Pozanormatywne badania przydatności eksploatacyjnej biodegradowalnych olejów hydraulicznych

The paper presented the results of tests on the operational properties of industrial oils based on plants carried out by methods not covered by subject standards. It was a method for testing the thermo-oxidative resistance of oils using an actual hydraulic stand and a method for testing the resistance of oils to the action of microorganisms in an aqueous environment. The results of tests on biodegradable hydraulic oil based on a mixture of rapeseed and castor oil were presented. The usefulness of methods for assessing the operational properties of oils was demonstrated, in particular at the stage of composition.W pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań właściwości eksploatacyjnych olejów przemysłowych na bazie roślinnej, realizowanych metodami nieobjętymi normami przedmiotowymi. Była to metoda badania odporności termooksydacyjnej olejów z wykorzystaniem rzeczywistego stanowiska hydraulicznego oraz metoda badania odporności olejów na działanie mikroorganizmów w środowisku wodnym. Przedstawiono wyniki badań biodegradowalnego oleju hydraulicznego na bazie mieszaniny oleju rzepakowego i rycynowego. Wykazano przydatność metod do oceny właściwości eksploatacyjnych olejów, w szczególności na etapie komponowania

The Use of Raman Spectroscopy to Monitor Changes in the Intensity of Ratio of Integral Unsaturated Bands in Bio-Greases

Bio-greases were developed on the basis of vegetable oil obtained from Crambe Abyssinic seeds. An important aspect of this research is to monitor changes in their quality taking place under the influence of external factors. Raman spectroscopy was used to identify changes taking place in the bio-lubricant under the influence of mechanical and thermal forces. The performed tests reflected the operating temperature and friction load that may occur during actual operating conditions for the lubricated friction systems. The Raman spectra provided information on qualitative changes in the structure of the tested bio-lubricants at the molecular level. The integral intensity of the bands used to assess the degree of lipid unsaturation was adopted as the evaluation criterion. The influence of the oxidation process under the PetroOxy and wear test conditions on changes in the structure of the bio-lubricants was assessed. Variation in the integral intensity of the bands (I1655/I1440) proves that the structure of vegetable lubricants changes under the influence of the tests performed. Thermal and mechanical forces influence, the bands originating in unsaturated and result in a decrease in the oxidation resistance of vegetable lubricants

Application of Plant Oils as Ecologically Friendly Hydraulic Fluids

This paper presents the results of physicochemical and tribological tests of vegetable oils obtained by the supercritical fluid extraction method from berry seeds. The research was conducted by using these oils as the raw material for the biodegradable hydraulic working fluids. The oils were assessed in terms of kinematic viscosity, anti-wear properties, resistance to oxidation and corrosive effects to copper and the pour point. The best results were achieved in the case of the blackcurrant seed oil. In order to confirm the practical possibility of using vegetable oils as working fluids for hydraulic couplings, experimental tests of the hydrodynamic clutch filled with blackcurrant seed oil were carried out. Based on the obtained research results, it was found that oils from berry plant seeds produced by supercritical extraction could be used in the future as potential working fluids for hydraulic systems