Open AccessAdvanced approach to the maintenance of hydraulic and turbine oils
Author(s) -
Matthew G. Hobbs,
Janez Tomažin,
Peter T. Dufresne
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.18690/978-961-286-513-9.20
Subject(s) - downtime , asset management , asset (computer security) , risk analysis (engineering) , turbine , business , service (business) , computer science , operations management , environmental economics , reliability engineering , engineering , finance , computer security , marketing , mechanical engineering , economics
In the growing power demands, turbine users want to feel confident that their equipment is reliable, efficient, and delivering peak performance every day. Proper care and maintenance of turbine oils is critical to avoiding disruptive and potentially costly downtime, and can help extend oil and component life. The ISO 55001 Asset Management and EN 17485 Maintenance within Physical Asset Management: “Framework for improving the value of the physical assets through their whole life cycle” provides an opportunity for companies to review and improve asset owner and service provider relationships, improve performance and utilisation of assets, reduce operational risk arising from the various stages of asset management and reduce the cost of insurance and ensure regulatory compliance. With such an approach and the use of the best available technology, turbine oil is becoming an asset. This article focuses on turbine oils quality, their degradation, additives and, varnish removal.