Cooling and Lubrication of I.C.

Engine

AN INDEPENDENT STUDY SEMINAR REPORT

ON
COOLING AND LUBRICATION OF ENGINE
SUBMITTED BY
SHRI BHAGWAN SAINI
(08me386)
In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
Of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

MAHARISHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK 124001
April 9, 2012

Submitted to:-
Mr. SHANTNU SUR
Mr. PAWAN TANEJA
Mr. PARDEEP ROHILLA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO

LIST OF FIGURES

1 Splash lubrication system 6

2 Pressure feed lubrication system 7

3 Principal of thermosyphon system 12
4 Principal of forced circulation cooling system 13
5 Cooling of an automobile 14
6 Evaporative cooling system 15
7 Cooling fins 16
LIST OF TOPICS
1 Lubrication 3

2 Lubrication of engine component 3

3 Type of Lubrication system 4
4 Properties of lubricants 8

5 Additives for lubricants 9

6 Need for cooling system 9
7 Characteristics of efficient cooling system 10

8 Type of cooling system 10

9 Liquid cooled systems 10

10 Air cooled system 16

11 Comparison of liquid and air cooling system 17

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1 Lubrication system
1.1) Lubrication
Lubrication is an art of admitting a lubricant (oil, grease, etc.) between two
surfaces that are in contact and in relative motion. The purpose of lubrication in
engine is to perform one or several of the following function:-

1) To reduce friction and wear between the moving parts and thereby the
energy loss and to increase the life of engine.
2) To provide selling action e.g. the lubrication oil helps the piston rings to
maintain an effective seal against the high pressure gasses in the cylinder
from leaking out into the crankcase.
3) To cool the surface by carrying away the heat generated in engine
components.
4) To clean the surface by washing away carbon and the metal particles
caused by wear.

Of all these function, the first function is considered to be the most

important one. In internal combustion engines, the problem of lubrication
become more difficult because of the high temperature experienced during the
combustion process and by the wide range of temperature encounter throughout
the cycle. So the energy losses from the friction between different components of
the engine can be minimized by providing proper lubrication.

1.2) Lubrication of engine component

In the reciprocating engine there are many surfaces in the contact with each
other and therefore they should be lubricated to reduce friction. The principal
friction surfaces requiring lubrication in an internal combustion engine are :-

1. Piston and cylinder

2. Crankshaft and their bearings

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3. Crank pin and their bearing

4. Wristpin and their bearing
5. Valve gear

1.3) Type of Lubrication system

The function of lubrication system is to provide sufficient quantity of cool, filtered
oil to give positive and adequate lubrication to all the moving parts of an engine.
The various systems used for internal combustion engine may be classified as:-

1) Mist lubrication system

2) Wet sump lubrication system
3) Dry sump lubrication system

1.3.1) Mist lubrication system

This system is used where crankcase lubrication is not suitable. In two stroke
engine, as the charge is compressed in the crankcase, it is not possible to have the
lubrication oil in the sump. Hence mist lubrication is used in practice. In such
engine, the lubrication oil is mixed with the fuel, the usual ratio being 3% to 6%.
The oil and fuel mixture is inducted through the carburetor. The fuel is vaporized
and the oil in the form of mist goes via the crankcase into the cylinder. The oil
which strikes the crankcase walls lubricates the main and connecting rod bearings
and the rest of oil lubricate the piston, piston rings and the cylinder.

The advantage of this system is its simplicity and low cost as it does not require an
oil pump, filter, etc. however there are certain disadvantage which are
enumerated are following:

1) It cause heavy exhaust stroke due to burning of lubricating oil partially or

fully and also forms deposit on piston crown and exhaust port which are
affect engine efficiency.

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2) Since the oil come in close contact with acidic vapor produced during the
combustion process get contaminant and may result in the corrosion of
bearing surfaces.
3) This system call for a thorough mixing if effective lubrication. This requires
either separate mixing prior to use or use of some additive to give the oil
good mixing characteristics.
4) During closed throttle operation as in the case of vehicle moving down the
hill, the engine will suffer from insufficient lubrication as the supply of fuel
is less. This is an important limitation of system.

