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services to EMRE’s customers for refining
process licensing. Prior to his current position,
hewas responsible for managing catalyst and
newbusiness development at EMRE licensing,
leading several R&Dprojects in EMRE’s
Corporate Strategic Research organisation. He
holds aMasters degree in PetroleumScience
from IFP School (France) and a PhD in
Chemistry andCatalysis fromPierre andMarie
CurieUniversity (France).
Renewable,Biodegradable
GroupIIIBaseOil
Wednesday 11 March 16:00 | 16:30
JEFF BROWN
Novvi
The environmentally friendly lubricant
market is rapidly changing fromboth a
regulatory and consumer perspective. A new
base oil has entered themarket that canmeet
both customer performance expectations and
regulatory requirements to help remove the
uncertainty around its future. Production began
in 2013 of the industry’s first renewable, bio-
degradable Group III base oil. This base oil has
been demonstrated to perform in a full range of
environmentally friendly lubricant applications:
fuel efficient engine oils, EcoLabel oils, VGP oils
andmanymore.
This paper will review the applications and
performance results of finished lubricants
formulatedwith the newbase oil technology.
The data and capabilities demonstrated by this
newbase oil technology will help to clarify a
path to success in the environmentally friendly
lubricants market.
JeffBrownhasextensive
experience in leadingnew
technologiestomarketand isa
pioneer inthefieldofrenewable
lubricants.Priortofoundingand
becomingpresidentandCEOofNovvi,he led
the lubricantsbusinessatAmyris.Hefounded
Yutomi,acompanycommercialisingenviron-
mentallyfriendly lubricants,andhehasmany
years’experience leadingpetroleumresearch
programs.Jeffhasworked inthesolar industryas
directorofengineeringatXeroCoat.Priorto
XeroCoat,Jeffwasmanagerofbusiness
developmentandprogrammanageratSymyx
Technologiesexecutinghigh-throughputmateri-
alsdiscoveryprogramsandbuildingnew
businessopportunities, including leadinga
five-yearresearchprogramwithExxonMobil
developingnew lubricantproducts.Jeffserved
asdirectorofengineeringatAngstronSystems,a
developerofALDtechnologyforthesemicon-
ductor industry.HehasworkedatApplied
MaterialsandMotorolaasanengineer
developingnewproductsandtechnologies.He
hasmanypatentsandpublicationstohisname.
JeffholdsanMS inMechanicalEngineeringfrom
StanfordUniversityandaBS inMechanical
EngineeringfromtheUniversityofMichigan.
MetallocenePolyalpha-
olefins(mPAO)asHigh
PerformanceBaseStocks
inDemandingLubricant
Applications
Wednesday 11 March 16:30 | 17:00
ALINA LI
ExxonMobil Chemical
High-load and low-speed industrial appli-
cations require high-performance synthetic
lubricants containing high-viscosity synthetic
base stocks tomaximise equipment life and
prevent component wear. Typically the highest
performance products are formulatedwith
polyalphaolefins (PAOs).
Conventional high-viscosity PAOs are pro-
duced using AlCl3 catalysts resulting in fluids
that have a high degree of isomerisation and
broadmolecular weight distribution (MWD).
Isomerisation increases the number of shorter
chains in the product, affecting the fluid’s visco-
metrics. The high- and low-molecular weight
components of conventional distributions
contribute to reduced shear stability.
The “metallocene revolution” has dramat-
ically changed the technological face of the
worldwide polyolefin business over the last few
decades. The advent of metallocene single-site
catalysts has led to catalysts with unparalleled
activity, unprecedented control over polymer
microstructure, properties andmolecular
weight. The use of metallocene catalysts to
produce synthetic base stocks with improved
properties leverages on our company’s
strength in both polymerization catalysis and
synthetic fluid technology.
