Title :
Environmentally friendly bio-lubricant lubricity testing
Author :
Masjuki, H.H. ; Kalam, M.A. ; Nurul, M.F. ; Jayed, M.H. ; Liaquat, A.M. ; Varman, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract :
The objective of this paper is to investigate the wear phenomena of Jatropha and palm oil contaminated lubricant in elastrohydrodynamic lubrication with a four-ball machine. As a result, it was found that both Jatropha and palm oil has the potential in becoming an alternative lubricant in conventional machinery usage. However, Jatropha oil contaminated lubricant was a better lubricant in terms of low wear scar diameter, low coefficient of friction and high flash temperature parameter.
Keywords :
biofuel; environmental factors; friction; lubricating oils; lubrication; vegetable oils; wear; wear testing; Jatropha oil contaminated lubricants; elastrohydrodynamic lubrication; environmental friendly biolubricants; friction; lubricity testing; palm oil contaminated lubricants; wear; Friction; Irrigation; Lubricants; Optical variables measurement; Pollution measurement; Jatropha oil; coefficient of friction; flash temperature parameter; lubricant; palm oil; wear scar diameter;
Conference_Titel :
Clean Energy and Technology (CET), 2011 IEEE First Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1353-8
DOI :
10.1109/CET.2011.6041475
