Reducing Frictional Losses ! Is the Investment in Development Really Worthwhile ? 831285
Reducing direct friction losses between the surfaces of sliding engine parts has - in many cases - only little influence on the effective fuel consumption, especially in engines with a high load-factor. Therefore, the higher expenditures in development and production result in a poor cost/benefit-relation.
But in quite a lot of cases friction losses can be reduced by shifting the speed-and load-range of the engine. Together with optimizing oil flow and viscosity behaviour advantages on behalf of the motor cycle-process as well as of engine behaviour and engine life are reached, thus reducing fuel consumption even further together with better engine performance.
Citation: Tholen, P., "Reducing Frictional Losses ! Is the Investment in Development Really Worthwhile ?," SAE Technical Paper 831285, 1983, https://doi.org/10.4271/831285. Download Citation
Author(s):
Paul Tholen
Pages: 18
Event:
1983 SAE International Off-Highway and Powerplant Congress and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
State-Of-The-Art on Design and Performance of Diesel Power Cylinder Components-SP-0552
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Fuel consumption
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