EP3423693A1 - Cylinder liner and anti-polishing ring - Google Patents
Cylinder liner and anti-polishing ringInfo
- Publication number
- EP3423693A1 EP3423693A1 EP16713504.5A EP16713504A EP3423693A1 EP 3423693 A1 EP3423693 A1 EP 3423693A1 EP 16713504 A EP16713504 A EP 16713504A EP 3423693 A1 EP3423693 A1 EP 3423693A1
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- Prior art keywords
- cylinder
- piston
- cylinder liner
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- engine
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F02F1/00—Cylinders; Cylinder heads
- F02F1/004—Cylinder liners
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
- F02B77/00—Component parts, details or accessories, not otherwise provided for
- F02B77/08—Safety, indicating, or supervising devices
- F02B77/085—Safety, indicating, or supervising devices with sensors measuring combustion processes, e.g. knocking, pressure, ionization, combustion flame
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F02F1/00—Cylinders; Cylinder heads
- F02F2001/006—Cylinders; Cylinder heads having a ring at the inside of a liner or cylinder for preventing the deposit of carbon oil particles, e.g. oil scrapers
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a cylinder liner in accordance with the preamble of claim 1 .
- the invention also concerns an anti-polishing ring for a cylinder liner as defined in the preamble of the other independent claim.
- Cylinder pressure can be measured either directly using a pressure sensor that is exposed to the pressure inside a cylinder, or indirectly using strain gages, force sensors or similar devices monitoring deformation or displacement of a component of the engine. If direct pressure measuring is used, the pressure sensors are typically arranged in the cylinder heads of the engine. A disadvantage of direct pres- sure monitoring is that the lifetime of the pressure sensors is limited due to the high temperatures and the vibrations occurring in the cylinder heads.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an improved cylinder liner for forming a cylinder of a piston engine, which comprises a piston that is configured to move in the cylinder in a reciprocating manner between bottom dead center and top dead center, the piston comprising at least one piston ring.
- the characterizing features of the cylinder liner according to the invention are given in the characterizing part of claim 1 .
- Another object of the invention is to pro- vide an improved anti-polishing ring for a cylinder liner. The characterizing features of the anti-polishing ring are given in the characterizing part of the other independent claim.
- the wall of the cylinder liner comprises a through hole, which is configured to allow transmission of pressure from the cylinder to a pressure sensor and arranged in the wall of the cylinder liner at such a height that when the cylinder liner is mounted in an engine for forming a cylinder and a piston inside the cylinder is at top dead center, the hole opens inside the cylinder at a location that is above all the piston rings of the piston.
- cylinder pressure can be measured directly via the wall of the cylinder liner. Temperature and vibration levels in the cylinder liner are lower than in a cylinder head. The lifetime of pressure sensors is thus increased.
- the hole is configured to receive a pressure sensor.
- the diameter of the hole can increase in steps towards the outer surface of the cylinder liner.
- the upper end of the cylinder liner comprises a recess for receiving an anti-polishing ring.
- the hole of the cylinder liner opens to the area of the recess. This allows a pressure sensor to be arranged behind an anti-polishing ring, which protects the pressure sensor from heat.
- the outer surface of the anti-polishing ring comprises a groove, which extends in the axial direction from the upper end of the anti-polishing ring towards the lower end and is configured to allow transmission of pressure from the cylinder to the through hole of the cylinder liner.
- a piston engine comprises at least one cylinder and a piston that is configured to move in the cylinder in a reciprocating manner between bottom dead center and top dead center, the piston comprising at least one piston ring.
- the cylinder is formed by a cylinder liner defined above.
- the engine comprises a cylinder liner having at the upper end a recess for accommodating an anti-polishing ring and an anti-polishing ring defined above.
- Fig. 1 shows schematically a cylinder pressure monitoring arrangement of a piston engine
- Fig. 2 shows a cylinder liner of a piston engine according to an embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 3 shows a cylinder liner of a piston engine according to another embodiment of the invention.
- FIG 1 is shown schematically an internal combustion engine 1 with a cylinder pressure monitoring arrangement.
- the engine 1 is a large piston engine, such as a main or an auxiliary engine of a ship or an engine that is used at a power plant for producing electricity.
- the cylinder bore of the engine 1 is at least 150 mm.
- four cylinders 2 are shown.
- the engine 1 can comprise any reasonable number of cylinders 2, which can be arranged in line or in a V-configuration.
- each cylinder of the engine 1 is provided with a pressure sensor 3.
- the pressure sensors 3 are arranged to measure the cylinder pressures directly. Each pressure sensor 3 is thus exposed to the cylinder pressure in the respective cylinder 2.
