Łukasiewicz – ITEE and Fuchs Develop Innovative Lubricants

reading time: 3 min
plama oleju

Scientists will develop innovative biocarbon lubricants. Their main advantages are the replacement of non-renewable fossil raw materials with new ones, produced by pyrolysis of plant biomass waste. Such a solution will translate into a lower carbon footprint of the final product. The project received funding from the Foundation for Polish Science.

The research will be conducted as an effective entrepreneurial collaboration. This means that at least two independent parties cooperate by exchanging knowledge or technology. This leads to a common goal, based on the division of labour within the project, while sharing the risk.

The project on which our researchers will be working involves the development of formulations and principles for the composition of a new lubricant with enhanced environmental and performance characteristics. The product is expected to achieve parameters comparable to commercial graphite lubricants used primarily in the automotive sector.

- It may seem that nothing innovative can be done in the field of lubricants. Nothing could be further from the truth. The challenge, for example, is to replace graphite as a critical raw material with other products of similar microstructure, but obtained from waste plant biomass. This problem is to be addressed by our development of the technology for the production of biocarbon lubricants. This is a breakthrough, because so far, no one has used carbonizates from lignocellulosic waste as a substitute for fossil graphite used as a component of plastic lubricates.

The project, which is being developed by a team from the Łukasiewicz Centre for Bioeconomy and Eco-Innovation – ITEE, responds to specific market needs. This is guaranteed by cooperation with the leading lubricant supplier in Europe, FUCHS OIL CORPORATION Sp. z o.o. It is also a chance that, in the event of positive results, the solution will be implemented.

The topic of converting various types of biomass, including but not limited to algae and plant processing waste, into green carbon materials has been developed at the institute for several years. The high level of the work carried out is evidenced, among other things, by two recent publications in prestigious TOP10 journals according to the Scopus database: Environmental Technology & Innovation and Scientific Reports.

Only 28 Selected Projects

The project named “The use of carbonisate from waste lignocellulosic biomass as a substitute for non-renewable raw materials for the production of innovative biocarbon lubricants”, prepared by dr hab. inż. Jarosław Molenda and dr inż. Monika Makowska, was on the list of qualified Proof of Concept FENG applications. The recommended amount of funding is PLN 655,872.00.

The Foundation for Polish Science selected 28 projects for funding out of 236 that applied for support. Two of these were submitted by scientists from the Łukasiewicz Research Network. In addition to the scientists from Łukasiewicz – ITEE, the employees of Łukasiewicz – ICSO “Blachownia” can also boast of success.

FIND OUT MORE

read also

Fields marked with an * are required
FIRST JOB IN R&D: RECRUITMENT FORM
Information obligation [for job applicants]
Regarding the provisions of Art. 13 par. 1 an 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (GDPR), below we present information and rules on the processing of personal data by the Łukasiewicz Research Network – Krakow Institute of Technology.

Data controller
The controller of your personal data is the Łukasiewicz Research Network – Kraków Institute of Technology (hereinafter: Institute) with its registered office at 73 Zakopiańska street, 30-418 Kraków, E-mail address: sekretariat@kit.lukasiewicz.gov.krakow.pl, phone:12 261-83-24

Data Protection Officer
In all matters concerning the processing of personal data by the Institute, you can contact the Data Protection Officer appointed for this purpose, e-mail address: daneosobowe@kit.lukasiewicz.gov.pl  phone:12 261-83-24 or in person in the office of the Institute.

Purpose of processing
Your personal data will be processed by the Institute for the purpose of conducting future recruitments for positions at the Łukasiewicz Centre and at institutes belonging to the Łukasiewicz Research Network, as referred to in the Łukasiewicz Research Network Act of 21 February 2019.

Legal basis for processing
The Institute processes your personal data on the basis of 6 par. 1 a) GDPR and if you include in your application sensitive personal data referred to in Art 9 par. 1 GDPR, based on Art. 9 par. 2 a) GDPR – that is, based on your consent to the processing of personal data.

Scope of personal data
The scope of processed personal data is defined in particular by Art. 221 of the Labour Code.

The provision of data is voluntary.

Exercise of rights
You have the right to request access to your data, the right to rectify or supplement it, to request its erasure in cases provided for by law, to restrict its processing, the right to object to the processing of personal data the provision of which is voluntary, and the right to withdraw consent to its processing at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of consent given before the withdrawal. In order to exercise the rights listed above, please send your request to: daneosobowe@kit.lukasiewicz.gov.pl , by post to the Institute’s registered office, or in person at the Institute’s registered office. Before you exercise your rights, we will need to confirm your identity
in a manner individually adjusted to the request. If you think that the Institute’s processing of your personal data violates the provisions of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection, 2 Stawki street, 00-193 Warsaw.

Data recipients
Recipients of your personal data may be:
- companies servicing the Institute’s equipment and software used to process job applicants’ data;
- providers of job advertisement publication services or providers of recruitment management systems (e.g. pracuj.pl, eRecruiter);
- courier companies through which correspondence with job applicants is conducted;
- Łukasiewicz Centre and institutes belonging to the Łukasiewicz Research Network, as referred to in the Act on the Łukasiewicz Research Network of 21 February 2019.

Your personal data will not be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area and to international organisations.

Decisions taken in an automated way
Please be advised that we do not make decisions in an automated way, including using profiling.

Period for which your data will be processed
Your personal data will be processed until you withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data.

This will close in 0 seconds

x

This will close in 0 seconds