Effect of Marine Coolant Additives on Cavitation Erosion–Corrosion of Diesel Engine Cylinder Liner

In this study, cavitation erosion tests were conducted to investigate the effects of the presence of coolant additives and chlorides on the corrosion and cavitation erosion of cylinder liners in marine diesel engines. Electrochemical experiments were conducted to evaluate the corrosion characteristi...

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Main Authors: Woo-Seok Jeon, Il-Cho Park
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
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description In this study, cavitation erosion tests were conducted to investigate the effects of the presence of coolant additives and chlorides on the corrosion and cavitation erosion of cylinder liners in marine diesel engines. Electrochemical experiments were conducted to evaluate the corrosion characteristics of ductile cast iron (DCI), and the corrosion potential and corrosion current density were measured. In addition, weight loss, surface roughness, and maximum surface damage depth were quantified as a function of cavitation exposure time. Furthermore, to investigate the erosion and erosion–corrosion characteristics induced by cavitation attack, the damaged surface morphology was closely examined using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) after the cavitation erosion tests. The results revealed that the coolant additive effectively protected the DCI from corrosion caused by aggressive chlorides. In particular, when an appropriate amount of additive was added to a coolant containing 100 ppm of chloride, the corrosion current density of DCI was reduced by approximately 31.7 times, significantly improving corrosion resistance. Therefore, different surface damage mechanisms corresponding to cavitation erosion and cavitation erosion–corrosion were identified depending on the presence or absence of the coolant additive during the cavitation erosion tests.
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spelling doaj-art-dd4aca7660fc4957a35ce126b671f74a2025-08-20T03:38:53ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-06-011511635310.3390/app15116353Effect of Marine Coolant Additives on Cavitation Erosion–Corrosion of Diesel Engine Cylinder LinerWoo-Seok Jeon0Il-Cho Park1Graduate School, Department of Marine Engineering, Mokpo National Maritime University, Mokpo 58628, Republic of KoreaDivision of Cadet Training, Mokpo National Maritime University, Mokpo 58628, Republic of KoreaIn this study, cavitation erosion tests were conducted to investigate the effects of the presence of coolant additives and chlorides on the corrosion and cavitation erosion of cylinder liners in marine diesel engines. Electrochemical experiments were conducted to evaluate the corrosion characteristics of ductile cast iron (DCI), and the corrosion potential and corrosion current density were measured. In addition, weight loss, surface roughness, and maximum surface damage depth were quantified as a function of cavitation exposure time. Furthermore, to investigate the erosion and erosion–corrosion characteristics induced by cavitation attack, the damaged surface morphology was closely examined using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) after the cavitation erosion tests. The results revealed that the coolant additive effectively protected the DCI from corrosion caused by aggressive chlorides. In particular, when an appropriate amount of additive was added to a coolant containing 100 ppm of chloride, the corrosion current density of DCI was reduced by approximately 31.7 times, significantly improving corrosion resistance. Therefore, different surface damage mechanisms corresponding to cavitation erosion and cavitation erosion–corrosion were identified depending on the presence or absence of the coolant additive during the cavitation erosion tests.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/11/6353coolant additiveductile cast ironcavitation erosioncorrosioncylinder liner
spellingShingle Woo-Seok Jeon
Il-Cho Park
Effect of Marine Coolant Additives on Cavitation Erosion–Corrosion of Diesel Engine Cylinder Liner
Applied Sciences
coolant additive
ductile cast iron
cavitation erosion
corrosion
cylinder liner
title Effect of Marine Coolant Additives on Cavitation Erosion–Corrosion of Diesel Engine Cylinder Liner
title_full Effect of Marine Coolant Additives on Cavitation Erosion–Corrosion of Diesel Engine Cylinder Liner
title_fullStr Effect of Marine Coolant Additives on Cavitation Erosion–Corrosion of Diesel Engine Cylinder Liner
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Marine Coolant Additives on Cavitation Erosion–Corrosion of Diesel Engine Cylinder Liner
title_short Effect of Marine Coolant Additives on Cavitation Erosion–Corrosion of Diesel Engine Cylinder Liner
title_sort effect of marine coolant additives on cavitation erosion corrosion of diesel engine cylinder liner
topic coolant additive
ductile cast iron
cavitation erosion
corrosion
cylinder liner
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/11/6353
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