TY - GEN
T1 - Viscosity Analysis of ZnO enriched Neem Oil Biolubricant at Sub Zero Temperatures
AU - Ganesha, A.
AU - Girish, H.
AU - Shilpa, M. P.
AU - Gurumurthy, S. C.
AU - Pai, Raghuvir
AU - Kumar, Nitesh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Due to the environmental impact caused by the prolonged usage of petroleum based lubricants has emphasised the need of more eco-friendly bio-lubricants in industrial machineries. For different tribological applications, the bio-lubricants in the original form are not effectives in comparison with synthetic lubricants. The efficiency of bio-lubricants can be improved with appropriate addition of nanoparticles. Based on this prospect, the present study focusses on the assessment of viscosity variation in Neem oil with the mixture of ZnO nanoparticles. The ZnO nanoparticles are dispersed into the Neem oil at 0.25% weight concentration. Magnetic Stirring process is carried out in this study for the appropriate dispersal of ZnO in Neem oil. The variation in lubricant viscosity for 0.25% weight concentration of ZnO blended Neem oil is experimentally analysed at higher temperatures and sub-zero temperatures using a Modular Compact Rheometer. Herschel Bulkley model was set in the Modular Compact Rheometer for the viscosity analysis of ZnO blended Neem oil. A notable variation in viscosity is observed in the nano-biofluid developed as engine lubricant by the blended mixture of ZnO nanoparticles in Neem oil.
AB - Due to the environmental impact caused by the prolonged usage of petroleum based lubricants has emphasised the need of more eco-friendly bio-lubricants in industrial machineries. For different tribological applications, the bio-lubricants in the original form are not effectives in comparison with synthetic lubricants. The efficiency of bio-lubricants can be improved with appropriate addition of nanoparticles. Based on this prospect, the present study focusses on the assessment of viscosity variation in Neem oil with the mixture of ZnO nanoparticles. The ZnO nanoparticles are dispersed into the Neem oil at 0.25% weight concentration. Magnetic Stirring process is carried out in this study for the appropriate dispersal of ZnO in Neem oil. The variation in lubricant viscosity for 0.25% weight concentration of ZnO blended Neem oil is experimentally analysed at higher temperatures and sub-zero temperatures using a Modular Compact Rheometer. Herschel Bulkley model was set in the Modular Compact Rheometer for the viscosity analysis of ZnO blended Neem oil. A notable variation in viscosity is observed in the nano-biofluid developed as engine lubricant by the blended mixture of ZnO nanoparticles in Neem oil.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICMIAM54662.2021.9715207
DO - 10.1109/ICMIAM54662.2021.9715207
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85126756267
T3 - 2021 International Conference on Maintenance and Intelligent Asset Management, ICMIAM 2021
BT - 2021 International Conference on Maintenance and Intelligent Asset Management, ICMIAM 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2021 International Conference on Maintenance and Intelligent Asset Management, ICMIAM 2021
Y2 - 12 December 2021 through 15 December 2021
ER -