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Greenhouse gas neutral e-liquids in electrification
The electrification of the energy sector on the path of change for a green, circular, digital transformation is an unquestionable priority for the best sustainability management. In the dictionary definition, electrification is the application of ...
Critical issues about greases
BORA KIRAZLILAR Mechanical Engineer Gema Oil Lubricants Technical and Private Label Products Compliance Manager In the industrial world, keeping machinery running smoothly is an art. One of the most important materials of this art is ...
The story of lubricants Modern era’s black gold - VII Waste oil recovery methods
Waste oil recovery is the process of removing all kinds of pollutants, oxidation products and particles in the waste oil and obtaining base oil or petroleum products in accordance with national or international standards, specifications and intended ...
Perfect for harsh conditions: Greases
It is as important to know the chemical structure and application areas of the greases we use in our critical equipment and to closely monitor the analyses in this respect as it is to monitor the liquid lubricant analysis. In lubricants, the final ...
Can the amount of waste oil formation be estimated?
The main problem in the effective and sustainable management of waste oils is that the total annual amount of waste oil generation is not known before waste oil minimization and recovery (raw material, energy, etc.) strategies are planned. In order ...
Lubricating oil packaging and waste reduction
The storage, transportation and packaging of lubricants, especially the packaging with plastic, aluminum and other metallic materials, boxes, bottles, cans, drums, and containers, as well as the proper management of waste packaging are crucial ...
The story of lubricants modern era’s black gold VI - Waste oil recovery
Dear readers, I will approach my column on the recovery of waste lubricants in two stages. In the first stage to be published in this issue, I will mention the importance of recovery and its methods in general terms, and in the second stage, I will ...
Best available techniques (BAT) in waste oil refining
Waste management in the European Union is an important part of the transition to a circular economy and shaping waste policy is based on the “Waste Hierarchy”, which sets the order of prioritization at operational level: Prevention ...
Varnishing problems in steam and gas turbines: Solution strategies and technological progresses
Diversification efforts in energy production put forward steam and gas turbines. However, the problem of varnishing in such turbine systems is an important problem that causes a decrease in performance and increase in maintenance costs. In this ...
The key to improve the production process: solution selling and innovation
Figen Aksu Özerşah Group, Production and Quality Manager Nowadays, with the possibilities offered by high technology, we started to discuss Industry 5.0. In the 21st century world where technological equipment replaces human labor, the ...
Environmental management and pollution control in used oil refineries
Waste oil re-refineries are complex facilities where waste oils (halogen containing/non-halogen mineral based waste process oils, waste synthetic process oils, mineral chlorine containing/non-chlorine and synthetic waste hydraulic oils, waste ...
Storage and handling of lubricants
Lubricants can generally be produced from various sources such as mineral oils, synthetic oils or vegetable oils. These oils are used in a wide range of industries, from industrial applications to automotive, to perform a variety of functions such ...
The story of lubricants modern era’s black gold V - Logistics process
Waste oils should be transported from the points where they are generated to recovery or disposal facilities in accordance with legal regulations, using specially equipped vehicles and trained transportation personnel. According to current legal ...
The story of lubricants modern era’s black gold – IV
The amount of used waste lubricant is dependent on the consumption of lubricating oil. The more oil is used, the larger the amount of recoverable waste oil that can be generated. Used oils are collected at designated locations, such as service ...
The contribution of lubricant analysis to carbon footprint reduction process
Environmental sustainability is becoming increasingly important for industries and businesses in today’s world. Reducing carbon footprint and increasing energy efficiency have become important goals to minimize environmental impacts and ...
Sustainable and reliable waste oil management
Due to their high lubricating content (70% base oil, C18-C40), economic significance and increasing quantities (approximately 250,000 tons per year), waste oils have gained significant attention in recent years as an important secondary raw material ...
Lubricating Oil Packaging
The lifecycle of hydrocarbon-based lubricating oil, including its packaging, causes both financial and environmental costs until it reaches the consumer. The lubricant and its packing, once they have reached the end of their useful life, incur ...
Can lubricating oils be produced from carbon-rich waste?
As a part of daily industrial production and daily life, carbon-rich waste such as wastewater, treatment sludge, lignocellulosic waste, or vegetable waste oils are transferred to wastewater treatment plants, landfill sites or different waste ...
Sustainable life at the fuel station
Small, medium and large fuel stations are multi-input service facilities. Fuel filling, lubrication, and washing are carried out, and if available cafes and markets are operated. Stations are bright and attractive places with their brand’s ...
Optimal oil, thriving equipment
The health of each individual is directly proportional to the values of our blood. If there is no infection in our blood, it is an indicator of our health. This principle applies to the condition of the oil within our equipment as well. According ...
