Open AccessRheological Analysis on Thumba Oil for Sustainable Bio-Lubricant in Electric Vehicle Application
Author(s) -
Sagar Galgat,
Febin T Biju,
YV Surya,
Hema Venkat Sai Kumar,
Deepraj Limboo,
Niranjan Kumar Singh,
Krishna Chowdary,
Ankit Kotia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1116/1/012014
Subject(s) - lubricant , lubrication , rheology , shear thinning , materials science , shear rate , tribology , cerium oxide , nanoparticle , chemical engineering , composite material , petroleum engineering , oxide , metallurgy , nanotechnology , geology , engineering
The demand for automotive lubricant increasing and consequences in dumping of lubrication oil leads towards the bio lubricants. The present study analyzes rheological properties of Thumba oil to have sustainable lubricant to electric vehicle. The oil samples are tested in plain and with MWCNT and Cerium oxide (CeO 2 ) nanoparticles. It was observed MWCNT and CeO 2 made 11% and 9% improvement in viscosity at lower shear rate respectively, however no significant change was observed at higher shear rate. Shear thinning nature of thumba oil biolubricant reduce with the dispersion of nanoparticles and hence contributed in enhancement of lubrication behaviour