Analysis and Simulation of an Oil Lubrication Pump for the Internal Combustion Engine

Abstract

This paper presents the simulation model of an oil lubrication gerotor pump for the internal combustion engine. The model was constructed by using a mono-dimensional commercial code taking into account all the phenomena that occur during the revolution of the pump shaft. First of all, several geometric considerations and theoretical observation are presented. An experimental campaign was also performed to validate the simulation model. In these experimental tests particular attention was regarded to the behavior of the pressure oscillations during the pump shaft revolutions. The final aim of this activity is to obtain an instrument that allows in-depth analysis of pump and lubrication circuit functioning and that can be coupled with other models (e.g. VVA, VVT, etc.) in order to take into account different problems of the hydraulic components of engines.