Thesis (B.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1944. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-43). Also available via the Internet.

The major downfalls of vegetable oils, namely soybean oil in this research, are very detrimental to engine lubricant performance. A unique - out of the box- additive package is needed to compensate for the lubricant deficiencies. This research searched for unique additive solutions to the problems of oxidation and heat stability, low temperature pumpability, and fluid corrosiveness. The additive solutions were then tested in preliminary engine tests. In this research, several formulations were developed that passed the main engine oil low temperature test, the mini rotary viscometer. The lubricants met the passing viscosity requirements of 60,000 centipoise and exhibited no yield stress. The formulation was tested using ASTM D 6594[1], hot tube corrosion bench test, and Sequence VIII corrosion engine test. Acceptable results were seen in both tests. Oxidation bench tests were used to examine soybean engine oil stability. Several antioxidants showed improved performance in the TFOUT oxidation induction time bench test. A mixture of those antioxidants was tested in the Sequence IIIG engine test. All of the formulas failed the Sequence IIIG tests. However, improved test results were seen when the soybean oil was decreased from 15 wt % to 5 wt % in the formulations.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:42:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CiroJFR_DISSERT.pdf: 5688343 bytes, checksum: f082f764a617b016bd522ef00e0f6125 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-30 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / Nowadays, the use of chemicals that satisfactorily meet the needs of different sectors of the chemical industry is linked to the consumption of biodegradable materials. In this context, this work contemplated biotechnological aspects with the objective of developing a more environmentally-friendly corrosion inhibitor. In order to achieve this goal, nanoemulsion-type systems (NE) were obtained by varying the amount of Tween 80 (9 to 85 ppm) a sortitan surfactant named polyoxyethylene (20) monooleate. This NE-system was analyzed using phase diagrams in which the percentage of the oil phase (commercial soybean oil, codenamed as OS) was kept constant. By changing the amount of Tween 80, several polar NE-OS derived systems (O/W-type nanoemulsion) were obtained and characterized through light scattering, conductivity and pH, and further subjected to electrochemical studies. The interfacial behavior of these NE-OS derived systems (codenamed NE-OS1, S2, S3, S4 and S5) as corrosion inhibitors on carbon steel AISI 1020 in saline media (NaCl 3.5%) were evaluated by measurement of Open Circuit Potential (OCP), Polarization Curves (Tafel extrapolation method) and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS). The analyzed NE-OS1 and NE-OS2 systems were found to be mixed inhibitors with quantitative efficacy (98.6% - 99.7%) for concentrations of Tween 80 ranging between 9 and 85 ppm. According to the EIS technique, maximum corrosion efficiency was observed for some tested NE-OS samples. Additionaly to the electrochemical studies, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) were used, characterization of the nanoemulsion tested systems and adsorption studies, respectively, which confirmed the results observed in the experimental analyses using diluted NE-OS samples in lower concentrations of Tween 80 (0.5 1.75 ppm) / Atualmente, a utiliza??o de produtos qu?micos que atendam satisfatoriamente as necessidades de diferentes setores da ind?stria qu?mica encontra-se vinculada ao consumo de materiais biodegrad?veis. Neste contexto, o presente trabalho foi desenvolvido contemplando aspectos biotecnol?gicos com o objetivo de se desenvolver um inibidor de corros?o menos agressivo ao meio ambiente. Para tanto, uma nanoemuls?o (denominada de NE-OS) foi obtida com Tween 80 (polioxietileno (20) monooleato), ?leo de soja (OS) e ?gua bidestilada. A modifica??o dos percentuais deste tensoativo sorbitano (entre 9 e 85 ppm) foi avaliada em diagramas de fases em que se manteve constante o percentual da fase ?leo, possibilitando a forma??o do sistema NE-OS em diferentes concentra??es. Desta forma, nanoemuls?es (NE-OS1, S2, S3, S4 e S5) polares (do tipo O/A) foram caracterizadas (an?lise de dispers?o de luz, condutividade e pH) e submetidas a estudos eletroqu?micos. O comportamento interfacial destes sistemas nanoemulsionados como inibidores de corros?o na presen?a de a?o-carbono AISI 1020, em meio salino (NaCl 3,5%) foi avaliado pela determina??o do Potencial de Circuito Aberto (OCP), Curvas de Polariza??o (obtidas pela extrapola??o das curvas de Tafel) e Espectroscopia de Imped?ncia Eletroqu?mica (EIE). De acordo com os resultados obtidos pelas an?lises das Curvas de Polariza??o, foi poss?vel caracterizar o sistema NE-OS (e suas varia??es) como inibidores mistos com efici?ncias m?ximas de inibi??es quantitativas (98,6% - 99,7%) para NE-OS1 e NE-OS2 (9 - 85 ppm do tensoativo). No entanto, de acordo com a t?cnica EIE, as efici?ncias m?ximas de inibi??es quantitativas foram observadas para v?rias amostras deste sistema NE-OS. Como ferramentas adicionais aos estudos eletroqu?micos foram realizados quimiom?tricos de An?lise de Vari?ncia (ANOVA) e An?lise de Componentes Principais (PCA), utilizadas, respectivamente, para caracteriza??o das nanoemuls?es e estudo de isotermas de adsor??o, que confirmaram os resultados observados nas investiga??es experimentais em que se utilizaram as nanoemuls?es dilu?das com o tensoativo em concentra??es reduzidas (0,5 1,75 ppm)