A power-generation company reached out to us with an urgent request for filtration equipment that could remove water from oil in one of their compressors that had 300 gallons of emulsified oil and water. I proceeded to converse with their plant maintenance and...
power generation
Lube Oil Flush of Gas Turbine Back-up Generator
I recently had a local customer request our support on a gas turbine Service Project. In addition to standard scheduled maintenance, there was a requirement to flush the turbine lube oil piping and oil cooler. The turbine, manufactured by Solar Turbines, was installed...
Water Ingression in Gas Turbine… No Problem for PFPUSA
A power company contacted us several months ago for help with a major water ingression issue in their gas turbine lube oil. At some points, the customer was draining up to 30 gallons of free water from a 3,300 gallon reservoir. The water ingression issue was caused by...
12,000 gallons of Turbine Reservoir Oil filtered during 2-day outage
Here we are back again with some more notes from the industrial filtration field... This time a power generation facility in central Pennsylvania needed their turbine reservoir oil cleaned during a scheduled outage. Approximately 12,000 gallons of oil need to be...
Refinery rental of NEMA 7 vacuum dehydrator
Joe, a rotating equipment engineer, was working at an oil refinery on the East Coast whose primary products produced are gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. He contacted us about a lubrication contamination problem that had recently developed in their hydrocracking...
Flew On-Site to Flush Lube Oil in P&W Gas Turbines
A small power generation company in the Midwest contracted us to perform lube oil flushes on two Pratt & Whitney gas turbines. After some discussions with their team, and determining a timetable to perform the on-site lube flushing service, we decided upon the...
Power-Gen Purges Particulate from Turbine Oil
We recently found out about a power generation company on the East Coast that needed a temporary filtration system to remove water and particulate contamination from turbine oil. They were actually planning an outage 1 month later, so we were able to meet their needs...
Notes From the Field: Matt Reports Another Flushing Success Story
One of our utility suppliers called us with the need to transfer oil from one holding tank to another holding tank. Tank “A” was filled with approximately 2,200 gallons of contaminated oil. The customer wanted to transfer the oil to tank “B” which was located 400 feet...
Heavy Equipment Service Center – Oil Cleanliness
Achieving target oil cleanliness levels when maintaining and repairing heavy equipment is critical to maximizing component life. Recently we developed a specific plan and provided the filtration components to allow a local company to achieve their oil quality goals...
Another “Green” Filtration Victory on Top of a Wind Tower
Over the past few years we've been getting many more inquiries from wind farms. One day recently I received a call from Jim, the lead mechanic at a wind farm on the west coast. He was specifically looking for gearbox oil change filter systems and he came across our...
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