The final speaker of the morning was Dr. Harald Boehnke from BASF who spoke about Innovative diesel additives, to prevent internal injector deposits and the overriding message was that fuel additives help to keep engines clean. Lunch followed sponsored by Neste, which allowed delegates plenty of time to network and attend the exhibition stands in the main foyer attended by companies such as Exxon-Mobil, Infineum, Shell, Nynas, Chevron Base Oils and SIP amongst others. These were well worth a visit.
The afternoon’s session began with a presentation by Uwe Falk from Lubrizol who talked about regulations regarding the applications of biocides for fuels and lubricants. He was followed by two speakers from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Dr. Boris Traber and Dr Matthias Adler, who presented on the subject of the compatibility of sealing materials with fuels and lubricants.
After the networking break sponsored by Zeller+Gmelin, Dr Fujita from Idemitsu Kosan spoke about advanced traction drive fluids for traction and torodial CVTs in industrial applications. Dr Fujita said that the development process for TDF was different to that of other fluids, and they were working with OEMs on the use of PAO synthetic lubricants in their application. He was followed by Dr Mahling from Evonik who spoke about maximising the efficiency of industrial lubricants. The final speaker of the day was Dr Jurs from Vanderbilt Chemicals who gave a content-rich presentation on the use of tailor-made antioxidant combinations to maximise the performance of industrial lubricants.
The formal proceedings closed for the day with an after work drink sponsored by Infineum and an evening get together sponsored by Lubrizol.
The next day KJ Tech Services sponsored the morning breakfast and I joined Valentina Serra-Holm from Nynas and UEIL President to exchange thoughts on the previous day’s proceedings.
The first speaker of the second day was Dr Lindemann from Fuchs who talked about the economic and technical challenges for the lubricants industry. A mature European market with increasing regulatory emission controls coupled with the move to hybrid or the electrification of vehicles, poses significant challenges for the sector. In the question and answer session, Dr Lindemann spoke about the cultural issues of car sharing versus retaining a vehicle solely for personal use if cars are only utilised for 5% of the time. He asserted that partnering and learning from others is the key to the future in an uncertain economic situation where CO2 neutral issues were key but not yet fully discussed.
Toyota’s Satoshi Hirano spoke next on engine oil requirements from an OEM’s point of view. Mr Hirano looked at the prevention of diesel turbocharger compressor deposits or carbon deposits. He was followed by Richard Van Den Bulk from Chevron Oronite who talked about fuel economy, ACEA 2016 and other challenges for European Passenger Cars. Mr Van Den Bulk said that fuel economy was driving engine technology and CO2 emission. In Europe, perhaps uniquely in the world, there is a financial penalty for OEMs who exceed stringent CO2 emission regulations which are due to decrease from 130 gsm to 95 gsm by 2020/21.
If engine technology is developing at unprecedented speed then Infineum’s presentation after the networking break sponsored this time by Fuchs, talked about the issues of Low Speed
Pre-Ignition or LPSI which can cause instant damage to engines and cannot be overcome by spark plug timing delay. Dr Ceile Pera talked about the uniqueness of LPSI which differs from one engine to another, so future developments in this area must be based on partnering with OEMs in order to be effective.
Nigel Britton from Lubrizol followed with a presentation on trends and formulating strategies for Heavy Duty Engine Oils. Mr Britton said that 40% of freight transport was made by roads and an EU transport report indicated that freight was responsible for 20% of all greenhouse gasses. Unlike cars there are no limits on CO2 emissions from Heavy Duty vehicles. Increased fuel efficiency was achievable through lower High Temperature/High Shear (HTHS) viscosity which was traditionally measured at 150 degrees but was measured at 100 degrees under ACEA 2016. A presentation by Karin Baumann from Lukoil on gas engine oils and their requirements for conditioning and monitoring concluded the morning’s presentations. Dr Baumann talked about the uniqueness of gas engines characterised by internal combustion matched by external ignition.
The lunch break followed which was sponsored by ROWE after which Dr Pettersson from Volvo talked about the challenges and opportunities arising from lubricants for heavy duty vehicles. He was followed by Katty Hoste from Chevron Base Oils, celebrating their tenth anniversary this year, who spoke about the opportunities for industrial lubricants and improved equipment reliability in an evolving base oil market. After the final networking break of the congress, sponsored by CARL BECHEM, Dr Frank Bongardt from Emery Oleochemicals gave a presentation on the frictional behaviour of bio-based Group V base stocks for industrial and automotive fluids, followed by David Schaffel from Clariant Produkte presented on the potential of Polyalkylen Glycols in Industrial and Metalworking Fluids.
Among the visiting dignitaries to the 2017 UNITI Congress were Peter Tjan, ATIEL President, UEIL’s President Valentina Serra-Holm and Peter Seifried President of VSI. It was a pleasure to be in such esteemed company. On UNITI’s website advertising the conference it states ‘the UNITI Mineral Oil Congress will be a good opportunity for participants to inform themselves fast and easily about innovations, future demands and developments to push ahead both the personal and the company’s success.’ I am pleased to report the event met up to all expectations and I look forward to 2018’s Congress in April, again held in Stuttgart.
David Wright Director General
United Kingdom Lubricants Association
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