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LW-10-106 FUTURE BASE FLUIDS- CLASSIFICATION

Professor M. C. Dwivedi Convener, Lubricants –Additives- Waxes and Petroleum Specialty Products Symposium Mumbai, India

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Associate Member, International Member, Petrochemical Member, Refining Member - $0.00
Government, NonMember - $35.00

Description:

API classification of the base oils has been common criteria for quality assessment of petroleum functional fluids base stocks between refiners, traders and manufacturers and blenders of products. It’s applicability is limited to petroleum and at the most synthetic hydrocarbon base stocks. It is approximate and can not assure the quality. With the rising price of petroleum stocks other fluids particularly vegetable oil based stocks and water based fluids will become economically viable. The future will see multiplicity of base stocks. This calls for a broader and compressive classification criteria. The classification proposed in this paper focuses on the molecular structure of the oil constituents. Viscosity index, iodine value, saponisification value, volatility, water content and biodegradability are parameters. Linearity index is a good indicator of quality, it should be reported (>70) if data is available. The proposed classification helps to identify the chemical nature, chemical structure, functional and blend characteristics of the stock. It will provide quality assurance of the base oil and also provided guidance for the selection of additives package for a particular stock and product application.

Product Details:

Product ID: LW-10-106
Publication Year: 2010