Today engine technology requires a lubricant of higher performance due to longer drain intervals, higher temperature and improved after-treatment durability and fuel economy. To meet those new requirements, new oil formulations are using more and more hydrocracked and synthetic base oils together with new additive package. We can therefore wonder how this will impact on the Life Cycle Assessment of those lubricants whose objective remains to lubricate engines during a certain period of time.The results of this study will show that LCA is the only way to fully evaluate environmental impacts of a lubricant. In our study, we will see that a synthetic lubricant produces more Greenhouse Gases (GHG) during its production stage while during its use on the car the tendency will be inverted.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Comparison of synthetic and mineral lubricant environmental impacts using the Life Cycle Assessment Methodology


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    2003 JSAE/SAE International Spring Fuels and Lubricants Meeting ; 2003



    Publication date :

    2003-05-19




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Evaluating environmental impacts of an oil tanker using life cycle assessment method

    Quang, Pham Ky / Dong, Duc Tuan / Hai, Pham Thi Thanh | SAGE Publications | 2021



    Life cycle assessment of frozen cod fillets including fishery-specific environmental impacts

    Ziegler, F. / Nilsson, P. / Mattsson, B. et al. | Tema Archive | 2003


    Environmental impacts of commuting modes in Lisbon: A life-cycle assessment addressing particulate matter impacts on health

    Bastos, Joana / Marques, Pedro / Batterman, Stuart A. et al. | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2019


    Life Cycle Assessment - A methodology for site selection?

    Beyer, H.-M. / VDI; Gesellschaft Fahrzeug- und Verkehrstechnik | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996