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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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8.1 INTRODUCTION
Reuse of used lubricating oil has been known and practiced for several decades,
especially with the use of these oils as burner fuel (Chapter 5). Until recently, the
reliability of the re-rened product was an issue. However, the profusion of re-rening
processes—each of which has something to add—has produced product oils that are
able to meet base oil specications and are used (when mixed with the necessary
additives) for the desired lubricating purposes. As a result, the re-rened products
have moved from being a less predictable mix of components to a highly rened
high-value ...
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ISBN: 9781466551497