Practicing Oil Analysis May 2002

How do you know when someone doesn’t practice good oral hygiene? The individual experiences tooth decay, gingivitis and usually bad breath. In this day and age, everyone should understand how...

For many industries, production downtime and scheduled outages are few-and-far between. While logic and best practice may suggest a need for system redesign, a filtration upgrade or a complete...

Arizona Public Service’s Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS), is the 2001 recipient of the Augustus H. Gill Award for Excellence in Oil Analysis. Congratulations to Bryan Johnson and...

Aeration can be a major cause for concern in lubricating systems causing oil film strength failure, cavitation, premature oxidation and compressibility problems. Possible causes of excessive...

The use of oil mist lubrication in the refining and petrochemical industry dates back to the 1960s when companies such as Exxon and Chevron began to apply oil mist to pump bearings.1 By the early...

Water is perhaps the most harmful of all contaminants with the exception of solid particles. While the presence of water is often overlooked as the primary root cause of machine problems,...

Submitted by Brian Thorp, Seminole Electric History: Seminole Electric is a 1300 MW coal-fired power plant...

You’ve pulled the oil samples, labeled the bottles, boxed them up and sent them off for testing. Play along with us now - suppose your lab could conduct only one test. What would it be? Tough...

Wouldn’t it be great to look at your dashboard and know at a glance when it’s time to change your oil? Some car manufacturers currently offer this option. However these approaches often rely...

Industrial fluid power applications have increased worldwide over the years. Hydraulic fluid performance demands have increased in operating pressures, safety and reliability. As operating...

You can feel it in the air, the exhilarating electricity of being surrounded by hundreds of people converged to share success, failures and ideas about oil analysis. Looking into the sea of...