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Informationen zum Autor Jan C. J. Bart is a Full Professor of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Messina, Italy. Emanuele Gucciardi is a Post-doctor researcher at the ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie-und Wasserstoff-Forschung) of Ulm, Germany. Stefano Cavallaro is an Associate Professor of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Messina, Italy. Klappentext Biolubricants are manufactured directly from vegetable oil formulations or synthesized from renewable mineral oils. They are designed to be biodegradable and nontoxic to humans. The authors provide an essential overview of scientific and technological developments enabling the cost-effective improvement of biolubricants. Zusammenfassung Biolubricants: Science and technology is a comprehensive! interdisciplinary and timely review of this important subject. Inhaltsverzeichnis Renewable lubricants; Principles of lubrication; Lubricants: properties and characteristics; The transition from reliance on fossil resources to biomass valorisation; Renewable feedstocks for lubricant production; Chemical transformations of renewable lubricant feedstocks; Formulating lubricating oils; Quality assurance of biolubricants; Legislation of relevance to lubricants; Biolubricant product development; Environmental life-cycle assessment (LCA) of lubricants; Biolubricant product groups and technological applications; Markets for biolubricants; Lubricant use and disposal; Advanced lubricant fluids; Epilogue: The outlook for biolubricant science and technology.
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Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
Preface
Chapter 1: Renewable lubricants
Abstract:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Scope
1.3 Chapter overview
Chapter 2: Principles of lubrication
Abstract:
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Purpose of lubrication
2.3 Friction and lubrication conditions
Chapter 3: Lubricants: properties and characteristics
Abstract:
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Lubricant base stocks
3.3 Classifications for oils and lubricating greases
3.4 Eco designations for lubricants
3.5 Environmentally acceptable lubricants
3.6 Physicochemical properties of lubricants
Chapter 4: The transition from reliance on fossil resources to biomass valorisation
Abstract:
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Biomass
4.3 Transformation of biomass to bioproducts
4.4 Biomass potentials and limitations
Chapter 5: Renewable feedstocks for lubricant production
Abstract:
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Natural vegetable oils and animal fats in lubrication
5.3 Industrial oil-crop engineering
5.4 Bio-based wax esters
5.5 Plant polymeric carbohydrates
Chapter 6: Chemical transformations of renewable lubricant feedstocks
Abstract:
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Chemically modified fatty compounds in lubrication
6.3 Branched-chain fatty acids (BCFAs) in lubrication
6.4 Modified starch-based lubricants
Chapter 7: Formulating lubricating oils
Abstract:
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Lubricant additive technology
7.3 Additive design for renewable lubricants
7.4 Biolubricant formulations
Chapter 8: Quality assurance of biolubricants
Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Biolubricant quality requirements
8.3 Biolubricant quality management
8.4 Quality control of biolubricant feedstocks
8.5 Standardised methods for testing lubricating fluids and greases
8.6 Biolubricant process and product quality control
8.7 Biolubricant analytical methodology
8.8 Quality of in-service lubricants
Chapter 9: Legislation of relevance to lubricants
Abstract:
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Chemicals policy initiatives
9.3 (Bio)lubricant regulations
9.4 Ecolabels and international standards
Chapter 10: Biolubricant product development
Abstract:
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) specifications for lubricants
10.3 Biolubricant standardisation
10.4 Performance tests for lubricants and lubricating greases
10.5 Biolubricant research and technology development (RTD)
Chapter 11: Environmental life-cycle assessment (LCA) of lubricants
Abstract:
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Life-cycle assessment (LCA)
11.3 Sustainable product design
Chapter 12: Biolubricant product groups and technological applications
Abstract:
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Automotive lubricants
12.3 Hydraulic oils
12.4 Biodegradable loss lubricants
12.5 Marine lubricants
12.6 Gear lubrication oils
12.7 Compressor oils
12.8 Turbine oils
12.9 Metalworking fluids (MWFs) and metal-forming lubricants
12.10 Lubricants in the food-processing industry
12.11 Biodegradable lubricating greases
12.12 Specialty lubricants
12.13 Solid biodegradable lubricants
12.14 Process oils
Chapter 13: Markets for biolubricants
Abstract:
13.1 Introduction
13.2 European biolubricant markets
13.3 Biolubricant markets in the United States
13.4 Market opportunities for bio-based lubricants
Chapter 14: Lubricant use and disposal
Abstract:
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Selection of (renewable) oil lub
