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Customer
Issue
Solution(s)
Barriers
Research
Topic(s)
achieving more
stringent emission
standards
-combustion control to
lower NO
x
& PM
-aftertreatment to lower
NO
x
-EGR
-high pressure fuel
system
-NO
x
catalysts
require low-S fuels,
which have poor
lubricity
-effect of engine lube
S and P on catalysts
and performance of
low-S, P engine
lubes
-degradation of
engine lubricants by
EGR gases &
particulates
-surface
modification
-surface
modification,
lubricants, &
bench-top tests
-lubricants &
bench-top tests
increasing
efficiency
-improved combustion
control
-decrease mechanical
losses (viscous and
boundary lubrication
losses)
-high(er) pressure
fuel delivery system
-use of low viscosity
lubes and associated
wear
-frictional losses
under boundary-lube
conditions
-surface
modification
-lubricants,
design codes,
bench-top tests &
surface
modification
improving
durability
-engine design
-materials
-lubricants
-friction and wear
data and modeling
-friction and wear
data on new
materials
-friction and wear
data on advanced
coatings
-performance of low-
emission (e.g. low-S,
P) engine lubes
-interaction of engine
lubes with advanced
materials and
coatings
-design codes &
failure
mechanisms
-bench-top tests
& failure
mechanisms
-lubricants &
bench-top tests
E) Engine
Manufacturers
power density
-designs
-stronger materials
-lubricants
-See Section E:
improving durability
-design codes,
failure
mechanisms,
surface
modification,
& lubricants
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This Information is Reprinted From U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Technology Administration
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
Factory Automation Systems Division
Gaithersburg, MD 20899