GrafinTok™, a lubricant additive using graphene capable of enhancing engine efficiency and power, reducing carbon emissions, and saving fuel. Graphene, the key element in the development of the innovation, provides comprehensive protection to car pistons by reducing frictions on the pistons due to its strong capability in protecting metal surfaces and reducing frictions.

GrafinTok™, benefits consumers as it helps reduce cost and saves fuel, and acts as a lubricant additive that prolongs the lifespan of engine oil and cools the vehicle engines. Innovation produced by a group of UPM researchers led by Prof. Dr. Janet Lim Hong Ngee is suitable for all types of cars and is easy to use as drivers only need to add GrafinTok™ into the engine oil.

It improves engine efficiency by reducing hydrocarbon (HC), carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen monoxide (NO) emissions by 50 per cent, reviving damp engines, and reducing noise and vibrations by 10 per cent for smoother and quieter driving. Cars with an engine oil capacity of 5 L and below need only one bottle of 120 ml GrafinTok™ to be mixed into the engine oil while cars with an engine oil capacity of 5 L and above need two bottles of GrafinTok™.

This innovation was specifically designed to address issues of high friction on metal surfaces (pistons) and to eliminate logistic and cost problems, thus making it a worthwhile and user-friendly additive engine oil as it works on a 'Do-It-Yourself' basis. GrafinTok™ protects the surface between the irons to reduce frictions, thereby increasing engine power. Lesser frictions make the car engine quieter and reduce vibrations, so driving is smoother.

It focuses on being a ‘green invention’ that saves consumers’ money by reducing the need to change the engine oil regularly as it reduces dirty waste oil. GrafinTok™ is an engine additive aimed at overcoming a common issue of an expensive price of engine oil among consumers and the automotive industry and at the same time, it can be used by various types of cars.

GrafinTok™ was inspired by her father’s experience as a taxi driver who always complained about the noise, strong vibrations, and dampness of his car. The innovation won a gold medal at the International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) Malaysia 2021. It has been patented and is now commercialised through a start-up company, GO Advanced Solutions Sdn. Bhd. of the Putra Science Park (PSP), UPM.

It is also the grand winner of ‘Versatile Graphene’ at the Researcher Entrepreneur Award held in conjunction with the Malaysian Year of Commercialisation 2018 organised by the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change. 

Watch a video on GrafinTok^TM here. 

Reference source here. 

For more information, please contact:

Prof. Dr. Janet Lim Hong Ngee
Research Associate
Functional Nanotechnology Devices Laboratory (FNDL)
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, UPM
hongngee@upm.edu.my

Date of Input: 29/07/2022 | Updated: 07/10/2022 | roslina_ar