European development of lubricants derived from renewable resources

Abstract

Contends that 40 years ago London Bus and other vehicle companies were using castor oil based fluids in their rear axles thereby obtaining major advantages in consumption of fuel owing to the excellently low coefficient of friction. Investigates a few specific applications drawn from across Europe and other parts of the globe where harvestable resourced lubricants have moved into well established usage.

Citation

Lea, C.W. (2002), "European development of lubricants derived from renewable resources", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 54 No. 6, pp. 268-274. https://doi.org/10.1108/00368790210445632