1.3.2) Wet sump lubrication system

In the wet sump lubrication system, the bottom of the crankcase contains an oil
pan or sump from which the lubricating oil is pumped to various engine
components by a pump. After lubrication these parts, the oil flow back to the
sump by gravity. Again it is picked by a pump and recirculated through the engine
lubricating system. There are three varieties in the wet sump lubricating system.
They are:

1) The splash system

2) The splash and pressure system
3) The pressure feed system

1.3.2.) 1- Splash system

This type of lubricating system is used in light duty engine. The lubricating oil is
discharge into the bottom of the engine crankcase and maintained at a
predetermined level. The oil is drawn by the pump and delivered through a
distributing pipe extending the length if the crankcase into the splash trough
located under the big end of all the connecting rods. These troughs were provided
with overflows and oil in the trough are therefore kept at a constant level. A
splasher or dipper is provided under each connecting rod cap which dips into the
oil in the trough at every revolution of the crankshaft and the oil is splashed all
over the interior of crankcase, into the pistons and onto the exposed portion of

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cylinder walls. The oil dripping from the cylinder is collected in the sump where it
is cooled by the air flowing around. The cooled oil is then recirculated.

Fig: 1 Splash lubrication system

1.3.2)2- The splash and pressure lubrication system:

In this system, the lubricating oil is supplied under pressure to main and camshaft
bearing. Oil is also supplied under pressure to pipes which direct a stream of oil
against the dipper on the big end of connecting rod bearing cup and thus the
crankpin bearing are lubricated by the splash or spray of oil thrown up by the
dipper.

1.3.2)3- Pressure feed system:

In this system, the oil is drawn in from the sump and forced to all the main
bearings of the crankshaft through distributing channels. A pressure relief valve

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will also be fitted near the delivery point of the pump which open when the
pressure in the system attains a predetermine value. An oil hole is drilled in the
crankshaft from the center of each crankpin to the centre of an adjacent main
journal, through which oil can pass from the main bearing to the crankpin
bearing. From the crankpin it reaches piston pin bearing through a hole drilled in
the connecting rod. The cylinder wall, tappet roller, piston and piston rings are
lubricated by oil spray from around the piston pins and the main and connecting
rod bearings. The basic components of the wet sump lubricating system are (1)
pump (2) strainer (3) pressure regulator (4) filter (5) breather.

Fig :2 pressure feed lubrication system

Oil is drawn from the sump by a gear or rotor type of oil pump through an oil
strainer. The strainer is a fine mesh screen which prevents foreign particles from
entering the oil circulating system. A pressure relief valve is provided which
automatically keep the delivery pressure constant and can b set to any value.
When the oil pressure exceed that for which the valve is set, the valve open and
allow some of the oil to return to the sump thereby reliving the oil pressure in the
system.
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1.3.3) Dry sump lubrication system

In this system, the supply of oil is carried in an external tank. An oil pump draws
oil from the supply tank and circulates it under pressure to the various bearing of
the engine. Oil dripping from the cylinder and bearing into the sump is removed
by the scavenging pump which in turn the oil is pass through a filter, and is fed
back to the supply tank. Thus oil is prevented from accumulating in the base of
engine. The capacity of the scavenging pump is always greater than the oil pump.
In this system a filter with a bypass valve is placed in between the scavenging
pump and the supply tank. If a filter is clogged, the pressure relief valve opens
permitting oil to bypass the filter and reaches the supply tank. A separate oil
cooler with either water or air as the cooling medium, is usually provided in the
dry sump system to remove the heat from the oil.

1.4) Properties of lubricants

The duties of the lubricant in an engine are many and varied in a scope. The
lubricant is called upon to limit and control the following:

1) Friction between the component and metal to metal contact

2) Overheating of the component
3) Wear of component
4) Corrosion
5) Deposit

To accomplish the above function, the lubricant should have

1) Suitable viscosity
2) Oiliness to ensure adherence to the bearing, and for less friction and wear
when the lubrication is in the boundary region , and as a protective
covering against corrosion
3) High strength to prevent the metal to metal contact and seizure under
heavy load
4) Should not react with the lubricating surface

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5) A low pour point to allow floe of the lubricant at low temperature to the oil
pump
6) No tendency to form deposit by reacting with air, water, fuel or the product
of combustion
7) Cleaning ability
8) Non foaming characteristics
9) Non toxic and non inflammable

1.5) Additives for lubricants

The modern lubrication for heavy duty engines are highly refined which otherwise
may produce sludge or suffer a progressive increase in viscosity. For these
reasons the lubricant are seasoned by the additive of certain oil soluble organic
compound containing inorganic elements such as phosphorus, sulphur, amine
additive. Thus oil soluble organic compound added to the present day lubricant to
impart one or more of the following characteristics.

