Plant Maintenance Lubrication and Oil Analysis

摘要

Electric generating plants with inadequate maintenance programs will invariably be unable to compete in today's very competitive industry. With the advent of deregulation, power plants can longer rely on the rate base to cover their maintenance costs. For this reason, power plants are implementing a variety of technologies to reduce the costs of maintenance and to increase plant reliability and efficiency. An area that is given little attention is the analysis and monitoring of lubricating oils. According to Kyle Jeffers, machinery management specialist, Bently Nevada, oil analysis can be a very effective tool in determining its condition. Unfortunately, oil analysis can sometimes be misleading as it implies that the primary area of interest is the condition of the lubricant. In reality, however, the primary goal is to monitor the condition of the equipment, says Jeffers. The focus of any oil analysis program should be to determine the presence and trending of any wear.