New lubricants have been developed to meet the performance demands of modem refrigerants and system components. A brief review of current refrigeration oil developments is presented. It is well known that the new lubricants used with polar refrigerants tend to absorb water. The ester hydrolysis process and the effect on the essential lubricant properties are described. The effect of increased w...

As the industrial community moves towards green manufacturing processes, there is an increased demand for multi-functional, environmentally friendly lubricants with enhanced tribological performance. In the present investigation, green (environmentally benign) lubricant combinations were prepared by homogeneously mixing nano- (20 nm), sub-micrometre- (600 nm average size) and micrometre-scale (...

Molybdenum disulfide is one of the best known solid lubricants, and although it originally gained popularity in aerospace and military applications, it is now commonly found in a variety of lubrication applications. It is widely used in greases and specialized grease-like products known as pastes, in fluid lubricants such as automotive and industrial gear oils, in solid film lubricants includin...

Sound working of transmitting power is very essential. For immaculate working of the machines, bearings play an important and critical role. Standard monitoring methods of performance evaluation of rolling element bearings with high degree of reliability are yet to be explored. Authors have proposed rolling element bearing test rig for the same [3]. The formulation requires essentially the elec...

In many cases, polyol ester (POE) and polyalkylene glycol (PAG) lubricants used with HFC refrigerants, may cause long-term reliability and stability problems. Mineral oil lubricants are much more stable in the long run and do not suffer from stability problems nearly as much as POE and PAG lubricants. HFC based refrigerants and blends are, in general, nonmiscible in mineral oils, and will not r...

Infertility affects approximately 15% of couples, and in about one-third the primary cause is a male factor. Patients undergoing infertility investigations frequently experience sexual dysfunction, which often is due to inadequate vaginal lubrication. This can lead to increased use of coital lubricants. The effects of such lubricants on sperm motility have not been widely studied, although sper...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of vaginal lubricants Pre-Seed, FemGlide, Astroglide, and Replens on human sperm motility and chromatin integrity. DESIGN Prospective, comparative, in vitro study. SETTING Andrology laboratory at tertiary care hospital. PATIENT(S) Thirteen normozoospermic donors. INTERVENTION(S) Semen samples from 13 subjects were incubated in human tubal fluid media (HT...