Re: progress in operating systems
On Sep 30, 5:10 am, Fred Abse <excretatau...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:58:24 -0700, ChairmanOfTheBored wrote:
Now, if one had an electrostatic oil filtration system in one's garage,
one could remove the fine grain particulate from the oil and it would be
good to go again
Lubricants degrade in other ways than that, especially when run at high
temperatures.The companies that "reclaim" lubricants do a lot of
complicated chemistry.
Fun stuff.
http://www.oilrecycling.gov.au/what-happens.html
Mostly distillations; probably the only chemistry is in the water-
separation step (demulsifiers):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demulsifier
Michael
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