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Environmental Analysis of Sustainable and Traditional Cooling and Lubrication Strategies during Machining Processes

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  • Amr Salem

    (Machining Research Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada)

  • Connor Hopkins

    (Machining Research Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada)

  • Mohamd Imad

    (Machining Research Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada)

  • Hussien Hegab

    (Machining Research Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada)

  • Basil Darras

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, UAE)

  • Hossam A. Kishawy

    (Machining Research Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada)

Abstract

Due to rising demands of replacing traditional cooling strategies with sustainable cooling strategies, the development of sustainable strategies such as minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) of nano-cutting fluids (NCFs) is on the rise. MQL of NCFs has received a lot of attention due to its positive impact on machining process efficiency. However, environmental and human health impacts of this strategy have not been fully investigated yet. This work aims to investigate the impacts of MQL of molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ), multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), and aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ) NCFs by employing a cradle-to-gate type of life cycle assessment (LCA). Besides, this paper provides a comparison of the impacts and machining performance when utilizing MQL of NCFs with other cooling strategies such as traditional flood cooling (TFC) of conventional cutting fluids and MQL of vegetable oils. It was found that NCFs have higher impacts than conventional cutting fluids and vegetable oils. The impacts of TiO 2 -NCF and MoS 2 -NCF were lower than the impacts of MWCNTs-NCF and Al 2 O 3 -NCF. MQL of NCFs presented higher impacts by 3.7% to 35.4% in comparison with the MQL of vegetable oils. TFC of conventional CFs displayed the lowest impact. However, TFC of conventional cutting fluids is contributing to severe health problems for operators. MQL of vegetable oils displayed higher impacts than TCFs of conventional cutting fluids. However, vegetable oils are considered to be environmentally friendly. According to the findings, the MQL of vegetable oils is the most sustainable strategy for machining processes with associated low/medium cutting temperatures. While MQL of TiO 2 and MoS 2 NCFs are the sustainable strategy for machining processes associated with high cutting temperatures.

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  • Amr Salem & Connor Hopkins & Mohamd Imad & Hussien Hegab & Basil Darras & Hossam A. Kishawy, 2020. "Environmental Analysis of Sustainable and Traditional Cooling and Lubrication Strategies during Machining Processes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-22, October.
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