In this study, piston and valve surfaces of a diesel engine to improve
exhaust emission and engine performance values, NiCr with bond coat and
without bond coat with Cr2O3, Al2O3+13%TiO2, Cr2O3+25%Al2O3 coatings were
coated using plasma spray method. By examining the microstructures of the
coating materials, it was observed that a good coating bond is formed. In
this study, unlike other coating applications, two different and proportions
of specific ceramic powders were coated on the combustion chamber elements,
mounted on a diesel engine, and their effects on engine performance and
emissions were tested on the engine dynamometer. For this purpose, the
internal combustion engine was operated at 1400, 1700, 2000, 2300, 2600,
2900, and 3200 rpm engine speeds and engine power, engine torque, incylinder
pressure changes and HRR values were recorded. In this study, the that
results were obtained by comparing thermal barrier coated engine with
standard engine. An increase of 14.92% in maximum engine power, 12.35% in
engine torque, 13% in-cylinder pressure, heat release rate by 4.5% and brake
thermal efficiency by 10.17% was detected, while brake specific fuel
consumption decreased by 14.96%.