Best Turbine Lubricant Maintenance Strategy
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BACKGROUND
A user replaced the lubricant in their base load unit. After the replacement the
user began to experience varnish and foaming issues, believed to be related to
contamination left over from the previous brand of oil.
SVR? 600 resolved the foaming issue shortly after installation and reduced MPC varnish in the first 2 months.
Based on the performance of SVR 600 , and the criticality of the operation, the user elected to permanently install SVR 600 to manage lubricant quality and added 5% top up oil each year.
The long-term results of this approach have been extraordinary.
Normal turbine oil life cycle on average is 6-8 years, with replacement a function
of high acid number in combination with <25% additive. In the case of this user,
the oil has been operating for just over 10 years with 88% remaining Amine additive and no increase in acid number. That is an additive loss rate of <1% per year, which is unprecedented in the gas turbine application. Also of note, the MPC value has been maintained below 2 for the entire life of the lubricant.
Using this approach, the lubricant remains at new oil quality after 10 years, with another 10-15 years of life probable with these ultra low additive consumption rates.
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As you see client decided to put an enclosure and come and open the enclosure just once a year and change ICB ICB Ion-Exchange Filter | EPT Clean Oil filters of EPT SVR machine.
ICB? ion-exchange filters ICB Ion-Exchange Filter | EPT Clean Oil target fluid chemistry, removing varnish molecules and restoring lubricant solvency. This engineered workhorse, like anything else, exhausts with time. To maintain the optimum operation of your application and to restore lubricants outside of OEM specifications, time-based ICB filter change intervals are essential. Continued use of an exhausted filter is as effective as doing nothing at all.
During the first three months of the fluid restoration phase, the fluids demand monthly ICB filter changes. Once the fluid is restored to the quality specification demanded, change intervals adjust to maintenance mode, extending to every 6 or 12 months depending on oil analysis results.
It’s time to treat lubricants like the assets they are and commit to lubrication management programs. Lubricant death does not need to be inevitable.
Below video shows when to change ICB filters
Results achieved in above success case :
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