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Evaluation of the Role of Lubricant Additives in Emission Control
Lubricants, 2022 In the last several decades, emission regulations have become a significant driving force for vehicle technologies, from powertrain design to emission control.
Huifang Shao +2 more
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In-cylinder fuel and lubricant effects on gasoline engine friction [PDF]
, 2007 The purpose of the research reported in this thesis was to investigate the viability and quantify the potential gains of improving fuel economy of the gasoline engine through strategic application of additives.
Smith, Oiver Mark Edward
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Evolution of lubricant degradation and lubricant behaviour in a piston assembly of a reciprocating gasoline engine [PDF]
, 2013 The most difficult and challenging area for the tribology of reciprocating internal combustion engines to improve efficiency and life is the lubricant health within the piston ring pack.
Notay, Rai Bahadur Raman Singh
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Lubricants, 2022 The service life of artificial joints has gradually failed to meet the needs of patients. Herein, the synergistic lubrication and antioxidant efficacies of graphene oxide (GO) and fullerenol (Fol) as biological lubricant additives for artificial joints ...
Qian Wu +11 more
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Adhesive and molecular friction in tribological conjunctions [PDF]
, 2012 This thesis investigates the underlying causes of friction and ine ciency within an internal combustion engine, focusing on the ring-liner conjunction in the vicinity of the power-stroke top dead centre reversal.
Chong, William Woei Fong
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Lubricants, 2020 A modern lubricant contains various additives with different functionalities and the interactions or reactions between these additives could induce synergistic or antagonistic effects in tribological performance.
Dien Ngo +4 more
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Egyptian Journal of Petroleum, 2019 Quantitative Structure–Properties Relationship (QSPR) analysis was carried out on 30 lubricant additives while molecular dynamics simulations study was also performed to determine the dynamic binding strength between the hydrogen-containing DLC (a-C: H ...
Usman Abdulfatai +3 more
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South African Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020 In-silico QSPR and MD simulation methods were adopted to effectively design new lubricant anti-wear additive compounds as an alternative to zinc dialkyl dithiophosphate (ZDDP) which was reported to contribute to environmental pollution.
Usman Abdulfatai +3 more
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Experimental Investigation on the Wear Performance of Nano-Additives on Degraded Gear Lubricant
Lubricants, 2023 This study investigates the degradation of a commercially available gear lubricant and the potential of nano-additives to mitigate such degradation. Initially, we performed an experimental study on the chemical degradation of commercially available API ...
Harish Hirani +2 more
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South African Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020 Alternatives multifunctional lubricant additives have been proposed by many researchers to replace long-time use of multifunctional lubricant additive, Zinc-dialkyl-dithiophosphate (ZDDP).
Usman Abdulfatai +3 more
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