Lubricant base oils from oilseed

大多数商用润滑油是以粘性碳氢化合物基础油的组合生产的，该基础油占润滑油质量的70%以上。添加剂可以改善润滑剂的性能和稳定性，构成成分的其余部分。植物油基础油通常是比石油等价物更好的润滑剂，但在某些条件下表现明显较差。在最近的一项突破性研究中，加拿大农业和农业食品部(AAFC)和萨斯喀彻温省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次要成分贡献的。AAFC已经申请了专利，以保护这一发现所体现的知识产权，特别是富含高润滑性化合物的方法。他说，在这项提案中，将分析植物油，尤其是菜籽油和芥子油的增强润滑性的成分，以进一步了解这些不寻常的植物化合物的机理。这项研究可能会导致润滑油化合物的进一步改进，并开发出比目前工业生产的润滑油添加剂毒性更低、生物降解性更强的润滑油添加剂。他们表示，润滑性添加剂和植物油基础油将在实验条件下和现实世界测试中进行性能测试。润滑剂保护磨损表面的能力将在加拿大光源中心进行，在那里将绘制和表征磨损表面。目标将是发展那些可用于生产功能性生物清洗剂以与石油产品竞争的方法的知识。他说，最终希望所获得的知识将导致先进的化学，可以应用于菜籽油和芥子油，并被加拿大制造商用来生产润滑性添加剂和基础油。

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.