US SCIENTISTS CREATE COLD RESISTENT BIO-FUEL
July 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE
USA Agricultural Research Service scientists have developed a bio-based lubricant called estolides with cold and oxygen resistance outperforming existing bio-lubes. They chemically connecting different unsaturated fatty acids in production, creating unsaturated estolides withstanding -30C and saturated estolides -40C, before thickening into gels, compared -18C for conventional soya-based lubricants. The two estolide lubes also withstood oxidative breakdown for 200 and 400 minutes respectively: 60-80 for standard bio-formulations.
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USA Agricultural Research Service scientists have developed a bio-based lubricant called estolides with cold and oxygen resistance outperforming existing bio-lubes. They chemically connecting different unsaturated fatty acids in production, creating unsaturated estolides withstanding -30C and saturated estolides -40C, before thickening into gels, compared -18C for conventional soya-based lubricants. The two estolide lubes also withstood oxidative breakdown for 200 and 400 minutes respectively: 60-80 for standard bio-formulations.
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