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Experimental evaluation on the tribological properties of palm kernel oil by adding copper oxide nanoparticle

The usage of vegetable oils is favoured upon mineral oils due to its biodegradability and non-toxicity. Since the usage of mineral oils caused environmental pollution, vegetable oils are seen as the alternative for promoting a better environment. Nowadays, vegetable oils are seen as the perfect lubr...

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Main Author: Moen, Muhammad Amirrul Amin
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Published: 2017
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling my.utm.788572018-09-17T04:21:20Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78857/ Experimental evaluation on the tribological properties of palm kernel oil by adding copper oxide nanoparticle Moen, Muhammad Amirrul Amin TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The usage of vegetable oils is favoured upon mineral oils due to its biodegradability and non-toxicity. Since the usage of mineral oils caused environmental pollution, vegetable oils are seen as the alternative for promoting a better environment. Nowadays, vegetable oils are seen as the perfect lubricant since it exhibits good properties of a lubricant such as high viscosity index, low volatility, good lubricity, high flash point and low evaporative loss. Through research, it is found that vegetable oils develop lower coefficient of friction and high wear rate. However, the vegetable oils performance unfavourably when it deals with high pressure condition. Thus, nanoparticle is added as it serves as anti-wear additive. In this research, Palm Kernel Oil (PKO), Palm Olein (PO), Palm Kernel Oil + Copper Oxide Nanoparticle (PKO-CuO), Mineral Oil (SAE-40), Synthetic Oil (SAE15W-50, Syntium 1000) and Semi-Synthetic Oil (SAE15W-50, Syntium 800) are used as lubricant to be evaluated its tribological behaviours using fourball tribotester machine. The objectives of the research are to determine the coefficient of friction and wear characteristics at two different analysis, a) Standard Load Test conforming ASTM D4172 and b) Extreme Pressure Condition conforming ASTM D2783. The results are presented in many findings such as coefficient of friction (COF), wear scar diameter (WSD), surface roughness (Ra) and worn surface observation. For Standard Load Test, PKO-CuO shows better performance compared to Synthetic and Semi Synthetic Oil. However, under extreme pressure test vegetable oils shows bad performance. Among vegetable oils, PKO-CuO shows better performance as it fails at higher load. Hence PKO-CuO have promising lubricant trait and can be used as lubricant. 2017-01 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78857/1/MuhammadAmirrulAminMFKM2017.pdf Moen, Muhammad Amirrul Amin (2017) Experimental evaluation on the tribological properties of palm kernel oil by adding copper oxide nanoparticle. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:109580
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Moen, Muhammad Amirrul Amin
Experimental evaluation on the tribological properties of palm kernel oil by adding copper oxide nanoparticle
description The usage of vegetable oils is favoured upon mineral oils due to its biodegradability and non-toxicity. Since the usage of mineral oils caused environmental pollution, vegetable oils are seen as the alternative for promoting a better environment. Nowadays, vegetable oils are seen as the perfect lubricant since it exhibits good properties of a lubricant such as high viscosity index, low volatility, good lubricity, high flash point and low evaporative loss. Through research, it is found that vegetable oils develop lower coefficient of friction and high wear rate. However, the vegetable oils performance unfavourably when it deals with high pressure condition. Thus, nanoparticle is added as it serves as anti-wear additive. In this research, Palm Kernel Oil (PKO), Palm Olein (PO), Palm Kernel Oil + Copper Oxide Nanoparticle (PKO-CuO), Mineral Oil (SAE-40), Synthetic Oil (SAE15W-50, Syntium 1000) and Semi-Synthetic Oil (SAE15W-50, Syntium 800) are used as lubricant to be evaluated its tribological behaviours using fourball tribotester machine. The objectives of the research are to determine the coefficient of friction and wear characteristics at two different analysis, a) Standard Load Test conforming ASTM D4172 and b) Extreme Pressure Condition conforming ASTM D2783. The results are presented in many findings such as coefficient of friction (COF), wear scar diameter (WSD), surface roughness (Ra) and worn surface observation. For Standard Load Test, PKO-CuO shows better performance compared to Synthetic and Semi Synthetic Oil. However, under extreme pressure test vegetable oils shows bad performance. Among vegetable oils, PKO-CuO shows better performance as it fails at higher load. Hence PKO-CuO have promising lubricant trait and can be used as lubricant.
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title Experimental evaluation on the tribological properties of palm kernel oil by adding copper oxide nanoparticle
title_short Experimental evaluation on the tribological properties of palm kernel oil by adding copper oxide nanoparticle
title_full Experimental evaluation on the tribological properties of palm kernel oil by adding copper oxide nanoparticle
title_fullStr Experimental evaluation on the tribological properties of palm kernel oil by adding copper oxide nanoparticle
title_full_unstemmed Experimental evaluation on the tribological properties of palm kernel oil by adding copper oxide nanoparticle
title_sort experimental evaluation on the tribological properties of palm kernel oil by adding copper oxide nanoparticle
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