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Title: A new cylinder cooling system using oil

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OSTI ID:253614

The design of engine cylinders must satisfy two conflicting requirements, good cooling performance and ease of manufacture. A cooling system was designed to permit the circulation of engine lubricating oil as a coolant at high speed through grooves provided on the external periphery of the cylinder liner. Testing in an actual operating engine confirmed that this cooling system design not only provides better heat transfer and higher cooling performance but also simplifies the manufacturing of the cylinder since external cooling fins are not required. In this paper, the authors will discuss the cylinder cooling effect of the new cylinder cooling system, referring mainly to the test results of a single-cylinder motorcycle engine with lubricating oil from the crankcase used as the coolant.

OSTI ID:
253614
Report Number(s):
CONF-950942-; ISBN 1-56091-673-7; TRN: IM9630%%65
Resource Relation:
Conference: Small engine technology conference and exposition, Milwaukee, WI (United States), 13-15 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 1995 small engine technology conference: Small engines and the environment. P-292; PB: 497 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English