Biodegradation Capabilities of Lubritherm Hydraulic Fluid

Lubritherm Fluid biodegrades oils/hydrocarbons and eliminates contaminants, fast.


Lubritherm All-Temp Hydraulic Fluid exhibits an exclusive biodegradation stimulation capability. Extensive lab and field testing indicates that it acts like a synthetic enzyme catalyst, without the limitations of temperature and pH associated with biological enzymesΔ. Lubritherm quickly catalyzes the degradation of oils and hydrocarbons without itself being depleted or requiring change out of the initial fluid charge. This has been validated by eight years of successful field operations. Lubritherm Hydraulic Fluid is approved by the Canadian Government as environmentally safe.

Lubritherm Hydraulic Fluid Benefits

  1. Simpler and less intensive initial hydraulic system change-over from mineral or vegetable oils to Lubritherm Hydraulic Fluid.
  2. Longer service life as Lubritherm hydraulic fluid does not require to be changed out should a small amount of mineral or vegetable oil be inadvertently added to the system.
  3. Maintains hydraulic fluid integrity over many years of operation by eradicating ingressed contaminants through synthetic enzyme bioremediation.

Lubritherm Hydraulic Fluid has an exclusive flatted matrix molecular arrangement, wherein the various chemical molecules form a covalent ionic bond, inter-molecularly laced together. Utilising reduction chemistry on this monomolecular matrix we can filter to less than one micron in size, providing exceptional fluid cleanliness for demanding applications.

Notes:

The major metabolic pathways of hydrocarbon biodegradation are well known. The initial steps in the biodegradation of hydrocarbons by bacteria and fungi involve the oxidation of the substrate by oxygenases≠, for which molecular oxygen O2 is required (the substrate being alkanes, oils, fats, and other hydrocarbons; the O2 is dissolved air in the water or solution). Lubritherm enables the combination of oxygen O2 at the molecular level with the substrate, triggering the subsequent conversion of alkanes to carboxylic acids that are further biodegraded via β-oxidation◊ to a harmless reduction of carbon dioxide, water, and some cell biomass which is mostly innocuous protein.

ΔBiological enzymes are catalysts which act in a narrow operating range of temperature and pH. When these enzymes catalyze a redox reaction they are classified as oxygenases≠.

≠Oxygenases: Enzymes that oxidize a substrate by transferring the oxygen from molecular oxygen O2 to the substrate, that catalyze reactions in which O2 is introduced into an acceptor molecule.

◊β-oxidation is the biochemical process by which alkanes, oils, fats, and other hydrocarbons are broken down and metabolized so that they can be used as a source of energy in aerobic respiration. It is the oxidative degradation of saturated fatty acids in which two-carbon units are sequentially removed from the molecule with each turn of the cycle.

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Benjamin Vroon, CEO