Tailoring Crankcase Ventilation for the Requirements of Any Engine

1963 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. W. Lowther ◽  
R. G. Bennett
MTZ worldwide ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Mustafa Kuzgunoglu-Hennecke ◽  
Stephan Kochmann ◽  
Martin Rölver ◽  
Eike Stitterich

MTZ worldwide ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 19-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Meinig ◽  
Sieghard Pietschner ◽  
Thomas May

Author(s):  
Paul S. Wang ◽  
Allen Y. Chen

Large natural gas engines that introduce premixed fuel and air into the engine cylinders allow a small fraction of fuel to evade combustion, which is undesirable. The premixed fuel and air combust via flame propagation. Ahead of the flame front, the unburned fuel and air are driven into crevices, where conditions are not favorable for oxidation. The unburned fuel is a form of waste and a source of potent greenhouse gas emissions. A concept to vent unburned fuel into the crankcase through built-in slots in the liner during the expansion stroke has been tested. This venting process occurs before the exhaust valve opens and the unburned fuel sent into the crankcase can be recycled to the intake side through a closed crankcase ventilation system. The increased communication between the cylinder and the crankcase changes the ring pack dynamics, which results in higher oil consumption. Oil consumption was measured using a sulfur tracer technique. Careful design is required to achieve the best tradeoff between reductions in unburned hydrocarbon emissions and oil control.


2005 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 1700
Author(s):  
Alan S. Miller ◽  
David Thomas Hanner

MTZ worldwide ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hartmut Sauter ◽  
Kay Brodesser ◽  
Dieter Brüggemann

Author(s):  
Gerd Kissner ◽  
Hartmut Sauter

Dealing with the blow-by gas from reciprocating engine is a bigger challenge nowadays due to strict emission control laws and design limitations. Blow-by gas originates between the piston or piston rings and the cylinder wall and is charged with oil when it leaves the crankcase. In a closed crankcase ventilation system these blow-by gases are drawn from the crankcase into the air intake. The oil mist separator (OMS) retains a fraction of the liquid oil and returns the retained oil fraction back to the oil sump. Thus, the oil mist separator reduces oil consumption and emissions. Electrically driven cone stack separators have high separation efficiency, small differential pressure, arbitrary mounting position and low power consumption. In addition to that, the electrically driven cone stack separator has also advantageous control characteristics. Since commercial motor vehicles already have high electrical system requirements a Mechatroic concept is presented here which was developed to be maintenance-free over the lifetime of the engine. This is achieved by detailed design and choice of special materials. In this paper, the construction and application of the novel oil mist separator system for trucks are discussed in detail.


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