Preparation and characterization of natural rubber compound using treated and untreated waste cooking oil as green processing oils

William, Dalglish (2022) Preparation and characterization of natural rubber compound using treated and untreated waste cooking oil as green processing oils. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Rubber is a material that is commonly encountered in daily life. Rubber is mostly used in tyre manufacturing, footwear, and automotive product. Rubber compounds are made up of three basic components: rubber, processing oils and reinforcing fillers. Processing oil is mainly used to lower the viscosity and improve the performance of rubber compounds. Aromatic oils, especially polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, are commonly utilized in the production of a variety of rubber compounds due to its compatibility with unsaturated materials. However, aromatic oils have the potential to cause cancer. These aromatic oils are frequently substituted with more environmentally friendly alternatives. Thus, this research discusses the possibility for chemically treated waste cooking oil and filtered waste cooking to be used as processing oils for the synthesis of rubber compounds. Waste management concerns related to used cooking oil have resulted in significant environmental implications. In this research, treated waste cooking oil, and waste cooking oil are utilized as processing oil for rubber compounds. Thus, different loadings of processing oils (0 phr, 5 phr, l0 phr, and 20 phr) were used in the rubber compound in this research. The rubber compound's cure characteristics show that the rubber compound with transesterification waste cooking oil and the waste cooking oil is almost similar. The result of mechanical and physical tests of natural rubber compounds treated with the waste cooking oil as the PO also shows a marginal difference between both of the processing oil. This study shows that the waste cooking oil can be used as processing oil after being filtered from the unwanted particle. This study is crucially significant since it will provide another possibility for oil processing that gives advantages to natural rubber compound products.

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