PREVENTIVE DEHYDRATION AND MONITORING OF LUBRICATION OILS FOR MEDIUM SPEED DIESEL ENGINES

Failures due to water contamination, causes of oil deterioration, and methods of water removal are discussed. Vacuum dehydration, particularly a unit which makes use of glassfibre elements, is then described, and typical application is briefly considered.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Paris Conference on Supervision in Operation and Preventative Maintenance of Marine Machine Systems, May 4-6, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Bureau Veritas

  31 rue Henri-Rochefort
  Paris 17e,   France 
• Authors:
  • Nagel, R
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contaminants; Deterioration; Lubricating oils; Lubrication; Oils
• Old TRIS Terms: Medium speed diesels; Oil degradation
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168200
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ship Research Institute of Norway
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1978 12:00AM