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Comparison on tribological properties of vegetable oil upon addition of carbon based nanoparticles

Creators

  • 1. Biomass Processing Laboratory, Center of Biomass and Biofuels Research, MOR Green Technology, Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, 32160 Perak (Malaysia)
  • 2. Chemical Engineering Department, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, No. 1, Jalan Venna P5/2, Precinct 5, 62200 Putrajaya (Malaysia)
  • 3. Scomi Platinum Sdn. Bhd., LOT15-19 and PT1409, Senawang Industrial Estate, Batu 4, Jalan Tampin, 70450 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus, Malaysia (Malaysia)
  • 4. Fundamental and Applied Science, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Perak (Malaysia)
  • 5. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor (Malaysia)
  • 6. Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University Sarawak Malaysia, CDT 250, 98009 Miri, Sarawak (Malaysia)

Description

Carbon-based nanoparticles have gained much interest as lubricant additive due to their remarkable properties in mechanical, chemical and electrical field. In this research, graphene nanosheets (GN), carbon nanotubes (CNT), and graphene oxide (GO) were used as lubricant additives to investigate their effect on tribological properties. Friction coefficient and wear scar diameter were studied as parameters to determine the effectiveness of lubricant. In this study, vegetable oil (VO) was used as base fluid lubricant. GN, CNT and GO were added at 50ppm and 100ppm respectively to VO to study their optimum concentration when compared to pure VO. All nanoparticles were well dispersed by using a homogenizer. Results showed that addition of 50ppm GN has the most positive effect in improving the tribological properties of vegetable oil. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/206/1/012043

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1757-899X/206/1/012043;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
IOP Conference Series. Materials Science and Engineering (Online)
Journal Volume
206
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
1757-899X

Conference

Title
29. symposium of Malaysian chemical engineers
Acronym
SOMChE 2016
Dates
1-3 Dec 2016
Place
Miri, Sarawak (Malaysia)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49087270
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; S77: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ADDITIVES; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CONCENTRATION RATIO; FLUIDS; FRICTION FACTOR; GRAPHENE; LUBRICANTS; NANOPARTICLES; SHEETS; VEGETABLE OILS
Descriptors DEC
CARBON; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELEMENTS; EVALUATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; NONMETALS; OILS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES