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A Low Cost Environmentally Benign Waste Lubricant Recylcing/Rerefining…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Air Force 		Award ID:
32336 		Program Year/Program:
1996 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
32336 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Media and Process Technology Inc.
1155 William Pitt Way Pittsburgh, PA 15238-1368
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: Yes
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1996
Title: A Low Cost Environmentally Benign Waste Lubricant Recylcing/Rerefining Technology
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $97,944.00
 

Abstract:

Globally, over four billion gallons of spent lubricants are generated annually. Although spent lubricants can be considered a valuable renewable resource, less than 10% of the worldwide supply is actually re-refined into high quality lubricant basestocks. The remainder is typically burned as fuel or disposed of using even less environmentally friendly methods. Although stricter environmental regulation will continue to limit these disposal options, increasing the amount of re-refined lubricants beyond current worldwide levels will be difficult to achieve without incurring significant cost. The disadvantages of conventional re-refining technologies combine to simply render this technology useless outside of highly populated metropolitan areas where large quantities of spent lubricants are generated in a centralized location. Re-refining technology that can be employed on a small scale is required throughout most of the US but up until now has simply been unavailable. In response to the inadequacies of conventional solutions, Media and Process Technology, Inc. (M&P) has developed the LubriClear Process, an innovative technology that combines several M&P proprietary technologies into a hybrid recycling/re-refining process to deliver high quality base oils from spent lubricants at low cost in an environmentally benign manner. All of the barriers associated with widespread application of conventional distillation based technology are overcome. In this Phase I effort, we propose to establish the re-refinability and possible recyclability of spent lubricants generated by the Air Force using M&P technology.

Principal Investigator:

Paul K.t. Liu
4128263721

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Media and Process Technology,
1155 William Pitt Way Pittsburgh, PA 15238

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No