The story of lubricants modern era’s black gold III
The problem of hazardous waste, which is one of the inevitable negative consequences of industrialization, is a top priority on the agenda for many developed and developing countries today. In this sense, waste oil, which is a kind of hazardous ...
The story of lubricants modern era’s black gold II
Petroleum includes all liquid hydrocarbons (H-C) naturally found on earth. It also contains a small amount of sulfur (S), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O) and various minerals in its composition. In the commercial sense, “petroleum”; can be ...
Can lubricants be eco-friendly?
Lubricating oils, especially hydraulic system oils; inevitably spread to the environment due to the leaks, spills, line breaks and assembly failures. Lubricants such as chain, railway, steel rope, shaft sleeve and concrete mold oils are increasingly ...
Environmental effects of lubricating oils
Petroleum-based, synthetic and bio-lubricating oils with its environmental effects throughout the life cycle cause climate change by affecting human health and environment, especially soil, air and water. Potential impacts and effects on the ...
Sustainable engineering: Can lubricants reduce CO2 emissions?
Today, our planet comes up against global problems such as climate change, limited natural resources and environmental pollution. Based on these problems, negotiations regarding global warming, climate change and sustainability, which have been on ...
The story of lubricants modern era’s black gold
Lubricants are an important part of our industry and our daily life. Therefore, it has great importance in terms of sustainability that oils are managed environmentally friendly with appropriate management systems without harming the environment. ...
Climate resilient lubricating oil production
In September 2015, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly by making promises to end extreme poverty, to fight inequality and injustice and to combat climate change, set out to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169 associated ...
The importance of DGA test in transformer condition
Many factors, such as global economic developments and the climate crisis, have had a significant impact on energy generation costs. This situation gives us serious responsibility regarding energy conservation and sustainability. Therefore, I ...
Sustainable lubricants and recycled base oil
The independent Union of the European Lubricants Industry (UEIL), whose activities and online events I closely follow, continues to guide its members toward sustainability. Aiming to contribute to the European Green Deal’s goal of becoming ...
The hidden hazard in transformers: PCB
PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) are an organochlorine class of synthetic oil-like compounds. They were described in the technical literature for the first time in 1881, and commercial manufacture began in the late 1920s. They were commonly utilized ...
Our planet and the year 2022
Lubricants, which are essential for our industry and vehicles, should have the least possible negative impact on biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate change throughout their life cycle, from source to end use. Lubricant manufacture and ...
Planet Friendly
By processing hydrocarbons in coal, oil, natural gas, plant and animal resources and their waste, the chemical industry supplies chemicals, fuels, materials, lubricating oils and intermediate products to other sectors, which comprise thousands of ...
The lifeline of the maritime sector: marine oil analysis
The oil analysis, which we may call an oil blood test, is defined and evaluated according to the environmental conditions and the level of criticalityof the equipment. The analysis of marine oils is considered in the class of critical and severe ...
Importance of oil analysis in transformers
We witness that significant increase in global energy costs make companies increase their investments in predictive maintenance in order to achieve their sustainability goals. I am happy to see that technologies such as lubricant analysis, ...
Selecting the right oil for hydraulic systems
The science of hydraulics is based on the use of a pressurized fluid to transmit force (Pascal's Principle). This fluid can be gas, water, oil or any other fluid. With the help of this fluid, it helps to perform tasks such as molding, rotation, ...
The energy of COP26
26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP), COP26 was held from October 31 to November 12, 2021 in Glasgow. Thousands of delegates came together with the motto Together for Our Planet. ...
How to measure and control lubricant contamination
Lubricant forms a thin film between metal surfaces, and with its additive formulation, it ensures the continuity of the system by providing various properties such as cleaning, impermeability, heat transmission, energy transmission, anti-wear, etc. ...
For a climate resilient Turkey
We, as the Sustainable Consumption and Production Association (SPCA), held the 7th Istanbul Carbon E-Summit on September 28, 2021 on a digital platform with the main support of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization and Istanbul Technical ...
The importance of oil analysis in predictive maintenance
Maintenance is defined as the measures and practices taken to maintain the condition of the equipment as designed or within acceptable limits. When the current state cannot be maintained and when the equipment lost its function fully or mostly, the ...
The Green Deal Action Plan 2021
Following the announcement of the European Green Deal (EGD) dated December 2019, which aims to ensure a green direction in people's life and industrial development, the Working Group that was formed on February 4, 2020 at the Deputy Minister level ...
The rallying cry for ecosystem restoration and lubricants
The United Nations (UN) Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, announced in March 2019, was launched on the World Environment Day, June 5. The global rallying cry for viable and lasting solutions was initiated under the leadership of the UN Environment ...
