Investigations of the physical properties of camelina oil mixtures for hydraulic systems of agricultural machinery

The article considers the use of oils of vegetable origin alternative to mineral and synthetic oil products as a working fluid for hydraulic systems of agricultural machinery. When choosing vegetable oil, the use of camelina oil as a more affordable and economically cheap raw material is most appropriate. The main disadvantages of vegetable oils include low thermal and oxidative stability and unsatisfactory low-temperature properties. Therefore, the use of vegetable oils in hydraulic systems is possible only in the form of mixtures with mineral oil. To study the possibility of using vegetable-mineral oil as a working fluid for hydraulic systems of agricultural machinery, laboratory studies of the physical properties of camelina oil mixtures were carried out. The studies included the determination of the relationship between the kinematic viscosity and the density of the camelina oil mixtures from the temperature and were carried out in various proportions of the mineral hydraulic oil - multigrade oil hydraulic thickened (hydraulic oil - GM) and camelina oil (RyzhM) - 100 % GM, 90 % GM - 10 % RyzhM, 75 % GM - 25 % RyzhM, 50 % GM -50 % RyzhM, 25 % GM - 75 % RyzhM, 10 % GM - 90 % RyzhM, 100 % RyzhM. Determination of the physical properties of the camelina oil mixtures was carried out on a cryo-thermostat with viscosimetric LOIPLT-912, using an ANT-2 hydrometer and capillary viscosimeter VPZh^f, VPZh-2 in accordance with GOST R ISO 3675-2007 and GOST 33-2000 (ISO 3104-94) respectively. Based on the results obtained, it was found that red-and-oil mixtures with a ratio 90 % GM - 10 % RyzhM и 75 % GM - 25 % RyzhM according to viscosity-temperature properties and density can be used as substitutes for merchant mineral hydraulic oil GM. The results of the laboratory tests allow us to display the dynamics of the change in viscosity-temperature and density properties of red-and-oil mixtures of various concentrations.

vegetable oil, kinematic viscosity, density, camelina oil mixture, hydraulic system