• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.291-296
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• 2010

The purpose of this paper is to study the fuel economy improvement experimentally when the viscosity of engine oil is lowered. The emissions are measured for CVS-75 mode with SAE viscosity grades. The test results indicate that a close correlation has been found between the engine oil viscosity and the fuel economy. The lowering of engine oil viscosity causes the reduction of friction loss which has a very close relation with the fuel economy. These results as the lowering of engine oil viscosity will be a important factor for improvement of the fuel economy and reduction of the $CO_2$ emission.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1413-1419
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• 2008

The Kyoto Protocol, that had been in force from February 16, 2005, requires significant reduction in $CO_2$ emissions for all anthropogenic sources containing transportation, industrial, commercial, and residential fields, etc, and automotive emission standards for air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides $(NO_x)$ become more and more tight for improving ambient air quality. This paper has briefly reviewed homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion technology offering dramatic reduction in $CO_2,\;NO_x$ and PM emissions, compared to conventional gasoline and diesel engine vehicles, in an effort of automotive industries and their related academic activities to comply with future fuel economy legislation, e.g., $CO_2$ emission standards and corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) in the respective European Union (EU) and United States of America (USA), and to meet very stringent future automotive emission standards, e.g., Tier 2 program in USA and EURO V in EU. In addition, major challenges to the widespread use of HCCI engines in road applications are discussed in aspects of new catalytic emissions controls to remove high CO and unburned hydrocarbons from such engine-equipped vehicles.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제2권6호
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• pp.461-467
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• 1992

최근 선진국에서 강화되고 있는 CAFE(Corporate Average Fuel Economy :기업평균연비) 규제를 극복하기 위해서는 차량의 경량화가 필수적이며 이를 위해 기존의 금속재료에 비하여 비강도, 탄성계수, 인성등이 우수한 기계적 성질을 가지면서 고분자 기지의 복합재료에 비해서 고온강도, 전기 및 열전도도와 내마모성이 우수한 금속기지 복합재료의 개발은 필수적이고도 중요한 위치를 차지한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 자동차용 부품재 및 일반산업용 재료로 사용되고 있는 AC4A Al합금에 Si$C_w$prefohm을 용탕 단조법으로 강화하여 복합재료를 제조란 후 matrix와 함계 기계적성질, 마멸특성, 조직실험을 행한 결과 용탕 단조법에 의한 AC4A/Si$C_w$ 복합재료의 최적 제조조건은 용탕온도 80$0^{\circ}C$, 금형은도 40$0^{\circ}C$, preform은도 750-80$0^{\circ}C$, 가압압력 75MPa이었으며 Si$C_w$강화재가 I/M재에 비하여 경도값은 두배이상으로 상승하였고 Si$C_w$ 20v/o에서는 가압에 의한 큰 효과는 없었다.