Project

Region	Moravian-Silesian Region
Title of the Programme	Research
Title of the Project	Novel Routes for cost effective Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants
Project Website	https://www.fmt.vsb.cz/real/en
Number of the Project	TO01000250
Project Promoter	Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava
Project Partner from Donor State	SINTEF AS
Czech Partner	Ústav chemických procesů AV ČR, v. v. i. BIONA JERSÍN, s.r.o.
Status	Estimated project duration: 1/2021 – 12/2023
Total Eligible Costs	1 256 446 EUR
Grant	1 143 774 EUR

Project description:

Use of Environmental Acceptable Lubricants (EAL) in stern tubes has risen some uncertainties in the shipping sector due to their poor hydrolysis stability, bad pressure and temperature-related viscosity properties and in some cases shear thinning properties when compared with conventional and pollutant mineral oils.

The main goal of this project is to develop a more reliable and cost-effective EAL that can solve these main limitations. Two parallel approaches have been chosen to reach the main goal:

• Develop a new EAL based on the use of blown rapeseed oils (BRSO) with improved rheological properties and hydrolysis stability.
• Establishment of microbial-based formulations using selected microorganisms capable of producing a range of molecules that can be used as lubricant additives.