Article: Ashless additives and new polyol ester base oils formulated for use in biodegradable hydraulic fluid applications

Article: Industry still unsure about sure-fire CFC-502 alternative. (refrigerants with lower chlorofluorocarbons)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;  October 26, 1992 ;     500 words ......equipment modifications and use of a polyol ester lubricant. ICI America's Bruce Gilbert...the Du Pont product, Klea works with a polyol ester. Gilbert said product testing would...used with 502 before introducing the polyol ester. The three refrigerant manufacturer...

Article: British Inventors Develop Refrigerator Lubricant Composition
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 20, 2007 ;     253 words ......alkylbenzene as a major component thereof and a polyol ester as a minor component thereof. In particular...alkylbenzene and at most 45% by weight of a polyol ester, more preferably between 55% and 75...and between 45% and 25% by weight of polyol ester and, especially, between 60% and ...

Article: Cognis to Manufacture Refrigeration Lubricants at New Facility.(Brief Article)
Ozone Depletion Today;  June 4, 2004 ;     128 words ......dedicated to the manufacture of the company's patented ProEco polyol ester synthetic lubricants for the refrigeration market, which...dedicated to the production of high-quality, high-performance polyol ester lubricants for our customers, said Cognis global segment...

Article: Neste Enters Ester Base Oils Manufacture.
Chemical Week;  November 11, 1998 ;     83 words ...Neste Chemicals has developed a process to produce ester base oils and has converted a 30,000-m.t./year dioctyl phthalate...in northern Europe. Neste is planning to build another ester base oils unit in Europe and is considering Krems, Austria...

Article: Lubrizol Patent Revoked.
Chemical Week;  February 24, 1999 ;     43 words ...The European Patent Office (Munich) has revoked a polyol ester lubricants patent owned by Lubrizol after finding that Lubrizol's technology for formulating the lubricants was not new. The office's decision follows a complaint by eight companies, including ICI subsidiary Uniqema.

Article: Illinois Inventor Develops Polyol Monoester Mixture Production Process
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 30, 2006 ;     298 words ......distillations or decoloration steps to yield a light-colored polyol ester composition. Materials that are dark in color are often produced...in the presence of a catalyst and borohydride, wherein a polyol ester having a Lovibond color below about 0.6 Red and below about...

Article: Cognis to build lubricants plant in Brazil. (Digest).(Brief Article)
Chemical Week;  May 14, 2003 ;     65 words ...Cognis says it plans to build a polyol ester synthetic lubricants plant at Jacarei, Brazil. Construction is scheduled to be completed in fourth-quarter 2003, Cognis says. The...

Article: Hatco Brings on First Line of Expansion.(polyol ester synthetic lubricant base stocks)(Brief Article)
Chemical Week;  May 20, 1998 ;     123 words ...Hatco (Fords, NJ) says it has brought on the first of its two lines for polyol ester synthetic lubricant base stocks at Fords. The project is part of a $10-million expansion at the site (CW, April 23, 1997, p. 7...

Article: Cognis opens polyol ester plant in China
Tribology & Lubrication Technology;  June 1, 2006 ;     113 words ......contributed to the building of the China plant. This is Cognis' second major investment in the growing market for refrigeration lubrication oils. In 2004 Cognis constructed a polyol ester plant in Brazil to provide products to its South American market.

Article: Polyether Polyol: An Interim look inside the lead pump on a Hydraulic Automatic Gauge Control system
Lubrication Engineering;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......1991. The original fluid used was a polyol ester. Over the next six years the system...pump. Also, two different sources of polyol ester fluid had been used during this time...varnish and rust formation from the polyol ester fluid. The system was converted to polyether...

Article: Polyol ester plant for China
International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM;  June 1, 2006 ;     231 words ......as the market leader in environmentally sound refrigeration lubrication oils, and follows the commissioning in 2004 of a polyol ester plant at Jacarei in Brazil to meet supply demands of the South American market. Cognis' ProEco synthetic lubricant basestocks...

Article: Hatco Makes $1OM Investment
Chemical Market Reporter;  May 18, 1998 ;     125 words ...HATCO CORPORATION is investing $10 million in two new polyol ester synthetic lubricant base stock lines at its Fords, N.J., headquarters to capitalize on continuing rapid growth in the marketplace...

Article: A study of the effect of chemical structure on friction and wear: Part 1--synthetic ester base fluids
Lubrication Engineering;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......paper studies the effect of structure for various ester base stocks using a four-ball wear test machine to measure...Perez evaluated the chemical structure effect of polyol esters on an aluminum silicon alloy (10). In the...additive chemical effects in polyol and diester ester base ...

Article: HFC-134a condensing units get lubricant protection.
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;  May 4, 1992 ;     700+ words ......alcohols which, when combined with fatty acids, form the polyol ester family. Sanvordenker said the straight-chain polyol esters...to incorporate a metal passivator specific to steel in the polyol ester lubricant. This protects compressor components such as discharge...