungsten carbide coated rings running against tungsten carbide coated liners in GE 7FDL engines exhibit wear rates which suggest an approximate 500 to 750 hour life. Injector nozzle orifice materials evaluated were diamond compacts, chemical vapor deposited diamond tubes, and thermally stabilized diamond. Based upon a total of 500 cylinder hours of engine operation (including single-cylinder combustion tests), diamond compact was determined to be the preferred orifice material.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Erie, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC21-88MC23174
- OSTI ID:
- 10140401
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/23174-94/C0329; CONF-940113-8; ON: DE94009550; BR: AA0510000/AA5525000
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 17. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) energy-sources technology conference and exhibition (ETCE),New Orleans, LA (United States),23-26 Jan 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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