• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.16-26
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• 1997

In this paper, the characteristics of lubrication and wear phenomena of journal bearing with respect to film parameter and Sommerfeld number variation are investigated experimentally and the design criterion for the hydrodynamic journal bearing is presented to avoid wear and seizure. Experimental work is performed with various rotating speed and load, and lubricant is used synthetic oil and mineral oil. By the results of the experiment, it is found that friction coefficient is decreased as Sommerfeld number is decreased, and that wear phenomenon is observed when Sommerfeld number is below $9$\times$10^{-4}$ and there are much alike in wear properties between synthetic and mineral oil.

• 폴리머
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.496-501
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• 2014

폴리알파올레핀은 낮은 유동점, 높은 점도지수와 같은 물리화학적 특성이 기존의 광유보다 우수한 합성윤활유이다. 본 논문은 퍼옥사이드계 개시제를 이용하여 올레핀을 사용하지 않고 이소파라핀 분자간의 알킬레이션 반응을 통한 합성 윤활유 제조에 관한 새로운 경로를 제시한다. 평균 탄소수가 i-$C_{16}$, i-$C_{18}$, 그리고 i-$C_{23}$인 세가지 장쇄 이소파라핀의 알킬레이션과 i-$C_{18}$과 2-pentene의 알킬레이션을 di-tert butyl peroxide 라디칼 개시제를 사용하여 여러가지 반응조건에서 수행하여 단독 알킬레이션 반응 경로를 확인하였다. 세가지 유분으로 제조된 알킬레이트를 합성 윤활유로의 적용 가능성을 알아보기 위하여 동점도, 점도지수, 및 유동점을 조사하였다. i-$C_{16}$ 및 i-$C_{18}$ 유분으로 제조된 단독 알킬레이트는 극초고점도지수(>140)와 낮은 유동점(< $-30^{\circ}C$)을 보였다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.41-52
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• 2022

Mineral electrical insulating oil, which is widely used in transformers, exhibits excellent cooling performance and transformer efficiency. However, given that it is composed of petroleum-based components, it is weak in terms of biodegradability. This causes environmental problems in case of leakage and a low flash point, which is a factor that would cause great damage in the event of a fire in a substation. In this context, the use of eco-friendly electric insulating oil composed of bio-based vegetable oil and synthetic ester, which has excellent biodegradability and flame retardancy performance, has recently been expanded to the field of electric power, and various research and development (R&D) studies are in progress. According to different research results, vegetable oil and synthetic ester manufacturing technology, thermal stability, oxidation stability, property change, and quality control, which are characteristics of eco-friendly electrical insulating oils, are major factors affecting the maintenance of insulating oil properties. In addition, power companies have established and operated quality control standards according to the use of eco-friendly electrical insulating oil as they expand the exploitatoin of renewable energy in electricity production. In particular, deterioration and oxidation characteristics were jointly identified in R&D as an important influencing factor according to the content of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids present in vegetable oils and synthetic esters in power transformer applications.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.139-146
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• 2020

Global warming has led to an increase in demand of eco-friendly vehicles, such as electric cars, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and especially, regulating carbon dioxide generation. In addition, electric vehicles are equipped with an electric drive-type hermetic scroll compressor and a refrigerant, which exhibit current and future trends of using environmentally friendly refrigerants, including R-1234yf. In this study, polyol ester-based refrigeration oils are prepared via condensation esterification of polyol and fatty acids. The oils can be combined with R-1234yf refrigerant for applications in air conditioning and cooling systems of electric vehicles. The structure of synthetic polyol esters is confirmed via ¹H-NMR and FT-IR spectrum analysis, and the composition of the polyol ester is analyzed via gas chromatogram analysis. Furthermore, kinematic viscosity, viscosity index, total acid value, pour point, and color are analyzed as fundamental physical properties of the synthetic polyol esters. The compatibility and chemical stability of the synthetic polyol ester combined with the R-1234yf refrigerant are obtained via high temperature and high pressure oil-resistant refrigerant tests. The changes in the oil color and catalyst activity are observed before and after the experiment to determine whether it is suitable as a refrigerator oil.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.36-41
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• 1996

The suitability of a pressure differential scanning calorimetry (PDSC) in monitoring the quality of synthetic base fluids has been investigated using polyalphaolefin (PAO) oils as an example. Induction period meassured at 170, 180 and 19$0^{\circ}C$, and 3.53 MPa oxygen pressure was applied to characterize their oxidation stability. The PDSC method has proven to be simple and repeatable and requires only small sample size for testing. More importantly, it can be applied in differentiating the oxidation performance quality of PAO oils and is versatile enough for use in studying kinetic aspects of PAO oil oxidation which include the effect of temperature and antioxidant concentration. Additionally, the method appears to correlate well with a rotary bomb oxidation test (RBOT).

