Abstract

Improvement in thermal efficiency and reduction in emission from diesel engines are major thrust research work in all around the world. This research work is on the performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine using Low Heat Rejection (LHR) techniques of thermal barrier coated cylinder liner and piston. A piston was coated as 100 micron thickness and three cylinder liners were coated in the thickness of 100,150 and 200 micron. Piston and cylinder liners were coated with equal percentages of Alumina and Yittria Stabilized Zirconia powder using the plasma spraying coating method. The test results compared with base engine showed reduction in the performance parameter of specific fuel consumption (SFC) on an average by 6.11%, 12.78% and 16.89%, while the brake thermal efficiency increased by 1.68%,3.75% and 5.19% in 100,150 and 200 micron thickness coated cylinder liner used engine respectively. There was reduction in Carbon monoxide (CO), unburned hydrocarbon (HC) and smoke emissions levels while Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emission was slightly higher in the coated engine compared with the uncoated engine in all load conditions. Overall, 200 microns thickness coated cylinder liner showed a better performance parameter and low emission compared with other cylinder liner coated engine.

Keywords

Low Heat Rejection (LHR) engine, Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC), Cylinder liner, Piston, Diesel engine,

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