Due to special working conditions, diesel engines often need to run stably for a long time at high power operating conditions. As the core of diesel engine moving parts, the piston needs to be exposed to high temperature for a long time. Based on the problem of excessive piston temperature at the maximum power point of a certain type of diesel engine, this paper discussed the protective effect of using different thicknesses of Mullite thermal barrier coating on the top surface of the piston, by using the method of hardness plug temperature measurement and three-dimensional simulation. When the thickness of the ceramic coating was increased from 0.2 to 0.7 mm, the maximum temperature of the piston seat decreased from 358.6 to 338.9 °C. This showed that the use of Mullite thermal barrier coating could reduce the working temperature of the aluminum alloy piston at the maximum load operating point, and greatly improve the reliability of engine components.
When a commercial vehicle diesel engine works for an extended period of time at the torque spot, it can easily cause a mechanical failure due to the high temperature of the piston. In this paper, the temperature plug method was used to measure the temperature of the piston at the maximum torque spot. In order to reduce the failure caused by high temperature, the finite element analysis software Ansys was used in this paper to study the effects of different thicknesses of ceramic coatings on the piston surface of a diesel engine on the maximum temperature of the piston substrate. The bonding layer of the ceramic coating was NiCoCrAlY with a thickness of 0.1 mm, and the insulating layer was a La2Zr2O7 coating with respective thicknesses of 0.2 mm, 0.3 mm, 0.5 mm, 0.7 mm, and 0.9 mm. When the thickness of the ceramic coating was increased from 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm, the maximum temperature of the piston base decreased from 347.9 °C to 267.46 °C. This showed that the use of a thermal-barrier coating can effectively reduce the maximum temperature of the piston and greatly improve the safety of engine operation.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.