Abstract
Hydrodynamic journal bearings are widely used in rotating machines where high loading condition prevails. In this work, effect of different volume fractions of TiO2 (Titanium dioxide) additive in commercially available SAE30 lubricant oil on the performance of hydrodynamic journal bearing is analysed experimentally. Hydrodynamic journal bearing test rig is used to perform the experiment. The experiment is carried out by taking different volume fractions of TiO2 additive (0.075%, 0.1% and 0.15%) in SAE30 lubricant base oil and their effect on journal bearing characteristics like coefficient of friction, pressure distribution, temperature rise, eccentricity ratio, attitude angle, minimum film thickness and displacement is analysed. Paraffin oil is used to uniformly distribute the TiO2 in the base oil and to resist sedimentation.The study shows that the addition of TiO2 additive in the base SAE30 lubricant oil is capable of significantly reducing the values of friction coefficient and maximum temperature rise. It has been found that the addition of TiO2 additive improves the performance of the hydrodynamic journal bearing. Results reveals that the additive performs better at higher loading conditions.
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