1) Anti oxidant and anticorrosive agent

2) Detergent dispersant
3) Extreme pressure additives
4) Pour point depressor
5) Viscosity index improver
6) Antifoam agent
7) Oiliness and film strength agent

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2 Cooling system

2.1) Need for cooling system

During the process of converting thermal energy to mechanical energy high temp
are produced in the cylinder of the engine as a result of the combustion process.
A large portion of the heat is transferred to the cylinder head and walls, piston
and valves. Unless this excess heat is carried away and these parts are adequate
cooled, the engine will be damaged. A cooling system must be preventing
damages to vital parts of the engine, but the temperature of these components
must be maintained within certain limits in the order to obtain maximum
performance from the engine. Hence a cooling system is needed to keep the
engine from not getting so hot as to cause problems and yet to permit it to run
hot enough to ensure maximum efficiency of the engine. The duty of cooling
system, in other word, is to keep the engine from getting not too hot and at the
same time not to keep it too cool either.

2.2) Characteristics of efficient cooling system

The following are the two main characteristics desired of an efficient cooling
system

1) It should be capable of removing about 30% of heat generated in the

combustion chamber while maintain the optimum temp of the engine
under all operating conditions of engine.
2) It should remove heat at a faster rate when engine is hot. However during
starting of the engine the cooling should be minimum, so that the working
parts of engine reach their operating temperature in short time.

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2.3) Type of cooling system

In order to cool the engine a cooling medium is required. This can be either air or
a liquid accordingly there are two type of systems in general use for cooling the IC
engine. They are

1) Liquid or indirect cooling system

2) Air or direct cooling system

2.4) Liquid cooled systems

In this system mainly water is used and made to circulate through the jackets
provided around the cylinder, cylinder-head, valve ports and seats where it
extracts most of the heat.

It consists of a long flat, thin-walled tube with an opening, facing the water pump
outlet and a number of small openings along its length that directs the water
against the exhaust valves. The fits in the water jacket and can be removed from
the front end of the block.

The heat is transferred from the cylinder walls and other parts by convection and
conduction. The liquid becomes heated in its passage through the jackets and is in
turn cooled by means of an air-cooled radiator system. The heat from liquid in
turn is transferred to air. Hence it is called the indirect cooling system. Water
cooling can be carried out by any of the following five methods

1) Direct or non-return system

2) Thermosyphon system
3) Forced circulation cooling system
4) Evaporative cooling system
5) Pressure cooling system

2.4.1) Direct or non-return system

This system is useful for large installation where plenty of water is available. The
water from a storage tank is directly supplied through the inlet valve to the

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engine cooling jacket. The hot water in not cooled for reuse but simply
discharged.

2.4.2) Thermosyphone system

The basic principle of thermosyphone can be explained with respect to fig. heat is
supplied to the fluid in the tank A. because of relative lower density, the hot fluid
travel up, its place is being taken by comparatively cold fluid from the tank B
through pipe p2.

Fig: 3 Principal of thermosyphon system

The hot fluid flow through the pipe p1 to the tank B where it get cooled. Thus the
fluid circulates through the system in the form of convective current.

For engine application the tank a represent the cylinder jacket while tank B
represent a radiator and water act as a circulating fluid. The main advantage of
this system is its simplicity and automatic circulating of the cooling water.

2.4.3) Forced circulating cooling system

This system is used in large number of automobile like cars, buses and even heavy
trucks. Here, flow of water from radiators to water jacket is by convection
assisted by pump.
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The main principle of this system is explained with the help of block diagram as
shown.

Fig: 4 Principal of forced circulation cooling system using thermostat.

The water or coolant is circulated through jacket around the part of engine to be
cooled, and is kept in motion by a centrifugal pump which is driven by the engine.
The water is passed through the radiator where it is cooled by the air drawn
through the radiator by a fan and by the air draft to the forward motion of the
vehicle. A thermostat is used to control the water temperature required for
cooling. It consist mainly four component radiator, fan water pump and a
thermostat.

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Fig: 5 Cooling of an automobile

2.4.4) Evaporative cooling system

This is predominately used in stationary engine. In this the engine will be cooled
because of the evaporation the water in the cylinder jackets into the steam. Here
the advantage is taken from the high latent heat of vaporizing of the water by
allowing evaporating in the cylinder jackets. If the steam is formed at a pressure
above atmospheric the temperature will be above the normal permissible
temperature.

