The reduction of frictional power losses in power transmitting gears takes a crucial role in the design of energy-and resource-efficient drivetrains.Water-containing lubricants like glycerol and polyalkylene glycols h...The reduction of frictional power losses in power transmitting gears takes a crucial role in the design of energy-and resource-efficient drivetrains.Water-containing lubricants like glycerol and polyalkylene glycols have shown great potential in achieving friction within the superlubricity regime with coefficients of friction lower than 0.01 under elastohydrodynamic lubrication.Additionally,a bio-based production of the base stocks can lead to the development of green lubricants.However,one challenge associated with the application of water-containing lubricants to gearboxes is the evaporation of water and its impact on the lubricant properties.In this study,the influence of water evaporation on elastohydrodynamic friction and film thickness was investigated for three water-containing polyalkylene glycols.Two nominal water contents of 20 wt%and 40 wt%and two viscosities were considered.The results show that the friction increases continuously with higher evaporated water content,while the overall friction level remains low in nearly water-free states.A similar trend is observed for film thickness,where the strong increase in viscosity results in a notable increase in film thickness.Nevertheless,the sensitivity of friction and film thickness to water evaporation is low for small amounts of evaporated water.This allows generous thresholds for permissible variations in water content.展开更多
Till now,water based lubricants,especially aqueous solutions,have not been employed in the elastohydrodynamic lubrication(EHL)due to their poor film forming capability or low wear resistance.In this paper,we proposed ...Till now,water based lubricants,especially aqueous solutions,have not been employed in the elastohydrodynamic lubrication(EHL)due to their poor film forming capability or low wear resistance.In this paper,we proposed a method to develop water based lubricant:employing polyalkylene glycol solution as base stock to improve EHL film forming capability and using organic phosphate ester(DPZ)as anti-wear additive to improve wear resistance property.The lubricating properties of the mixed solutions,including load carrying capability,wear resistance property,friction reduction property,EHL film forming behavior,were investigated.The experimental results indicate that the mixed solution presents excellent lubricating properties,which make it a promising candidate in developing water based lubricants.展开更多
基金based on the research project CHEPHREN(Nos.03EN4005A and 03EN4029A)supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action(BMWK)supervised by Project Management Jülich(PtJ).
文摘The reduction of frictional power losses in power transmitting gears takes a crucial role in the design of energy-and resource-efficient drivetrains.Water-containing lubricants like glycerol and polyalkylene glycols have shown great potential in achieving friction within the superlubricity regime with coefficients of friction lower than 0.01 under elastohydrodynamic lubrication.Additionally,a bio-based production of the base stocks can lead to the development of green lubricants.However,one challenge associated with the application of water-containing lubricants to gearboxes is the evaporation of water and its impact on the lubricant properties.In this study,the influence of water evaporation on elastohydrodynamic friction and film thickness was investigated for three water-containing polyalkylene glycols.Two nominal water contents of 20 wt%and 40 wt%and two viscosities were considered.The results show that the friction increases continuously with higher evaporated water content,while the overall friction level remains low in nearly water-free states.A similar trend is observed for film thickness,where the strong increase in viscosity results in a notable increase in film thickness.Nevertheless,the sensitivity of friction and film thickness to water evaporation is low for small amounts of evaporated water.This allows generous thresholds for permissible variations in water content.
基金supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB934200)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51075227,51222507)
文摘Till now,water based lubricants,especially aqueous solutions,have not been employed in the elastohydrodynamic lubrication(EHL)due to their poor film forming capability or low wear resistance.In this paper,we proposed a method to develop water based lubricant:employing polyalkylene glycol solution as base stock to improve EHL film forming capability and using organic phosphate ester(DPZ)as anti-wear additive to improve wear resistance property.The lubricating properties of the mixed solutions,including load carrying capability,wear resistance property,friction reduction property,EHL film forming behavior,were investigated.The experimental results indicate that the mixed solution presents excellent lubricating properties,which make it a promising candidate in developing water based lubricants.
