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Development of Alternative Thermal Barrier Coatings for Diesel Engines
Technical Paper
2005-01-0650
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The use of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) to increase the combustion temperature in diesel engines has been pursued for over 20 years. Increased combustion temperature can increase the efficiency of the engine, decrease the CO and (possibly) the NOx emission rate. However, TBCs have not yet met with wide success in diesel engine applications. The most common TBC system is Yttria Partially Stabilized Zirconia (Y-PSZ) which has shown good performance in turbine blade coatings where temperatures approach 1100°C. To reach the desirable temperature of 850-900°C in the combustion chamber from the current temperature of 350-400°C, a coating with a thickness of order 1mm is required, significantly thicker than turbine blade coatings which are on the order of 100μm thick. This results in different temperature and stress profiles in the coating during service than in the case of turbine coatings, and different failure mechanisms.
Recent advances in the control of coating structure have led to the development of new PSZ coating microstructures containing grains and pores with sizes in the range of 100-300 nm. Thermal-mechanical properties of such coatings have been characterized and compared with coatings exhibiting the traditional thermal spray structure to asses their suitability as thick TBC for diesel engine applications. Selected coatings have been subjected to engine testing in an instrumented single cylinder diesel test rig.
Among possible alternative materials, one of the most promising is mullite. Mullite has excellent thermo-mechanical behavior; however its low coefficient of thermal expansion creates a large mismatch with the substrate. To address this problem, multilayer systems have been developed which minimize the thermal expansion mismatch stresses while maintaining chemical and phase stability. The design considerations for such multilayer systems are discussed.
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- R. Soltani - Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, University of Toronto
- H. Samadi - Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, University of Toronto
- E. Garcia - Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, University of Toronto
- T. W. Coyle - Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, University of Toronto
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Soltani, R., Samadi, H., Garcia, E., and Coyle, T., "Development of Alternative Thermal Barrier Coatings for Diesel Engines," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-0650, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-0650.Also In
CI Engine Performance for Use With Alternative Fuels, and New Diesel Engines and Components
Number: SP-1978; Published: 2005-04-11
Number: SP-1978; Published: 2005-04-11
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