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Oil Cooler

Subteam: PowertrainSubsystem: LubricationAssembly: Cooling SystemCars: CR21, CR22, CR25, CR26I

Purpose

Reject heat from the engine oil to air, so oil temperature stays below its limit without being tied to the water system.

Function

A separate oil-to-air heat exchanger fed through the sandwich plate adapter at the OEM oil cooler location, with its own duct, shroud and fan.

Design Process

Moving off the OEM oil-to-water arrangement allows a higher oil temperature limit, because oil is no longer constrained by the boiling point of water. Water boils at 126 C at system pressure; the absolute oil temperature limit is 140 C.

Analysis

Rejects 21.5 hp at a 131 C inlet temperature, with an 11 C temperature drop across the cooler. Simulated as a porous region in ANSYS Fluent with Darcy-Forchheimer coefficients from flow bench testing (viscous 7,387,951.269, inertial 132.358). Target mass airflow 0.060 kg/s, design achieved 0.087 kg/s.

Full Material List

Aluminium core. -12 AN (3/4 inch) inlet and outlet fittings with integrated temperature sensor ports. From the cost report drawings and CAD: From the cost report drawings: 6061 Aluminum Alloy (Oil Cooler Bottom Mount); Aluminum (SUSA Oil Cooler).

Reoccuring issues

None recorded. This part has no entry in Knowledge_Transfer/Issue Logging/Fault Vault.xlsx, in either Issue Log.xlsx, in CR22/Issue Tracking/Shakedown 7-15-23.xlsx, or in any design review issue list found in CrimsonStorage or Box.

Properties

3.1 lb wet weight. Maximum measured heat dissipation during a mock endurance 21.5 hp. From the cost report drawings and CAD: Dimensions called out on the cost report drawings. These are the figures printed on the drawing, not a labelled specification; open the drawing itself for what each one refers to. Oil Cooler Bottom Mount (as drawn): 3.18, 12.70, 20.07, 50.04, 88.14 Oil Cooler Top Mount (as drawn): 3.18, 50.04, 20.07 Oil Cooler (as drawn): 84.13, 233.00, 330.00, 50.00, 91.50 Oil Cooler Lower Standoff,Mount (as drawn): 76.20, 7.62, 10.19, 1.02, 5.11, 0.51 SUSA Oil Cooler (as drawn): 245.00, 24.50, 330.00, 33.00, 100.00, 10.00, 50.00, 5.00, 20.38, 2.04 Oil Cooler Lower Standoff,Mount (as drawn): 7.62 SUSA Oil Cooler (as drawn): 24.50, 33.00, 10.00, 9.40, 5.00 Source: Cost report drawings: CR22/Powertrain/Design/X - Cost Report Drawings/Lubrication Drawings/Oil Cooler Bottom Mount.pdf; CR22/Powertrain/Design/X - Cost Report Drawings/Lubrication Drawings/Oil Cooler Top Mount.pdf; CR22/Powertrain/Design/X - Cost Report Drawings/Lubrication Drawings/Oil Cooler.pdf; CR25/Powertrain/Design/Lubrication/3 ~ Documentation/Cost Report Drawings/Oil Cooler Lower Standoff,Mount.pdf and 11 more Quantity per car, as costed: 1

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