A First Step Towards the Development of a Sustainable Top-of-rail Friction Modifier Based on Avocado Oil

Juan Camilo Vélez Molina

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Technical Session

Technical sessions » Tribology for a Sustainable Society

Environmental Compatibility 1

Wed. Sep 27, 2023 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM Room H (Room 412)

Shouhei Kawada (Kansai University, Japan)
Akepati Bhaskar Reddy (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

[27-H-02] A First Step Towards the Development of a Sustainable Top-of-rail Friction Modifier Based on Avocado Oil

Juan Camilo Vélez Molina², *Roman Nevshupa¹, Alejandro González-Benjumea³, Ana Gutiérrez³, Alejandro Toro², Juan Felipe Santa² (1. IETCC-CSIC, Spain, 2. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia, 3. Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville (IRNASE-CSIC), Spain)

Keywords:top-of-rail friction modifier, railway tribology, vegetable-oil-base grease, avocado oil

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