Determining Fuel Economy Benefits of Improved Lubricants

摘要：

　　Rising fuel costs as well as mandated greenhouse gas reductions have led commercial vehicle manufacturers and operators to focus on improving fuel economy.Fuel costs are a large part of their fleet operating expenses.Efficient engine lubricants can play a role in reducing fuel consumption and can be evaluated in well-established tests such as the ASTM D7589 Sequence ⅥD engine dynamometer test procedure.However,achievements resulting in lower fuel consumption can also be obtained through improvements in drivetrain systems,in terms of both hardware and lubricants.Although there are no published industry standards for testing the fuel economy benefits of transmission or axle lubricants,driveline component tests can be used to evaluate efficiency on a subsystem scale.This paper describes current procedures used to measure fuel economy through various tests and on-road evaluations.

作者: Samuel Kong Rebecca Warden Michael Lochte Matt Jackson

作者单位: Southwest Research Institute,San Antonio,Texas,USA

会议类型: 国内会议

会议名称: 2014大连润滑油技术经济论坛暨C-SAE汽车燃料与润滑油分会第十六届年会

会议地点: 大连

会议语种:英文

页码: 125-132

在线出版日期: 2014-09-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）