- Each pressure sensor 3 is connected to a control unit 4.
- Figure 2 shows a simplified cross-sectional view of a cylinder liner 5 according to an embodiment of the invention.
- the cylinder liner 5 is arranged at least partly inside an engine block and forms one of the cylinders 2 of the engine 1 .
- a piston 6 is arranged inside the cylinder 2.
- the piston 6 is connected via a connecting rod 8 to a crankshaft (not shown).
- the piston 6 is configured to move in a reciprocating manner between bottom dead center and top dead center.
- a cylinder head 7 closes the upper end of the cylinder 2.
- the expres- sion "upper end” refers here to the end that is farther from the crankshaft, i.e. the top dead center end of the cylinder 2.
- the cylinder 2 does not need to be arranged in a vertical position.
- the piston 6 is shown at top dead center.
- the piston 6 is provided with piston rings 10.
- the piston 6 comprises three piston rings 10.
- the main functions of the piston rings 10 are sealing of the combustion chamber for preventing escaping of combustion gases, heat transfer from the piston 6 to the cylinder liner 5 and regulation of the oil film on the inner surface of the cylinder liner 5.
- the outer diameter of the piston 6 above the piston rings 10 is smaller than the inner diameter of the cylinder liner 5. In a gap 14 between the piston 6 and the cylinder liner 5 above the piston rings 10, the pressure is thus substantially the same as above the piston 6.
- the wall of the cylinder liner 5 is provided with a through hole 9.
- the hole 9 is arranged at such a height that when the cylinder liner 5 is arranged in the engine 1 for forming the cylinder 2 and the piston 6 is at top dead center, the hole 9 opens onto the inner surface of the cylinder liner 5 at a location, which is above all the piston rings 10 of the piston 6. The cylinder pressure is thus transmitted to the hole 9 regardless of the position of the piston 6.
- the diameter of the hole 9 increases in steps towards the outer surface of the cylinder liner 5.
- the innermost end of the hole has thus a smaller diameter than the outermost end of the hole 9.
- the outer- most end of the hole 9 can be configured to receive a pressure sensor 3.
- the innermost end of the hole 9 can function as a conduit transmitting pressure from the cylinder 2 to the pressure sensor 3.
- the hole 9 can be provided with a thread for attaching the pressure sensor 3 to the cylinder liner 5.
- Figure 3 shows another embodiment of the invention.
- the cylinder liner 5 of figure 2 differs from the cylinder liner 5 of figure 2 in that it is provided with a recess 13 for receiving an anti-polishing ring 1 1 .
- the recess 13 is located at the upper end of the cylinder liner 13.
- the anti-polishing ring 1 1 is a sleeve-like element, which is used for removing carbon deposits from a piston 6.
- the inner diameter of the anti-polishing ring 1 1 is smaller than the inner diameter of the cylinder liner 5, but larger than the outer diameter of the piston 6 in the area above the piston rings 10.
- the lower end of the anti-polishing ring 1 1 is at such a height that when the piston 6 is at top dead center, the lower end of the anti- polishing ring 1 1 is above all the piston rings 10 of the piston 6, but the upper end of the piston 6 is above the lower end of the anti-polishing ring 1 1 .
- the anti-polishing ring 1 1 can thus scrape carbon deposits from a piston crown above the piston rings 10.
- the hole 9 of the cylinder liner 5 is arranged at the area of the recess 13. The hole 9 is thus behind the anti-polishing ring 1 1 .
- the anti- polishing ring 1 1 is provided with a groove 12.
- the groove 12 is arranged on the outer surface of the anti-polishing ring 1 1 .
- the groove 12 extends from the upper end of the anti-polishing ring 1 1 to such a location that fluid communica- tion is established between the cylinder 2 and the hole 9 of the cylinder liner 5. In the embodiment of figure 3, the groove 12 is vertical.
- the anti-polishing ring 1 1 is not in contact with the cylinder head 7, but a small gap 15 is formed between the cylinder head 7 and the anti-polishing ring 1 1 . Cylinder pressure can thus be transmitted through the gap to the groove 12. By locating the hole 9 of the cylinder liner 5 behind the anti-polishing ring 1 1 , pressure can be transmitted to a pressure sensor 3 but the pressure sensor 3 is protected from the most extreme heat.
- the anti-polishing ring 1 1 can be provided with a locking pin and the cylinder liner 5 or the cylinder head 7 with a cooperating recess for keeping the groove 12 of the anti-polishing ring 1 1 aligned with the hole 9 of the cylinder liner 5.
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Pistons, Piston Rings, And Cylinders (AREA)
- Cylinder Crankcases Of Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)
- Measuring Fluid Pressure (AREA)
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