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Refining Used Lubricating Oils
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Refining Used Lubricating Oils

by James Speight, Douglas I. Exall
April 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
466 pages
17h 36m
English
CRC Press
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111Composition and Treatment
efciency of spill cleanups. The poor biodegradability of lubricating oils, coupled
with the fact that remediation efforts always tend to be expensive, has made the
option of the development of environmentally friendly oils based primarily on veg-
etable oils an attractive one. The future will bring with it the improvement of the
efciency of bio-based uids in various applications, leading to the widespread
use of these products; a situation which will no doubt be in the best interests of the
global ecosystem.
REFERENCES
API 1525A. 2012. Bulk Engine Oil Chain of Custody and Quality Documentation. American
Petroleum Institute, Washington DC, January.
ASTM. 2012. Annual Book of Standards. American Society for Testing ...
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ISBN: 9781466551497