Technical library
Notes from the reservoir, the tank and the laboratory.
What we measure, how we measure it, and what the numbers mean for plant running in Nigerian conditions. Written for the engineers who have to act on them.
Oil & lubrication
Water in lubricating oil: how it hides and is measured
Oil can hold a surprising amount of water without looking wrong. What changes with temperature, what the crackle test can and cannot tell…
Oil & lubrication
Varnish in turbine oil, and why particle counts miss it
Varnish is dissolved until it is not. Why a clean particle count sits happily beside a varnish problem, and what the MPC test measures…
Oil & fuel analysis
Taking an oil sample that means something
Most disagreements about an oil report are really disagreements about the sample. Six habits that make results comparable from one month to…
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