Vegetable oil as bio-lubricant and natural additive in lubrication: a review

• Main Authors: Masripan, Nor Azmmi, Salim, Mohd Azli, Omar, Ghazali, Mansor, Muhd Ridzuan, Md. Saad, Adzni, Abdul Hamid, Nurfaizey, Mohamad, Imran Syakir, Dai, Feng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis 2020
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/24760/2/VOL_13_SI_MEI2020_161-176.PDF; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/24760/; https://ijneam.unimap.edu.my/images/PDF/IJNEAM%20SPECIAL%20ISSUE%20MEI%202020/Vol_13_SI_Mei2020_161-176.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

Due to the decreasing petroleum reserves and environmental issues, the approach of using vegetable oil as lubricant has drawn the researchers’ attention. In comparison to mineral-based lubricant, the vegetable based-oil bio-based lubricant has better physical properties, high lubricity, renewable, and biodegradable. The source of bio-based lubricant can be virgin natural oil, or processed fruit waste. This review discusses the vegetable oils as bio-lubricant and natural additive in lubrication according to the current findings. A brief discussion of physicochemical and tribological properties findings completes the review.