Author/Authors :
Hafis, S. M. Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra Campus - School of Mechatronic Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Program, Malaysia , Ridzuan, M. J. M. Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra Campus - School of Mechatronic Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Program, Malaysia , Mohamed, A. R. Universiti Malaysia Perlis - School of Bioprocess Engineering, Malaysia , Farahana, R. N. Universiti Malaysia Perlis - School of Material Engineering, Malaysia , Syahrullail, S. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Malaysia
Abstract :
The abundance of palm pressed fibre (PPF) biomass waste generates greenhouse gases. Therefore, an experimental study on catalytic pyrolysis technology using a tubular reactor on PPF oil was performed at temperature of 450 °C, which gave oil product yields of 44.1 percent. Viscosity of the PPF oil as a function of temperature was measured at different temperatures ranging from 25 °C to 50 °C. The viscosity of the oils was shown to decrease with increases in temperature. Finally, PPF oil was tested as lubricant in strip drawing and compared with palm olein (PO). A comparison of strip drawn aluminium samples show that the lubrication performance of PPF oil varies with PO in a remarkably similar way.
Keywords :
Lubrication oil , strip drawing , pyrolysis , palm pressed fibre
