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Are You Testing Your Oil Onsite?
Robert Walker, Oil Specialist, Cedar Bayou Power
Plant, Centerpoint Energy / Texas Genco
Below are three photos of our on site oil lab at
Cedar Bayou Power plant in Baytown TX. At the present we do on
site testing for particle counts using the pore blockage method,
viscosity, ferrous metals, water testing using Karl Fischer and
crackle and filter patches for physical particle and contaminate
examination.
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Our on site analysis lab provides rapid sample turn
around often allowing us to catch problems and remedy them in
the same day saving in equipment down time and parts if the equipment
had been allowed to continue to run until sample results from
the outside lab could be obtained.
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On site testing also gives us instant verification
that the problem has been corrected and the system is back to
normal operation. On site testing is extremely useful when upgrading
filters in oil systems by allowing quick sample testing to track
filter performance.
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