Recent Advances in Automotive Powertrain Lubrication
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2024 | Viewed by 9106
Special Issue Editors
Interests: automotive engine oils; future fuels; artificial ageing; condition monitoring; chemical analysis
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Dear Colleagues,
The individual passenger car is still dominant for passenger transport, as are medium and heavy commercial vehicles in logistics. In addition, there is still a strong reliance on internal combustion engines (ICEs) fueled by fossil-based gasoline or diesel, although a shift to electrification is currently taking place in the automobile market. On the other hand, increasingly stringent legal requirements demand stricter emission limits, binding targets for CO2 emission with new and more reliable emission testing under real driving conditions, and improved fuel economy. These facts are highly important driving factors for scientific efforts to develop improved mobility concepts with a special focus on elevated environmental friendliness. Strategies to achieve these goals are manifold.
Given these general conditions, the parameter of suitable component lubrication is a key factor in the development of future automotive powertrains. Thus, this Special Issue aims to give an insight into the recent trends and research directions in the field of automotive lubrication. All state-of-the-art contributions are welcomed to provide a profound summary of current scientific advances.
Dr. Charlotte Besser
Dr. András Lajos Nagy
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- automotive lubricants
- engine oil
- transmission oil
- renewable lubricants
- nano additives
- oil degradation
- oil condition monitoring
- oil analysis
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