Every line on this oil analysis report said "acceptable". The oil had no antioxidants left. Read the whitepaper: "Why Hydraulic Fluids Fail" by Jo Ameye and Greg Livingstone zurl.co/gZfsT #fluitec #HydraulicFluids #OilAnalysis #Varnish #ConditionMonitoring #Reliability

A thrust bearing pad at 112 °C (234 °F) with a trip setpoint at 125 °C (257 °F) on a compressor the ethylene cracker can't run without. There was no trip, no shutdown and no derate, and the plant is budgeting for five more drums. zurl.co/UzEM3 #Fluitec #Varnish #DECON

In badly degraded heat transfer systems, the oil can solidify. Read the whitepaper: "Innovative Technology to Improve the Efficiency of Heat Transfer Systems" by Rob Meldrum (ExxonMobil) and Greg Livingstone (Fluitec) zurl.co/9NCLb #fluitec #HeatTransfer #Reliability

A turbine oil with a long estimated life can still leave a lot of varnish behind. Read "High Thermal Stress Turbine Oil Specifications for Modern Gas Turbines" by Ludger Quick, Greg Livingstone and Jo Ameye zurl.co/SaGlF #fluitec #GasTurbines #Varnish #PowerGeneration

An oil change is only as good as the system you pour the new oil into. A varnish-related trip on this unit is estimated at USD 50,000 to 120,000 per event. The treatment cost significantly less than a single unplanned outage zurl.co/NFj63 #Varnish #Lubrication #Fluitec

Oil analysis alone may not tell you a bearing is varnishing. Its temperature trace might. Read: "Correlation between Lube Oil Condition & Bearing Temperatures" by Greg Livingstone and Sanya Mathura zurl.co/R78Ra #fluitec #Varnish #ConditionMonitoring #Reliability

The oil in your heat transfer system is hotter than your gauge says it is. Read: "Improving production of heat transfer fluid systems with solvency enhancers" by Jo Ameye and Greg Livingstone zurl.co/Id9fw #fluitec #HeatTransfer #ThermalFluids #Reliability #Lubrication

From Jakarta to Singapore: growing Mobil™ SOLVANCER® across Asia 🌏 The Fluitec team continued their Asia tour with visits to ExxonMobil and Mobil distributor teams in Indonesia and Singapore. #Varnish #PulpAndPaper #ExxonMobil #Mobil #Brenntag #Fluitec #Indonesia #Singapore

Can 1% really make a difference? Yes, it actually doubled the life of an oil in an offshore gas turbine in Qatar! zurl.co/W2WE7 #fluitec #deconao #petrotec #offshore #gasturbines #varnish #reliability

A turbine that runs one week in four isn't "lightly used". For its oil, it may be the hardest duty cycle there is. Read "Protecting Lubricants in Standby and Intermittent Service" by Vanda Franco and Greg Livingstone zurl.co/4wdqi #fluitec #TurbineOil #Varnish

What a great week with the Mobil team in China 🇨🇳 JJ and Roger recently spent time with ExxonMobil China and Mobil distributors, sharing how Mobil™ Solvancer® technology is helping customers deal with varnish. #Fluitec #MobilSolvancer #Varnish #ExxonMobil #Mobil #China

Twenty-five years into studying varnish, we've solved most of the problem. Here's the piece that's still open. Greg Livingstone, Jo Ameye and Sanya Mathura go through 25 years of findings zurl.co/xWICd #fluitec #Varnish #TurbineOil #OilAnalysis #ReliabilityEngineering

The fastest-growing fluid market in our industry right now has nothing to do with turbines or gearboxes. It's servers, submerged in dielectric fluid. zurl.co/Kbaqk #fluitec #DataCenters #ImmersionCooling #FluidTechnology #Sustainability

A plant once tried to fix a foaming problem with a silicone antifoam additive. It made the actual risk worse, not better. Full diagnostic walkthrough: zurl.co/RFWTk #fluitec #LubricantFoaming #OilAnalysis #Reliability #TurbineOil

How can a Coal mine in Colombia benefit from using Solvancer® technology? Their MPC level dropped from 36 to 13 and saw decreased system temperatures. Find out more here: zurl.co/Vyagy #fluitec #casestudy #coalmine #colombia #varnish #hydraulics

A failing demulsibility test doesn't mean what most of us were trained to think it means. Originally written by Greg Livingstone for Precision Lubrication. Full breakdown here: zurl.co/oJ7Ol #fluitec #TurbineOil #OilAnalysis #Demulsibility #PowerGeneration

Viscosity, RPVOT and acid number all coming back "normal" doesn't mean your compressor's oil is fine. It means you're testing for the wrong thing. Read more here: zurl.co/yyTgr #fluitec #CompressorHealth #OilAnalysis #Varnish #ReliabilityEngineering

Can a paper mill save roughly USD10k per year? In this case study they did! Find out more here: zurl.co/c7OWh #fluitec #MobilSolvancer #papermill #varnish #casestudy

A Turkish refinery's compressor was tripping four or more times a year, at roughly $274,000 per event. The cause: varnish quietly insulating internal surfaces and pushing temperatures into failure territory. zurl.co/TrE7M #fluitec #Refining #Varnish #Compressors

Be sure to join Arjen van Deventer - Bilfinger België & Nederland & Jo Ameye - Fluitec for a masterclass in Condition Monitoring on 17 Sep from 9am to 330pm at Van der Valk Hotel-Zuidbroek. This session will be in Dutch #fluitec #bilfinger #reliability #lubricationAcademy #dutch