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Blending of Oils at Home and at Production Facilities

The need to blend oils most often occurs when operating oil filled equipment that from time to time requires topping off the amount of oil in the equipment.  One of the main problems in topping off, is the compatibility of natural and synthetic oils and their interaction with additives.

The driver who is always on the road may be unable to use the services of auto repair/service centres to timely change the oil, so he has to blend motor oils.   Due to the fact that the base components and additives of synthetic and mineral oils differ significantly, their blending can cause engine problems, or even failure.

Oils by different manufacturers most likely will have different types of additives.   The physicochemical and performance characteristics of oils therefore, should be compared and examined prior to the topping off with a new or different type of oil.  In any case, after such operations are completed, the engine should be cleaned and the oil should be removed and replaced.  This is known as changing the oil.

It is much easier to handle this problem with industrial oils.  According to the latest research of a national scientific institute, oils of different brands that have various performance characteristics will not form a mixture.  In addition, there are no new chemical and intermolecular bonds between the components of oil.

In practice, prior to mixing, industrial oils are tested to determine the tangent delta (tan delta) that reflects the dielectric strength of the oil.  Many industrial energy facilities in the course of fuel mixture production, use special blending equipment to obtain a high-quality final product.

The following is the list of benefits of modern industrial fuel blending equipment:

(1) possibility to set the desired formulation based on individual calculations for each component;

(2) precise metering of components and formulas;

(3) precise blending temperature control;

(4) low power consumption;

(5) trouble-free maintenance; and

(6) several different technological operations performed by one piece of equipment.

Synthetic Blend Oil

Opening of organic synthesis process, combination of key products for production of almost unlimited set of sorts of plastic, microfilms, synthetic fabrics and liquids became one of the changed patterns of our century inventions. Development of synthetic oil became one of by-products of these processes. For getting synthetic lubricant oils, operable temperatures in a wide interval, and also high-temperature heat carriers, hydraulic and cooling liquids air of silicon acids and different components successfully are used. These connections possess properties very valuable to lubricants. For them low volatility, resistance to action of high temperatures, a sunlight and radioactive radiation’, excellent viscous and temperature and insulate properties are characteristic. For high firmness of the final product synthetic blend oil system are used.

Enterprises developed auto chemical goods of the component in oils which are capable to improve high-temperature properties of oily wedge. Components which made on the basis of Teflon and a molybdenum disulfide twice improve temperature of a withstood oily wedge, for 50% poly-alpha olefins of synthetic oils by input improve an appropriate index using synthetic blend oil system. Components which has graphite basis by 4 times, and on the basis of ceramics by 10 times lift top temperature of an oily wedge for synthetic oils. Thus properties of the oil practically don’t change and packets of additives don’t clash with component composition. Structure of oil additives: clearing additives – washes; additives for increase in viscosity of the oil lost from maintenance; additives for elimination of leaks in oily system, antifriction components: on the basis of the liquid dispersion, changing operation of lubricant interface. For high firmness of the final product synthetic blend oil systems are used.

Such components require the correct input technology to a principal component of oil. For such purposes the GlobeCore Company is engaged in production synthetic blend oil system “USB”. Basic purpose of synthetic blend oil system “USB” of our installations is the intensification of dispersion processes, homogenization and emulsification different components which could not be mixed not compatible liquids and suspensions which in the result after processing will form the steady fine compound. Final product has stability to the long uniform storage life and is steady against foliation.

Synthetic Blend Motor Oil

Engine oils consist of basic oil and additives. Quality of oil is set on a chemical composition of a basis and additives which serve for change of basic oil properties and are capable to improve considerably engine oil, despite quality of a basis. For this purpose additives shall be applied by quality process  and correct technology, in foliation avoidance by using of synthetic blend motor oil system.

Mineral components which pass different stages of hydroprocessing, and also by the partial or full substitution of mineral components by the synthetic  included in basis of basic oils. The greatest advantages all of them bases ester possess. Molecules at ester possess a polarity, that is they are attracted to metal. The second interesting property that it is possible to adjust viscosity of ester in the process of production of basic oil, it will be depends from kind of alcohol that is used. It is possible to increase a viscosity by applying  heavy alcohols to oil. By production of ester it is possible to apply also additives for concoction, again using synthetic blend motor oil system which helps to keep a technology.

Additives improve properties of oils and overall performance of the engine: increase of details wear resistance and even restoration of their original sizes, fuel consumption and oil lowering, reduction of toxicity of the fulfilled gases, increase in run before oil change, compression increase. There are possible to offer components in suspensions which contain the smallest particles of solid lubricants (graphite, a molybdenum disulfide), rubbing details forming on a surface, the thin layers hindering contact of metal with metal, and also fluorine and chlorine connections.

Synthetic blend motor oil system “USB” is intended for mixing from two to five separate components and dilution of any liquids in a flow, and also engine oil with additives and other components. In the hydrodynamic adder of synthetic blend motor oil system the mixing process allowing at the same time to give all components in the given prescription ratio in the common mixing collector and final product moves to tank . Advantages of such technology are exact monitoring of dispensing of each component, the considerable abbreviation of duration of a mixing cycle and a failure from use of mixing capacities for support of homogenization of a ready-made product.