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Functional fluids
Keeping a variety of industries moving without relying on petroleum
Effective heat transfer is crucial for both low-temperature and high-temperature applications. That’s why companies choose Susterra® propanediol, the higher-performing, 100% plant-based glycol, as the primary ingredient in their heat-transfer fluids.
Susterra® propanediol has exactly the same chemical formula as propylene glycol but a slightly different structure due to the fermentation process used to produce it. This slight structural modification gives it enhanced thermal stability and a longer life in high-heat applications such as solar and geothermal process heating.
Also, Susterra® propanediol shows more favorable viscosity properties at low temperatures than propylene glycol, which can improve energy and pumping efficiencies in cooling applications and reduce maintenance costs.
The benefits of Susterra® propanediol include:
- Improved viscosity at lower temperatures compared with propylene glycol—for greater process cooling efficiency
- Excellent freeze-point depression for aqueous solution applications
- Exceptional degradation properties compared to propylene glycol and ethylene glycol for process-heating applications where stagnation may occur under extreme temperatures
- Higher boiling point versus propylene glycol and ethylene glycol-based heat-transfer fluids
- 100% USDA bio-based material, renewably and sustainably sourced
- Safe, low-toxic, and readily biodegradable
- Approved for incidental food contact under the NSF International HTX-1 specification
- GRAS, Halal, Kosher
- LEED points eligible
Susterra® propanediol is effective in the following low-temperature heat-transfer fluid applications:
Low-Temperature, Food Safe Fluids:
Breweries & Spirits, Packaged Foods, Food Safe Fluids
High- Temperature:
Engine Coolants & Solar
Other:
Geothermal Systems, Deicing, & More
Where to buy
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Product formulators and designers are invited to request a sample for application testing.