ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS

Biodegradability Primer: Biodegradability explained and demystified (PDF, 140Kb)

Whitepaper: Save Energy with WISE High Viscosity Formulations (PDF, 3 pgs, 309Kb)

European Commission, York University 2004, Towards a European Knowledge-Based Bioeconomy, Workshop conclusions on the use of plant biotechnology for the production of industrial, biobased products.

Glossary of Lubricant Industry Terms and Acronyms (PDF, 49Kb)

Oil Analysis Dictionary -- http://www.noria.com/dictionary/default.asp

Research & Technology Development

SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, Feb. 23-26, 1998, Title: Use of Vegetable Oil Lubricant in a Low Heat Rejection Engine to Reduce Particulate Emissions, Andre’ L. Boehman, William H. Swain, David E. Weller and Joseph M. Perez (Pennsylvania State University).

Lubricants and Fluids Technical Advisory Panel Meeting in Chicago, IL, August 18, 1997, Title: Vegetable Oil Research Studies on Hydraulic Fluids and Engine Oils.  J. M. Perez and W. W. Garmier.

International SAE Fuels & Lubricants Conference, San Antonio, TX, Oct. 14-17 1996, Vegetable Base Lubricants for Automotive Applications. J. M. Perez and W. W. Garmier.

47^th SAE Earthmoving Industry Conference & Exposition, April 16-17, 1996, Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL, Title:  A Vegetable Base Lubricants for Transportation Applications, J. M. Perez and W. W. Garmier.

47^th SAE Earthmoving Industry Conference & Exposition, April 16-17, 1996, Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL, Title:  A Tribology of Vegetable Oils -- Oxidation and Wear Studies.  S. J. Asadauskas and J. M. Perez, the Pennsylvania State University.

50^th Annual Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Meeting, May 14-19, 1995, in Chicago, Illinois.  Title:  Oxidative Stability and Antiwear Properties of High Oleic Vegetable Oils, S. J. Asadauskas, J. M. Perez, and J. L. Duda, The Pennsylvania State University.  STLE Volume 52, 12, 877-882, Lubrication Engineering (Dec. 1996).

Lubricants & Fluids Technical Advisory Panel in Chicago, IL, August 20, 1998, Title:  High Temperature Stability with Soybean Oil.  W.W. Garmier.

89^th American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS) Annual Meeting and Expo, May 10-13, 1998, Chicago, IL.  Title:  Vegetable Oil Performance in High Temperature Hydraulic and Engine Lubricants, W. W. Garmier.