Clean Oil – A company that specializes in maintaining phosphate ester fluid system
EPT from the year 1995 has been specializing in technologies that save their clients money, protect their assets as well as improve the reliability of their equipment. They are the leaders as far as phosphate ester maintenance and varnish mitigation is concerned. EPT has helped many leading companies in the power generation, manufacturing, and industrial sectors by extending the life of their lubricants and improving the performance of their systems. Thus they have saved these companies from possible catastrophes that would have cost them millions of dollars. Turbine flushing is one of the activities done by EPT.
The flushing process is done when a new lube system is about to be used or an old system is reconstituted. During the process water is removed using a vacuum dehydration method. Ion charge bonding is used to remove dissolved contaminants and acids. High velocity particulate removal method is also used. Turbine flushing is done when recovering lubricants from retiring equipment, preparing new equipment for installation, drum exchange service along with centralized drum reprocessing. It is also done for online filtering and recovery of lubricants.
Oil analysis is also done onsite. ASTM D6304 is used for water content, ISO 4406-09 is standard used for particle count and ASTM D974 is used for acid number. Turbine flushing is done for heat transfer fluids, polyol ester, mineral oils and phosphate ester. The best part is that EPT does this without affecting the schedule of the client’s project and the need to replace the oil once the flushing is done.
Sharon is an expert in the field of Clean Oil Research and Testing. She has done a extensive study on Turbine Flushing and has written various articles on it.