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Biolubricants : science and technology /
Lubricants are essential in engineering, however more sustainable formulations are needed to avoid adverse effects on the ecosystem. Bio-based lubricant formulations present a promising solution. Biolubricants: Science and technology is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and timely review of this im...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK :
Woodhead Publishing Limited,
2013.
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| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing in energy ;
no. 46. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 applciations
- Markets for biolubricants
- Lubricant use and disposal
- Advanced lubricant fluids
- Epilogue: The outlook for biolubricant science and technology.