An Experimental Study of the Effects of Cylinder Lubricating Oils on the Vibration Characteristics of a Two-Stroke Low-Speed Marine Diesel Engine-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

An Experimental Study of the Effects of Cylinder Lubricating Oils on the Vibration Characteristics of a Two-Stroke Low-Speed Marine Diesel Engine

Published:2023-12-01 Issue:4 Volume:30 Page:92-101
ISSN:2083-7429
Container-title:Polish Maritime Research
language:en
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Author:

Wu Gang¹^ORCID,Jiang Guodong¹^ORCID,Chen Changsheng²,Jiang Guohe¹,Pu Xigang¹,Chen Biwen²

Affiliation:

1. 1 Merchant Marine College , Shanghai Maritime University , Shanghai , China

2. 2 Shanghai Marine Equipment Research Institute , Shanghai , China

Abstract

Abstract Two-stroke, low-speed diesel engines are widely used in large ships due to their good performance and fuel economy. However, there have been few studies of the effects of lubricating oils on the vibration of two-stroke, low-speed diesel engines. In this work, the effects of three different lubricating oils on the vibration characteristics of a low-speed engine are investigated, using the frequency domain, time-frequency domain, fast Fourier transform (FFT) and short-time Fourier transform (STFT) methods. The results show that non-invasive condition monitoring of the wear to a cylinder liner in a low-speed marine engine can be successfully achieved based on vibration signals. Both the FFT and STFT methods are capable of capturing information about combustion in the cylinder online in real time, and the STFT method also provides the ability to visualise the results with more comprehensive information. From the online condition monitoring of vibration signals, cylinder lubricants with medium viscosity and medium alkali content are found to have the best wear protection properties. This result is consistent with those of an elemental analysis of cylinder lubrication properties and an analysis of the data measured from a piston lifted from the cylinder after 300 h of engine operation.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Mechanical Engineering,Ocean Engineering

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/pomr-2023-0062

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