Terresolve Biodegradable Products High Performance Environmentally Safe Terresolve Technologies 9609 Jackson Street, Mentor, Oh, 44060 800-661-3558 www.terresolve.com
Environmental Products Have Been Used In a Wide Range Of Applications
Infrastructure Applications Marine Tugs Barges Offshore Drilling Dredging Pile Driving Cutting Repair Dewatering Lift Trucks Vertical Concrete Breaking Cutting Cranes 3
Dredging Applications Hydraulics Grease Wire Rope Winches Cranes Port Equipment Pumping 4
Only recently have bio lubes been able to withstand the tortures and extremes of modern vessels Long Term Durability Testing Wet and Dry Testing Frequent Retest Requirements Products Disapproved Component Review 5
What are Environmentally Safe Fluids? Glycol? Food Grade? Ester? Readily Biodegradable? Environmentally Friendly? Synthetic? Inherently Biodegradable? Clean? Sheen? Vegetable?
Two Tests: Primary Vs. Ultimate Biodegradation Biodegradation Reaction: Lubricant CH+ O 2 + Bugs CO 2 + H 2 O + More Bugs (Biomass) Primary Biodegradation Ultimate Biodegradation CEC L-33- A 93 OECD 301, ASTM D 5864, ASTM D7373 > 80% >60%
Types of Biodegradability Readily Biodegradable Hydraulic Fluids Break Down Over80%in21Days 60%in28Days Inherently Biodegradable Products Break Down Someday after fines, cleanup, downtime and environmental destruction!
Environmentally Preferable Biodegradability Vs. Time 100 90 80 70 Inherently Biodegradable"C" 60 % Fluids 50 40 30 20 Readily Biodegradable 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Days
Hydraulic systems (ISO 6743/4) H Automatic transmissions HA Environmental HE Fire resistant fluids HF Oil in water emulsions (soluble oils) HFAE Chemical solutions in water HFAS Water in oil emulsions (invert emulsions) HFB Water polymer solutions (water glycol) HFC Synthetic fluids containing no water HFD Phosphate ester HFDR Chlorinated hydrocarbons HFDS Mixtures of HFDR and HFDS fluids HFDT Other compositions HFDU Hydraulic-slide way HG Refined mineral oil HH R&O HL Antiwear HM Couplers & converters HN High VI R&O HR High VI AW HV Synthetic w/o fire resist HS
None Inherently NOT BIOGRADABLE HETG Vegetable HEPG PAG HEES ESTER HEPR PAO and related product
Inherently Biodegradable Not Truly Biodegradable Expensive for petroleum
Conventional Vegetable Fluids HETG Oxidative Weakness Temperature limitations Life expectancy Hydrolytic Weakness Care must be taken
Polyglycol Synthetic (PAG) Fire Resistant Specifically Designed System Not Compatible with Petroleum or Vegetable
Synthetic Esters (HEES) Hydrolytic Unstable unzips with water Acid formation Seal Deterioration
Ester Chemistry Vegetable Oil + Alcohol + Acid Synthetic Ester + Water + Heat
Bio-polyolefin Synthetic (HEPR) Durable Low Cost/Long Fluid Life Separates From Water Good Seal Compatibility Broad Temperature Range
Class Application HETG EL 100 Typical Performance Seal & Hose Compatibility Water Tolerance Limitations Application Varies Mixed Medium Water, Heat Light Duty, Short change out, low temperature. HEPG EL FR 46 Weak Very Poor Miscible Incompatible with many seal materials. Absorbs moisture. Prices vary HEES EL 2000 HEPR EL 3000 EL 200 Mixed Very Poor Very Weak Hydrolyzes in water. Creates acids. Expensive. Fire hazard, especially designed system If dry, high performance. Excellent Excellent Excellent Expensive Heavy duty, chance of contamination
Conclusions Making the determination to change to bio lubricants one should consider many factors A bio oil can be more expensive initially but can save money in the long term Bio oils have been proven in the field and can perform as well as petroleum
Terresolve Contact Mark Miller Terresolve Technologies 9609 Jackson Street Mentor, Ohio 44060 USA memiller@terresolve.com (201) 220 3739 (24/7 cell)