May it be perfect
The waste oil management hierarchy starts with the goal of producing zero waste. For this reason, the industry works for oils that maintain their quality well in the long run. While innovative studies continue for the chemistry of base oils and ...
Journal bearing design criteria - VII Measuring oil film thickness
As stated in the previous articles, radial journal bearings have operating parameters sufficient to carry the bearing load between the journal (shaft) and the bearing surface. These parameters include speed, load, oil flow, oil viscosity, bearing ...
Used oil management and upcycling
Waste management should be done in the best way within the lubricant life cycle. According to the waste hierarchy, waste is managed through the following phases: prevention, reduction, reusing if possible, recycling, chemical/material recovery, ...
Lubricants and biodiversity
Soil and water pollution caused as a result of production, transportation and consumption of lubricants throughout their life cycle and dispersion, leakage and spillage of lubricants in waste oil management have been a threat against the ...
Journal bearing design criteria - VI Oil flow in bearing and leak flow at bearing edges
Sufficient amount of oil should enter the bearing in order to form a hydrodynamic oil layer with the bearing operation parameters (such as speed, lead, oil viscosity, bearing width, bearing diameter, etc.) that are sufficient to carry the bearing ...
Lubricant packages
“The Lubricant Packaging Market 2019 In-Depth Analysis of Industry Growth Trends & Forecast up to 2024” indicates that plastic dominated over seventy percent of the packaging market in 2016 with its durability, accessibility and cost ...
Journal bearing design criteria - V Bearing Width / Diameter (B/D) Ratio
In journal bearings, bearing width (length) / bearing diameter (B/D) ratio is an important parameter for determining the load carrying capacity of the bearing. Usually the bearing diameter is known at the outset of calculations for the bearing in ...
Journal bearing design criteria IV - Bearing clearance
Elements that carry power transmission elements such as gear wheel, belt and pulley or chain wheel mechanisms are called shafts. Shafts that assume this carrying task are supported with journal bearings and ball bearings (rollers). Part of shafts ...
Fossil resources: Environment and climate change
The cost of providing welfare and comfort in our lives by using coal, oil, natural gas, and the products made from these fossil resources is very high for our planet. Therefore, it is indisputable to minimize the greenhouse gas emissions, ...
Journal bearing design criteria III / Oil galleries
The main purpose of lubrication is to form an oil film between the two surfaces, which has sufficient thickness and is resistant to operating conditions. It aims to transform the mechanical friction that causes loss of energy into internal friction ...
Journal bearing design criteria - II
Bearing selection and design processes can be summarized as: -Selecting the optimum bearing type, -Calculating bearing sizes that will ensure safety, -Reviewing the performance analysis of bearing if it fulfils the needs, -Modifying the design ...
Journal bearing design criteria - I
In general, design is a production process that aims to find a solution for a specific function. Several alternative solutions can be offered to solve the problem in design because design requirements can be interpreted in many different ways. Main ...
Plant-oil-based lubricants - II
Technical terms such as biodegradable, bio-based, environment-friendly, recyclable, renewable, non-toxic, green, etc. are frequently used in the industry as well as in our daily lives. These terms are becoming a key sales tool and sales criteria for ...
Climate Action 100+
The 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) was held in Katowice, Poland on December 2-14, 2018. At the Conference, the Paris Agreement Work Programme (Paris Rulebook) was adopted to be ...
Lubricants and lubrication from mechanical engineering students’ perspective
Mechanical engineering is a field of engineering which studies, researches and provides training about the construction, manufacturing, manufacturing planning, assembly, maintenance-reparation and operation of all kinds of mechanisms, mechanical ...
Plant-based lubricants - I
PETDER’s 2017 Sector Report reveals that 51 percent of the lubricant consumption in Turkey is composed of automotive lubricants, whereas 40 percent is industrial lubricants, 4 percent is marine lubricants, and 5 percent is greases. In this ...
Electric vehicles and engine oils market
The number of electric cars on the world’s roads reached 3,109,050 in 2017 with a 55 percent increase compared with 2016, according to the latest edition of the International Energy Agency’s “Global Electric Vehicles Outlook” ...
Hydraulic oils and oil additives
Hydraulic fluid selection is very important because today's hydraulic systems operate at harsh conditions consisting of high pressure, high temperature and high speed. An effective fluid should improve the hydraulic system's operating performance, ...
Republic of Kazakhstan and green economy
The Republic of Kazakhstan has an enviable “Transition to Green Economy Plan” as a country which has a rapidly growing economy and holds the highest volume of greenhouse gas emission in Central Asia. Green policy was adopted in 2013. ...
Vergide güncel gelişmeler
1- Katma Değer Vergisi Kanununda Değişiklik Yapılmasına Dair Kanun Tasarısı TBMM’ye Sevk Edilmiştir. Katma Değer Vergisi Kanunu’nda önemli değişiklikler öngören “Katma Değer Vergisi Kanunu İle Bazı Kanun ve ...
