2019
Multi-Viscosity Blends of High Oleic Soybean Oil and Esters for Industrial Applications
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
Category:
Industrial
Keywords:
High oleic
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Racha Seemammahannop, Missouri University of Science & Technology
Co-Principal Investigators:
Shubhen Kapila, Missouri University of Science & Technology
Kristin Bilyeu, USDA-ARS
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Project Code:
422-19
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
$38,072
Institution Funded:
University of Missouri
$38,072
Brief Project Summary:

The overall project goal is to demonstrate suitability of high oleic soybean oil and its derivatives for lubricating and hydraulic oil applications, superior long-term stability, properties and environmental compatibility in lubricating oil and hydraulic oil application through standard tests.

Unique Keywords:
#soybean utilization
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

The research efforts will be directed at:
• Formulation of high oleic soybean oil
• Evaluate formulations formulated soybean oils.
• Evaluation of oxidative and aging stability of formulated oils.
• Evaluation of compatibility of formulated oils with mechanical systems

We will prepare high oleic soybean-oil derived esters and oligomers and blend these to obtained multi-viscosity oils suitable for specific applications. polymeric materials and investigate their chemical, thermal, and mechanical stabilities with the goal of their application to consumer goods and in the automotive and other industries.

Final Project Results

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The project was aimed at developing Soyleic® based lubricant oils. Soyleic® is a high oleic soybean oil developed through USDA/University Missouri soybean breeding program. Soyleic oil with high oleic acid content and very low linolenic content exhibits high resistance to oxidation yielding long term stability. Thus, this oil is a very good candidate for applications where oils are subjected to oxidative environment such as the lubricating oils and applications where long term (many years) stability of oil is desired. We had investigated application of Soyleic as dielectric oils for electrical transformers. Results obtained clearly showed that Soyleic oil is clearly superior to generic soybean oil in terms of oxidation stability and possesses high fire point relative to the traditional dielectric oils i.e. petroleum derived mineral oils.

Soyleic was found to be significantly more resistant to gelation and oxidation and proved to be a very attractive candidate for lubricating and hydraulic oil applications. Friction and wear test results showed that Soyleic oil provided highest protection against abrasion among three test oils; mineral oil, generic soybean oil and the Soyleic oil. Thus, Soyleic is the most suitable natural oil for these applications and can fulfill the large demand for carbon neutral, “naturally stable” oil for lubricating and other industrial applications.

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.