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.280-284
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• 2003

High performance characteristics are required for rolling bearings and the various functions of bearing are greatly influenced by grease. Recently, higher performance is being demanded of rolling bearing greases for bearing lubrication. Four special greases with different composition such as lithium soap/ester oil, urea/ester oil, urea/ether oil and PTFE/fluorine oil were synthesized to compare the performance of these greases with that of the conventional lithium soap/mineral oil grease. The grease properties were investigated using a series of typical grease testing methods and grease life test. After the life test, the greases were charaterized by FTIR analysis and a microscope. And the iron amount in the greases was analyzed by AAS after ashing. The composition and manufacturing process determined the grease performance. The grease with a base oil of synthetic oil showed higher performance and the urea/ester oil and PTFE/fluorine oil showed about three times longer life as compared with conventional lithium grease.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2010

A new magnetoelastic technique of oil viscosity measurement, where the oil viscosity is estimated by frequency shift of natural oscillations of magnetoelastic ribbon, is implemented in this study. Laboratory tests of the detector prototype are performed for measurement of viscosity of base synthetic and mineral oils. It was found that measurement accuracy was better when damping factor was estimated in comparison with accuracy of frequency of damped oscillations. Thus the oil viscosity was calibrated as a function of number of pulses of the damped oscillations of magnetoelastic ribbon. Result generally showed that developed detector is promising for in line oil viscosity measurement in wide viscosity range from 10 cSt up to 600 cSt, while the viscosity measurement was relatively instable when the viscosity of test oil was over 400 cSt.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.167-174
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• 2010

An apparatus for measuring oil oxidation was developed, which is capable of being mounted to mechanical devices for detecting power of fluorescent light reflected from oil in real time as an indication of the oil oxidation. This device has an advantage over conventional fluorescence spectrometers where the thin film is required for the measurement. Clean and used oil samples (mineral and synthetic oils) were tested by the developed apparatus that calculates a fluorescence quantum yield and a light absorption coefficient of the oil based upon the signals from the two light-receiving members and evaluates the degree of oil oxidation of test oils based on the fluorescence quantum yield. Results generally show that the developed device is able to effectively evaluate oil oxidation characteristics on-site in the field.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.197-207
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• 2018

Thermal deterioration of fuel due to long-term storage influences engine performance and causes malfunctions. Fuel stability is usually evaluated via heat resistance and thermal stability during a brief heat shock at high temperature; storage stability in this scenario means that there is very little change in the quality of the fuel during long-term storage. In addition, rubber-based products such as oil seals, O-rings, and rubber hoses can influence the quality of the fuel. When these rubber products are in contact with fuel, they can swell, mechanically weaken, and occasionally crack, thus leaking low molar weight rubber and additives including plasticizer and antioxidant into the fuel to degrade its properties and shorten its useful lifetime. This study determines the thermal stabilities of three kinds of synthetic fuels by evaluating their low temperature kinematic viscosities, chemical composition changes via GC analyses, gross heat of combustion, and color changes. We evaluate the compression set of O-rings by immersing one NBR and two FKM rubber O-rings in the three synthetic fuel samples in airtight containers at variable storage temperatures for six months; from this, we estimate the lifetimes of the O-rings using the Power law model. There were very little changes in the chemical compositions and gross heat of combustion after six months of the experiment. The lifetimes are thus dependent on the materials of the rubber products, and in particular, the FKM O-ring was calculated to have a theoretical lifetime of 200 to 5,700 years. These results indicate that the synthetic fuels maintain their physical properties even after long-term storage at high temperatures, and the FKM O-ring is suitable for long-term sealing of these fuels.

• 에너지공학
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2017

자동차 엔진오일은 엔진 시동 시 가장 중요한 윤활제이다. 최근 자동차 회사 와 윤활유 제조업체들은 교환주기를 연장하기 위해 첨가제를 사용하여 오일의 품질을 상당히 개선하고 있다. 대부분의 고객은 자동차 제작사의 정품오일을 사용하거나 전문가의 추천을 받아 사용한다. 본 논문을 통해 소비자가 고효율 윤활유를 선택하는 또 다른 기준점을 제안한다. 본 논문은 7개월 동안 실제 자동차의 운전 조건을 고려하여 오일의 6가지 화합물을 조사 비교 분석하였다. 물리적, 화학적 관점에서 실험을 수행했다. 현장에서 다양한 실험을 통해 광유와 합성유 화합물은 산화, 점도, 유동성 및 TBN에서 크게 구분된다. 이들은 엔진 부품 피스톤, 베어링 등의 마모에 영향을 준다. 다양한 오일을 비교하였을 때 인화점, 산화 안정성에서 합성유의 성능이 좋고 오염 물질인 Fe와 Al 화합물의 변화가 적은 것으로 나타났다. 오일의 첨가제는 광유와 합성유에서 청정분산제 Ca가 확연한 차이를 나타냈다. 극압제 Zn과 윤활 향상제 P는 유사하였다.