Lubrication power for wind power
We started this year with 6872 MW installed power, in which the wind industry as the locomotive of renewable energy investments of our country has gained momentum for nationalization. In line with the goal “creating a sustainable and ...
2D nanomaterials as lubricant additives
Heat generation and distribution during friction can lead to a large amount of energy loss. Friction-related wear can lead to serious problems such as damage to surfaces, reduced performance and reduced reliability of the devices. Approximately one ...
Energy efficient, climate change-resistant production
Energy consumption in the industry has a cost in two dimensions: the cost of production and the impact of production on our earth. For resource efficiency in production, energy -one of the most fundamental inputs- must be consumed efficiently. For ...
Additive types
Today, extensive research continues to achieve high performance in lubricants, because the properties of current lubricants in today's technology are still not perfect. Lubricant additives are an effective way to improve performance. At present, ...
Lubricants and innovation
The importance of innovation for lubricant manufacturing was discussed at the UEIL (Union of European Lubricants Industry) Annual Congress held on 25-27 October 2017 in Bologna, Italy. UEIL represents more than 450 companies and 100,000 employees, ...
Additive types 3
Detergent and dispersant additives: Detergent and dispersant additives are designed to control the carbon and oxidation, sludge, varnish, lacquer and other solid materials that are formed in lubricants due to various reasons. They are used to ...
Waste lubricants
Unfortunately, we see lots of consecutive news and reports about a beautiful city of our beautiful country, with the titles of “Waste Oil Operation”, “Waste Oil Confiscated”, “Raid on Illegal Oil” and so on. There ...
Global lubricant manufacturers and sustainability
“Sustainability” methods and targets of global lubricant manufacturers are strong. Ensuring sustainability in lubricant production and consumption is a priority for today, and a must for tomorrow. Lubricants are used in almost every ...
Additive types
Oxidation inhibitors: Oxidation reactions are exothermic and very complex reactions. Oxidation in lubricants that contain paraffinic and naphthenic hydrocarbons may lead to the formation of acidic or soluble products in lubricants, and oxidation in ...
Carbon management in lubricant plants
The carbon footprint of the lubricating oil affects the carbon footprint at the site where it is used. For this reason, reducing the carbon footprint before use gives a green advantage to the lubricant. In the lifecycle of the lubricant from the ...
Additive types
Freezing Point Depressants (FPD): Hydrocarbons, which form the basis of lubricating oils, tend to solidify at low temperatures. Such additives are high molecular weight polymers. This additive prevents formation of a wax crystal structure that will ...
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Evonik partners with Tongyi Petrochemical to jointly promote the sustainable development of the lubricant industry
One of the world leaders in specialty chemicals Evonik and Tongyi Petrochemical, China’s leading lubricant manufacturer signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly ...
Countdown to UNITI 2024 Mineral Oil Technology Forum
In a few weeks’ time, the lubricants industry will once again meet in Stuttgart, Germany for the UNITI Mineral Oil Technology Forum (UMTF) between 16-17 April 2024. After ...
“Sustainability activities are crucial for commercial success and staying ahead of the curve”
On 29 December 2023, an important step was taken in terms of foreign trade with the EU with the Turkish Sustainability Reporting Standard published in the Official Gazette. With ...
Innovative solutions in the lubricant industry: Design of Experiments – DoE
Sedanur Birincioğlu Chemist - ADCO PETROLEUM ADDITIVES/ Technical Sales and Marketing Specialist The chemical industry is in a continuous process of innovation and ...
Özerşah ramps up exports with OEM approvals
Founded in 1998 with own resources and growing with Türkiye’s enthusiasm for domestic production, Özerşah stands out with its successful performance in the ...
TURKISH REACH Regulation Amendment: Strategies for impacts and adaptation
Dr. Eyüp Şimşek - Chemvisor General Manager Regulation on TURKISH REACH The regulation amending the Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and ...
Greenhouse gas neutral e-liquids in electrification
The electrification of the energy sector on the path of change for a green, circular, digital transformation is an unquestionable priority for the best sustainability management. ...
Critical issues about greases
BORA KIRAZLILAR Mechanical Engineer Gema Oil Lubricants Technical and Private Label Products Compliance Manager In the industrial world, keeping machinery running ...
The story of lubricants Modern era’s black gold - VII Waste oil recovery methods
Waste oil recovery is the process of removing all kinds of pollutants, oxidation products and particles in the waste oil and obtaining base oil or petroleum products in accordance ...
Perfect for harsh conditions: Greases
It is as important to know the chemical structure and application areas of the greases we use in our critical equipment and to closely monitor the analyses in this respect as it ...
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