Review article

The paper considers the classification of prospective oil additives. The effectiveness of applying such additives is determined by the interaction of several complex processes that have a various nature. A scheme of actions aimed at solving the required task is presented. It is based on a joint analysis of the factors and their interaction. With the purpose of determining the most strongly influencing factors and interactions of experimental studies, and taking into consideration the necessity of carrying out a total assessment, the authors propose a calculation method of a joint evaluation of applying oil additives based on the universalization of the results of the experiments.