Evonik Resource Efficiency
Boost Efficiency with Evonik – Let it flow.

By Dr. Thomas Schimmel, Global Business Director, Hydraulic Fluids, Evonik Resource Efficiency | TLT CMF Plus November 2015

 

Evonik, the creative industrial group from Germany, is one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals, operating in the Resource Efficiency, Performance Materials and Nutrition & Care segments. The company benefits from its innovative prowess and integrated technology platforms. In 2014, more than 33,000 employees generated sales of around €12.9 billion and an operating profit (adjusted EBITDA) of about €1.9 billion.

Evonik’s Resource Efficiency segment, of which its Oil Additives business is a key contributor, brings together Evonik’s activities in specialty chemicals for industrial applications. The Resource Efficiency segment supplies high performance materials for environmentally friendly as well as energy-efficient systems to the automotive, paints & coatings, adhesives, construction, and many other industries. This segment employed about 7,800 employees, and generated sales of around €4 billion in 2014.

And as a leading provider of oil additives, Evonik develops technologies to improve fuel and energy efficiency, as well as productivity, with its DRIVON™ and NUFLUX™ technologies in engine oils, driveline fluids and gear oils. Industrial and off-highway equipment achieve fuel and energy savings with DYNAVIS® technology for hydraulic fluids. Other specialty products from the Oil Additives business include high performance additives for fuels and refinery products.

Evonik’s global Oil Additives team of some 500 researchers, technical service and other specialists prides itself on consistently delivering: superior product technology, cost-effective solutions, global supply chain security, and extensive technical support with a specialized workforce strategically positioned worldwide.

Resource Efficiency
Resource Efficiency is one of the key global megatrends that guides Evonik’s strategy for achieving profitable growth. The critical need to achieve more with less resources is based on several converging factors: the world’s population is growing by 73 million people each year; global energy requirements will more than double by 2050; and the major consumers of energy are industry, transportation and housing. In addition, by 2030, fossil fuels will meet 90 percent of the global demand for energy; and worldwide, the number of cars on the road will increase to 1.9 billion.

What kind of impact can Evonik technology make on global warming?
Evonik viscosity index improvers (VIIs) and dispersant VIIs for engine oil can increase fuel economy by two percent. The impact of this example of Evonik’s DRIVON™ technology, in turn, results in the elimination of 123 million tons of CO2 which, otherwise, would have been added to the atmosphere.

In addition, choosing Evonik’s DRIVON™ technology for ATF and gear oil lubrication can improve efficiency sufficiently to reduce fuel consumption by another two percent. This results in the elimination of another 123 million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.

Hydraulic fluids formulated to Evonik’s DYNAVIS® technology standards increase the efficiency of hydraulic equipment by from five to 20 percent, and results in the elimination of 14 million tons of CO2 that, otherwise, would have been released into the atmosphere.

Evonik Technologies – Delivering Resource Efficiency, and More
Each of Evonik’s technologies comes complete, with products focused on resource efficiency, complemented with formulation concepts and services.


Resource Efficiency DRIVON™ technology

Evonik’s DRIVON™ technology plays a key role in meeting the world’s growing needs for fuel and energy efficiency.

Fuel Efficient (FE) Engine Oil
• Reduced friction and wear
• Keeps oil flowing, even at low temperature startup
• Cleaner engines

FE Automatic Transmission Fluids
• Efficient transmission operation, smooth shifting for the life of the car
• Reduced friction and wear

FE Gear Oil
• Effective lubrication at high and low temperature, improving operating efficiency

DRIVON™ technology adds value to automotive lubes, meeting future requirements for long-lasting fuel economy.


Resource Efficiency NUFLUX™ technology

Evonik’s NUFLUX™ technology is at the forefront of supporting the growth of clean energy generation through the use of wind turbines.

Wind Turbine Gear Oil
• Use of Evonik’s VISCOBASE™ synthetic base oil with high performance mineral oils lowers the overall fluid cost
• Extends system durability and avoids costly downtime losses
• Enables use of wind power by providing reliable operation of heavy duty gear systems

NUFLUX™ technology for industrial gear oils comes with field experience and OEM approvals
• Field trial approvals from Moventas & Winergy
• Approved by Siemens MD (“Flender”), FAG Schaeffler

NUFLUX™ technology also brings added efficiency to other industrial gear oil applications.

Industrial Gear Oil Applications
• Improves efficiency
• Reduces energy consumption and maintenance costs, less downtime

NUFLUX™ technology is a cost efficient alternative to formulate synthetic industrial gear oils
What goes into a typical synthetic industrial gear oil?

Most synthetic IGOs are made with polyalphaolefin (PAO) high- and low-viscosity base fluids. Performance additives are needed to prevent the hardware from wear and fatigue and the oil from aging. Because PAO is a weak solvent, it has poor additive dissolving power. And compatibilizers like esters or alkylated naphthalene are needed to keep additives in solution.

Evonik’s NUFLUX™ technology, a combination of Group III base oil and Evonik’s VISCOBASE synthetic base fluid, is a very cost-efficient synthetic base oil concept:

• It provides performance similar to incumbent PAO formulations
• VISCOBASE™ synthetic base fluid exhibits excellent additive dissolving power.
• NUFLUX™ technology achieves enhanced performance, using industry-accepted additive systems used with PAO and mineral oils.
• No compatibilizer needed


Resource Efficiency DYNAVIS® technology

Evonik’s DYNAVIS® technology for hydraulic fluids, through extensive field tests as well as through intensive laboratory analysis, has proven itself to be a powerful tool in saving energy, achieving more power with less fuel and boosting productivity. In an extensive series of field tests, and in a variety of mobile, off-highway construction equipment, fuel savings from five to 20 percent have been achieved.

DYNAVIS® technology – greater efficiency for all hydraulic systems
For example, energy savings of approximately five percent have been achieved employing DYNAVIS® technology in industrial hydraulic applications such as plastics injection molding.

Productivity and Efficiency
• Improves hydraulic system efficiency and power
• Reduces air entrainment
• Improves low and high temperature performance
• Reduces fuel consumption and maintenance costs, less downtime

Extends fluid life time
• Slows heat-up rate of oil and reduces cooling burden
• Better controls viscosity within operating temperature range
• Extends fluid life

Enables
• Use of bio-lubricants


Resource Efficiency Refineries

Evonik technology for resource efficiency extends through the entire petroleum product life cycle, including production, transportation and refining:

Enhances Refinery Productivity
• Increases dewaxing throughput
• Improves oil yield
• Energy savings and enhanced pumpability through reduced turbulence
• Low-energy solvent recovery

Extends Product/Equipment Performance
• Lowers Crude Oil/HFO Pour Points
• Reduces paraffin deposition




Resource Efficiency Wax Modifiers

Evonik wax modifier technology extends the temperature operating range and enables the use of bio-based fluids for both lubricants and fuels.

Go green
• Emerging market base stocks
• Use of bio based base fluids
• Use of bio fuels
• Operation of equipment in the coldest of climates

Extends equipment life
• Extends equipment life by providing oil and proper lubrication flow at cold temperatures – less wear
• Extends oil life by maintaining low-temperature viscosity of in-operation oils to avoid catastrophic breakdown
 
Boost Efficiency with Evonik. Let it flow.

To learn more about Resource Efficiency technologies and products from Evonik, visit: www.evonik.com/oil-additives and www.dynavis.com