Lubricant base oils from oilseed

大多数商业润滑油都是由粘稠的碳氢化合物基础油组合而成，占润滑油质量的70%以上。添加剂，提高润滑油的性能和稳定性，构成其余的组合物。与石油润滑油相比，植物油基础油通常是优良的润滑油，但在某些条件下性能明显较差。在最近的一项突破中，加拿大农业和农业食品部（AAFC）和萨斯喀彻温大学的科学家们发现，植物油的大部分润滑性是由油中存在的少量成分贡献的。AAFC已经申请了专利，以保护这一发现所体现的知识产权，特别是富集高色化合物的方法。本文将对植物油中的润滑性增强成分，特别是菜籽油和芥菜油进行分析，以进一步了解这些不同寻常的植物化合物的作用机制。这项研究很可能会导致润滑化合物的进一步改进，并开发出比目前工业生产的更无毒、更可生物降解的润滑剂添加剂。润滑性添加剂和植物油基础油将在实验条件和实际测试中进行性能测试。润滑油保护磨损表面的能力将在加拿大光源进行，磨损表面将被绘制和表征。目标将是发展那些可能用于生产功能性生物润滑剂以与石油基产品竞争的方法的知识。最终，希望所获得的知识将导致可以应用于菜籽油和芥菜油的有利化学，并被加拿大制造商用于生产润滑添加剂和基础油。

Most commercial lubricants are produced as a combination of a viscous hydrocarbon base stock which contributes over 70% of the lubricant mass. Additives, that improve the lubricants performance and stability, make up the remainder of the composition. Vegetable oil base stocks are often superior lubricants when compared with petroleum equivalents but have notable poor performance under certain conditions. In a recent breakthrough Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and U of Saskatchewan scientists have discovered that the bulk of lubricity of vegetable oils is contributed by minor components present in the oil. AAFC has applied for patents to protect the intellectual property embodied in this discovery and in particular methods of enriching the highly lubricious compounds.     In this proposal the lubricity enhancing  components of vegetable oil, and more particularly canola and mustard oil, will be analyzed to further understand the mechanisms of these unusual plant compounds. It is likely that the research will lead to further improvements in lubricating compounds and the development of lubricant additives that are less toxic and more biodegradable than those currently produced by industry.      The lubricity additives and vegetable oil basestocks will be tested for their performance in experimental conditions and in real-world tests. The ability of the lubricants to protect wear surfaces will be conducted at the Canadian Light Source where wear surfaces will be mapped and characterized. The goal will be to develop the knowledge of those methods that may be used to produce functional biolubricants to compete with petroleum based products.      Ultimately it is hoped that the knowledge gained will lead to advantitious chemistry that can be applied to canola and mustard oils and used by Canadian manufacturers to produce lubricity additives and base oils.