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The tribological characteristics of the cactus and mineral oil blends using four-ball tribotester
Hassan, Mohammed1, Syahrullail, S2, Farid Nasir Ani3.
The oil derived from vegetables has been seen as an alternative to mineral oils for lubricants because of certain inherent
technical properties, renewable source and their abilities to biodegrade. Vegetable oil is known to have a high viscosity index
with a higher lubricity value compared to mineral oil. Despite its potentiality as a candidate alternative, vegetable oil has
several limitations. It has a low wear resistance, and it is highly sensitive to temperatures with tribological characteristics. The
majority of technical solutions, including additivation, chemical alterations, and blending, are being proposed as means of
overcoming the listed limitations. This study seeks to investigate the characteristics of cactus oil with respect to its use as a biolubricant
as well as the characteristics of environmentally friendly vegetable oil when they are mixed with mineral oils as
alternative oil for petroleum, using the four-ball tribotester. The volumetric blending ratio was varied (20% to 80%) and these
blends were performed at 1200 rpm, for one hour, with 40 kg of load at a temperature of 75ºC (ASTM D4172-B) standard.
According to the results, it was found that the lowest wear scar diameter was 431.23µm, which was identified in the blend of
20% cactus oil with 80% mineral oil which symbolized by (CC20%), compared to that of neat cactus oil at 669.16 µm and
mineral oil at 546.46 µm.In addition, the result also indicates that a 80% addition of cactus oil, the coefficient of friction tends
to decrease compared to the values of neat cactus oil. Finally, it is concluded, the blends of cactus oil with commercial
lubricant oil have better performance compared to commercial lubricant oil or neat cactus oil.
Affiliation:
- Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
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