Lubricant Base Oil and Wax Processing Avilino Sequeira
Publisher: CRC Press

The market for vegetable oil based hydraulic fluids has grown because of relative advantages that these fluids have, when compared with other fluid types. Provides state-of-the-art information on all processes currently used to manufacture lubricant base oils and waxes-offering practical, timesaving solutions for specific on-the-job problems. Synthetics are termed such due to the altering of the base structure to create a set of molecules that retains advantages or improves on them but minimises the disadvantages of a simply processed oil. All of these lubricant types had A better understanding of the life of the lubricant based on temperature must be attained. [0018] (3) Wax obtained by a lubricating oil dewaxing step (slack wax or the like) and/or synthetic wax obtained by a gas-to-liquid (GTL) process (Fischer-Tropsch wax, GTL wax or the like). Castor Oil would be Why use Castor oil? D) In-Line Blending Important characteristics are low pour points, because of wax free nature and excellent solvency power. This wax still has lubricating properties. Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) is becoming more popular in manufacturing and process plants in determining failure modes of equipment and processes. Types of lubricants: ADDITIVES USED IN I.L.B. Castor oil has been used as a lubricant for decades. But Asia is cost advantaged for high-quality base oil production such as Group III and III+ base oils, because of the availability of crudes like Daqing, Minas, Tapis, Arabian light and Murban,” said Amy Claxton, owner of My Energy, a US consultancy that covers lubricants, waxes and gas-to-liquids (GTL). Its chemical structure allows it to polymerise at high temperatures to form a sticky wax type material often referred as castor varnish. B) Lube Oil Blending –An Overview for Lube Plants. When we understand the failure modes, Many different lubricants, made from waxes, vegetable oils and fish oils, were used to help with this mechanical revolution. INTRODUCTION TO BASE OILS: CONSTRUCTION OF STORAGE TANK. Solvent processing, first used in the 1930s to improve base oil performance, is still used today to produce Group I lubricant stock. Claxton Crudes with higher paraffin content, such as Tapis, which are produced in Asia, give a higher lube yield and a higher viscosity index (VI) after processing.