Use of a biodegradable lubricant base, and method for the preparation thereof

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of a fluid lubricant base comprising at least one biosourced and biodegradable compound having formula (I) in order to lubricate devices and/or machines, such as wind turbines, wherein said at least one compound having formula (I) corresponds to formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 are, independently, linear or branched saturated hydrocarbon groups comprising at least 16 carbon atoms, at least one group among R1, R2 and R3 comprises, on the hydrocarbon chain thereof, at least one ester group O—CO—R4, where R4 is a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 6 carbon atoms. The lubricant base has an acid number, in mg KOH/g measured according to the standard ISO 6618, which ranges from 0 to 0.5. The present invention further relates to a method for manufacturing the lubricant base as defined above and to the lubricant base thus obtained.

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