WHOLE ENERGY FUELS CORPORATION — Department of Agriculture SBIR Phase I: 8.8
WHOLE ENERGY FUELS CORPORATION — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Agriculture.
- Amount
- $98,000
- Agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- 8.8
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- WA
- Period
- 2017-09-01 → 2018-04-30
Description
Biodegradable lubricants have great environmental benefits, but are generally more expensive than other lubricants. Our objective is to make an estolide lubricant in a way thatmakes the finished product more affordable. Determining the potential benefits of this new pathway will require a comparison of the cost and performance of the product to the other synthetic lubricants in the market. Process variables will be altered at a lab scale to determine their effect on product quality and cost. This cost reduction is anticipated to increase themarket penetration of biodegradable lubricants, which may lead to a reduced risk of oil spills to the environment and human health.