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Title: Pyrolysis bio-oils as additives for vegetable oil based lubricants

Author
item SHARMA, BRAJENDRA - University Of Illinois
item Doll, Kenneth - Ken
item MARLEY, K - University Of Illinois
item MURALI, D - University Of Illinois
item LARSON, RICHARD - University Of Illinois

Submitted to: Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/17/2014
Publication Date: 5/18/2014
Citation: Sharma, B.K., Doll, K.M., Marley, K.A., Murali, D., Larson, R.A. 2014. Pyrolysis bio-oils as additives for vegetable oil based lubricants [abstract]. Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting & Exhibition. p. 59.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Softwood and hardwood lignins, along with hardwood as such, were pyrolyzed to afford bio-oil distillates in which phenols were major products. Extraction with alkali gave a range of lignin-related phenols having molecular weights (MWs) from 110 to 344. Because vegetable oil based lubricants have drawbacks, such as poor oxidative stability, poor low temperature properties, and low hydrolytic stability, the lignin-based phenols offer a bio-based solution. The unfractionated extract, when tested with a vegetable oil based product, was equal in antioxidant activity to the synthetic compound Butylated Hydroxy Toluene (BHT). Vegetable oils and synthetic base oils additized with these bio-oils were also examined for lubricant properties, such as low temperature flow properties, corrosion properties, and friction/wear reducing ability.