Formulation of biogrease from castor waste

Nuratiqah, Ismail (2014) Formulation of biogrease from castor waste. Faculty Of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang.

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Abstract

Grease is a mixture of a fluid lubricant usually petroleum oil and a thickener (soap) dispersed in the oil. The base oil (petroleum) can be changed by using the castor waste. Other than base oil, thickener may play an important role in the mixture. Soap thickeners are formed by reacting metallic hydroxide, or alkali, with a fat, fatty acid, or ester. Since the petroleum prices were increase each year, using castor waste as base oil is the best solution to produce grease in the low cost at the same time it will decrease the water pollution. The objective of this research is to produce special lubricant grease from castor waste with bentonite. In this research, preparation and formulation of bio-based grease and quality and performances of grease were studied. The characteristics of produced grease were analyzed in order to evaluate the performance of the grease. The testing (type of thickener, dropping point test, viscosity test and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, FTIR analysis) have been done on the formulated greases to determine the properties. It was discovered that formulated grease has no dropping point which proves that the greases has stable structure at higher temperature. Therefore, the formulated greases has high potential to be used in wide range of industries such as the cars, ships, aircrafts and most of the industries that deals with heavy duty equipments

Item Type: Undergraduates Project Papers
Additional Information: Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering Project paper (Bachelor of Chemical Engineering) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang – 2014
Uncontrolled Keywords: Castor oil
Subjects: T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering
Depositing User: Muhamad Firdaus Janih@Jaini
Date Deposited: 26 Oct 2015 00:53
Last Modified: 22 Jul 2021 03:56
URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8907
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