Base Oil & Lubricants Opportunity in India in 2010-11
Opportunity for Base Oil and for Lubricants in India 20010-11
Opportunity for Base Oil and for Lubricants in India 20010-11
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The API Group I <strong>Base</strong> <strong>Oil</strong>s<br />
• The older ref<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g processes <strong>in</strong>volved little or no<br />
chemical alteration of the crude oil components.<br />
• They <strong>in</strong>volved removal by distillation the light and<br />
heavy portions of the crude oil which are not of any use<br />
for lubes, and then remov<strong>in</strong>g the impurities and<br />
undesirable wax from the rema<strong>in</strong>der by a process<br />
called “Solvent Ref<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g” (SR).<br />
• Solvent was percolated through the oil to remove<br />
impurities, and the oil then chilled to low temperature<br />
with a second solvent to remove wax as an <strong>in</strong>soluble<br />
solid which could be filtered off.<br />
Hussam Adeni<br />
Lube.specialist@gmail.com
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