Lubricants and Waxes
eBook - ePub

Lubricants and Waxes

From Basics to Applications

  1. 194 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Lubricants and Waxes

From Basics to Applications

About this book

This book covers chemistry of lubricants and waxes up to technologies applied for their commercial production including technologies in commercial operation. Grease as a lubricant in solid form including various formulations characterizing grease and liquid lubricants has been extensively covered. The environment impacts of the processes along with environment friendly processes developed have also been covered along with data in the book. To make the book more practical, various plants' operating conditions have been provided as a part of case studies.

Features:

  • Provides updated information on the process, technologies, and application especially for production of Group-II and III base oils
  • Covers theory behind the processes including stoichiometry of chemical reactions, physical and chemical structures, and theoretical text explanations
  • Includes mathematical equations and data to evaluate the actual operations and/or check design of the plant
  • Explores practical applications including commercial production of lubricants and waxes
  • Covers various industrial case studies

This book is aimed at Professionals in industries involving the application of lubricants and waxes.

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Yes, you can access Lubricants and Waxes by Dhananjoy Ghosh in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Tecnologia e ingegneria & Scienza dei materiali. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. About the Author
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. 1 Preliminaries
  11. 2 Lube Oil Base Stock (LOBS)
  12. 3 Lubricant
  13. 4 Wax
  14. 5 Energy Optimization in Dewaxing and Deoiling Process
  15. 6 Tribology
  16. 7 Environment Impact and Mitigation in the Use of Lubricants
  17. 8 World Lubricant Market and Major Operating Base Oil Refineries
  18. References
  19. Index