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Fig: 6 Evaporative cooling with air cooled condenser

In fig. evaporative cooling with air cooled condenser. In this case water is
circulated by the pump A and when delivered to the overhead tank B part of it
boils out. The tank has portion C. The vapors rise above the portion C and because
of the condensing action of the radiator tube D, condensate flow into the lower
tank E from which it is picked up and return to the tank B by the small pump F.
the vertical pipe G is in communication with the outside atmosphere to prevent
the collapsing of the tank B and E when the pressure inside them due to
condensation fall below the atmosphere.

2.4.5) Pressure cooling system

In pressure cooling system moderate pressure, say up to 2 bar, are commonly
used. As shown in fig a cap is fitted with two valves which are loaded by a
compression spring and a vacuum valve. When the coolant is cold both valve are
shut but as the engine warm up the coolant temperature rises until it reaches a
certain preset value corresponding to the desired pressure when the safety valve

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open. But if the coolant temperature falls during the engine operation the valve
will close again until the temperature rises to equivalent pressure value. When
the engine is switched off and the coolant cool down vacuum being to form in the
cooling system but when the internal pressure fall below atmosphere the vacuum
valve is opened by the higher outside pressure and the cooling system then
attains atmosphere pressure.

2.5) Air cooled system

In the air cooled system a current of air is made to flow past the outside of the
cylinder barrel, outer surface area of which has been considerably increased by
providing cooling fin as shown in fig. this method will increased the rate of
cooling. This method is mainly applicable to the engine in the motorcycles, small
cars, airplanes and combat tank where motion of the vehicle gives a good velocity
to cool the engine. The value of heat transfer coefficient between metal and air is
appreciably low. As a result of this the cylinder wall temperature of the air cooled
cylinder are considerably higher than those of water cooled type.

Fig :7 Cooling fins

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2.6) Comparison of liquid and air cooling system:

In view of the wide spread use of these two alternative cooling system for petrol
as well as diesel engine it is of interest to summarize the respective advantage
and limitation of these system.

2.6.1) Advantage of liquid cooling system

(1) Compact design of engine with appreciably smaller frontal area is possible.
(2) The fuel consumption of high compression liquid cooled engine is rather
lower than for air cooled ones.
(3) Because of the even cooling of the cylinder barrel and due to jacketing
makes it possible to reduce the cylinder head and valve seat temperature.
(4) In case of water cooled engines, installation is not necessarily at the front
of the mobile vehicle, aircraft etc. as the cooling system can be
conveniently located wherever required. This is not possible in case of air
cooled system.
(5) The size of engine does not involve serious problem as far as the design of
the cooling system is concerned. In case of air cooled engines particularly in
high horsepower range difficulty is encounter in the circulation of requisite
quantity of air for the cooling purpose.

2.6.2) Limitation
(1) This is a dependent system in which water circulation in the jackets is to be
ensured by additional.
(2) Power absorbed by the pump for water circulation is considerable and this
affects the power output of the engine.
(3) In the event of failure of the cooling system serious damage may be caused
to the engine.
(4) Cost of the system is considerably high.
(5) System requires considerable maintenance of its various parts.

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2.6.3) Advantage of Air-cooling System

(1) The design of the engine becomes simpler as no water jackets are
required. The cylinder can have identical dimensions and be
individually detachable and therefore cheaper to renew in case of
accident etc.
(2) Absence of cooling pipes, radiator, etc. makes the cooling system
thereby minimum maintenance problems.
(3) No danger of cooling leakage etc.
(4) The engine is subjected to freezing troubles etc., usually encountered
in case of water coolant engines.
(5) The weight of the air-cooled engine is less than that of water-cooled
engine, i.e., power to weight ratio is improved.
(6) In this case, the engine is rather a self-contained unit as it requires no
external components like radiator, header, tank etc.
(7) Insulation of air-cooled engines is easier.

2.6.4) Limitations
(1) Can be applied only to small and medium sized engines.
(2) In places where ambient temperature are lower.
(3) Cooling is not uniform.
(4) Higher working temperature compared to water-cooling.
(5) Produce more aerodynamic noise.
(6) Specific fuel consumption is slightly higher.
(7) Lower maximum allowable compression ratios.
(8) The fan, if used absorbs as much as 5% of the power developed by
the engine.

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