Novel Routes for cost effective Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants
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Region | Moravian-Silesian Region |
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Title of the Programme | Research |
Title of the Project | Novel Routes for cost effective Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants |
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Number of the Project | TO01000250 |
Project Promoter | Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava |
Project Partner from Donor State | SINTEF AS |
Czech Partner | Ústav chemických procesů AV ČR, v. v. i. |
Status | Estimated project duration: 1/2021 – 12/2023 |
Total Eligible Costs | 1 256 446 EUR |
Grant | 1 143 774 EUR |
Project description:
Use of Environmental Acceptable Lubricants (EAL) in stern tubes has risen some uncertainties in the shipping sector due to their poor hydrolysis stability, bad pressure and temperature-related viscosity properties and in some cases shear thinning properties when compared with conventional and pollutant mineral oils.
The main goal of this project is to develop a more reliable and cost-effective EAL that can solve these main limitations. Two parallel approaches have been chosen to reach the main goal:
- Develop a new EAL based on the use of blown rapeseed oils (BRSO) with improved rheological properties and hydrolysis stability.
- Establishment of microbial-based formulations using selected microorganisms capable of producing a range of molecules that can be used as lubricant additives.