• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.78-87
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• 2010

Biodiesel have been studied as alternative fuel due to solution of air pollution and fossil fuel exhaustion. Biodiesel from animal fat and vegetable oil was known as eco-friendly fuel like low toxicity, biodegradable compare to petrodiesel. In particular, biodiesel have excellent lubricity due to involved ester functional group. This paper shows the biodiesel's lubricity based on worldwide biodiesel research.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.190-198
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• 2010

GTL(gas-to-liquid) fuel produced by the Fischer-Tropsch process using carbon monoxide(CO) and hydrogen(H2) is expected to be one of the environmental friendly fuel for alternative and blended to petrodiesel. But GTL have poor lubricity due to paraffin as main component of GTL which is not involve polar materials. In this paper, we had investigated the lubricity improvement of GTL fuels with various lubricants using HFRR(high frequency reciprocating rig).

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.13-25
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• 2007

아스팔트의 점성, 부착성, 점착성 등은 도로포장 재료로서 아스팔트 혼합물이 제 기능을 수행하도록 하는 중요한 특성이다. 그러나 이러한 특성은 아스팔트 혼합물의 생산, 이동, 포설, 다짐 등의 과정에서 아스팔트가 시공장비에 달라붙는 현상을 유발시켜 이로 인하여 부정확한 아스팔트 혼합물량 유발, 아스팔트 함량 저하, 작업성 저하 등과 같은 문제를 야기한다. 아스팔트 포장 시공중에 발생하는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 아스팔트 릴리스 에이전트(Asphalt Release Agent)가 주로 이용된다. 국내에서는 아스팔트 릴리스 에이전트로서 경험적으로 경유와 식물성 오일인 콩기름이 주로 이용되고 있다. 그러나 경유와 콩기름은 아스팔트를 녹이고 여러 가지 환경적인 문제를 야기한다고 알려져 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 경유와 콩기름 외에 이멀젼 타입의 아스팔트 릴리스 에이전트 2종에 대한 추가 실내실험을 통해 이들의 아스팔트 릴리스 에이전트로서의 적정성 여부를 파악해보고자 하였다. 연구결과, 경유는 혼합물 운반초기 (10분 이내)에 심각한 수준으로 아스팔트를 녹이며, 콩기름의 경우 혼합물과 접촉 약 1시간 후부터 심각한 아스팔트 박리를 발생시킴을 알 수 있었다. 또한 적용 주기를 파악하기 위한 시험결과, 경유와 콩기름은 1번의 도포로 금속판에 부착된 아스팔트를 연속해서 2회 이상 벗겨내는데 실패하였다. 이는 현장에서 아스팔트가 묻어나지 않도록 하기 위해서는 시공장비 사용시 매번 이들을 도포해야 한다는 것을 의미한다. 그러나 경유와 콩기름은 트럭 바닥판과 혼합물 사이의 윤활제로서의 기능은 충분히 수행하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.385-390
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• 2020

It rains heavily, such as long rain and typhoons, during a typical rainy season in Korea. In this season, several fuel contamination accidents by water and vehicular problems caused by water contaminated fuel occur. Many research groups have studied the effects of water contaminated fuel on vehicles and environment. However the characteristics of water contaminated fuel have not been studied. In this study, we prepared diesel samples with a constant ratio of water (0~30 volume %) using an emulsifier. Then, we analyzed these diesel samples for their representative fuel properties. In the analytical results, diesel with 30% water showed an increase in fuel properties such as density (823→883 kg/㎥), kinematic viscosity (2.601→6.345 ㎟/s), flash point (47→56℃), pour point (-22→2℃), CFPP (cold filter plugging point) (-17→20℃) and copper corrosion number (1a→2a). The low temperature characteristics, such as low pour point and CFPP, blocks the fuel filter in the cold season. In addition, water contaminated diesel decreases lubricity (190→410 ㎛) under high frequency reciprocating rig (HFRR) and derived cetane number (54.81→34.25). The low lubricity of fuel causes vehicle problem such as pump and injector damage owing to severe friction. In addition, the low cetane diesel fuel increases exhaust gases such as NOx and particulate matters (PM) owing to incomplete combustion. This study can be used to identify the problems caused by water contamination to vehicle and fuel facilities.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2017

Engine oil is a substance used for the lubrication of internal combustion systems. However, in some case, defects in engine systems may contaminate engine oil with fuel. Contaminated engine oil can cause problems in the normal functioning of a vehicle. In this study, we investigate the functional properties of engine oil contaminated with diesel fuel. The test results indicate that the engine oil contaminated with diesel fuel has low flash point, pour point, density, kinematic viscosity and cold cranking simulator value. The contaminated engine oil which has low plash point can cause fire and explosion accident. Furthermore, a four ball test indicates that the contaminated engine oil increases wear scar to poor lubricity. Moreover, we investigate the GC pattern using SIMDIST (simulated distillation) for determination of diesel in engine oil. The SIMDIST analytic result, diesel was detected at earlier retention time than engine oil in chromatogram. Thus the SIMDIST method can define whether engine oil is contaminated by diesel fuel or not. We can use the SIMDIST method for the diagnosis of oil condition instead of analyzing other physical properties that require many analytic instruments, large volume of oil sample and long analysis time.