Price: $29.99

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Noria Corporation
Publish Date: 2000
Pages: 240

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If you missed out on the big conference, don't miss this great book including 38 papers that were presented at Practicing Oil Analysis 2000.

This highly illustrated reference will keep you up-to-date on the latest products and techniques for oil analysis and lubrication management.

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Here's a passage from Jason Kopschinsky's paper "Strategies for Effective Contamination Control" from the Practicing Oil Analysis 2000 Conference Proceedings.

"Water ingression begins at the manufacturing level. Most new lubricants will have some level of dissolved water in them. Though we can’t control the amount of water ingressed into the lubricant before it reaches our plant, we seldom recognize the opportunity for moisture ingression when it does reach our plant. When new oils are in storage the change in surrounding temperature will cause the oil in its container to expand and contract. When the oil contracts in cooler temperatures it will draw in anything surrounding the container seal, including air, dirt, debris and moisture. This ingression will occur regardless of the container being sealed or previously opened. Leaving container lids open or not sealed tightly will introduce greater amounts of contamination ingression. Humid environments, equipment wash downs, poorly maintained leaky water coolers and poor system breathers are all potential sources for the ingression of water into our systems. Taking a proactive approach to restricting the amount of water that can enter our systems will help maintain the reliability of our lubricants and our equipment.

"Most industrial lubricants are naturally hygroscopic, which means they have a natural attraction to water. Typically, new hydraulic oils can hold up to approximately 200 parts per million (ppm) of dissolved water. This level will vary depending on the characteristics of the oil. Dissolved water means that the water is held throughout the oil in single molecules. In this state the oil is clear and clean looking and the water is invisible. When water is concentrated from approximately 200 to 1000 ppm, we call this the emulsion stage. When the water is emulsified in the oil it means that water molecules have joined to form larger single concentrations that are held in suspension evenly throughout the oil and give the oil a cloudy appearance. Any concentrations of water in new hydraulic oil greater than approximately 1000 ppm will be able to separate from the oil and settle to the bottom of the reservoir. We call this free water. As oil ages the values discussed above will increase significantly.

"It is important to be able to recognize when and how water can be introduced to our systems, more importantly we need to know how we can remove it once it is there. We need to consider the cost associated with removing water from our lubricant. Water removal filters are an excellent, relatively inexpensive way to take small amounts of water from our lubricant. For example, if our target level of moisture in our oil is 500 ppm, and our lab result indicates that there are 700 ppm of water, a water removal filter will bring us back into our target range. For levels of moisture far greater than 1000 ppm we have to employ more precise methods of water removal. Vacuum dehydrators, centrifugal separators and settling tanks offer excellent water and particle separation from oil but are often very expensive to procure and maintain and may even outweigh the cost of simply replacing the contaminated oil with new oil."

Applications Presentations

Converting to Condition-Based Oil Changes
Raymond Thibault, ExxonMobil Lubricant & Petroleum Specialities

J. R. Simplot Co. Extended Engine Life Case Study
Sharon Dory and Art Durnan, J. R. Simplot Co.

Oil Analysis Strategies for Construction and Mining Equipment
Jack Poley, CTC Analytical Services

How to Read an Oil Analysis Report
Jon Sowers, Polaris Laboratories

Engineering an Effective Oil Analysis Program
Kevan Slater, Schematic Approach

Advanced Strategies for Selecting Oil Analysis Alarms and Limits
Mark Barnes, The Fluid Life Corporation

Using Sound Analysis to Monitor Lubrication Condition in Greased Roller Element Bearings
Mark Granger, Computational Systems Incorporated

Taking the Mystery Out of Interpreting Elemental Analysis Trends
Mark K. Smith, Analysts, Inc.

Water Contamination and Oil/Water Demulsibility
Marianne Duncanson, ExxonMobil Corporation

Managing Foam and Aeration in Hydraulic Fluids
Roland J. Bishop and George E. Totten, Union Carbide Corporation

Detecting and Managing Hydraulic System Leakage
Kevan Slater, Schematic Approach

Industrial Oil Reclamation
Robert Bowden, Equilon Enterprises, LLC

Technology Presentations

A Short Course on Wear Debris Analysis and Characterization
Dan Walsh, National Tribology Association

Advances in Oil Analysis Laboratory Automation
Francis Pirson, TotalFinaElf

Troubleshooting Mobile Hydraulic Systems
John G. Eleftherakis and Ivan N. Sheffield, Fluid Technologies, Inc.

Reciprocating Engine Oil Analysis (EOA)
Jack Poley, CTC Analytical Services

Strategies for Effective Contamination Monitoring and Control
Jason P. Kopschinsky, Schematic Approach Inc.

Deploying World Class Oil Analysis at a Power Generation Plant
Joseph Rodriguez, Blue Dragon Associates

Optical Particle Counting as a Proactive Tool
G. Lane Crandall, President, OIL ANALYSIS LAB, INC.

Implementing New Particle Counting and Data Reporting Standards
Leonard Bensch, Pall Corporation

E-Business and Physical Asset Management
Murray Wiseman, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Information Technology Hype - Impact On Oil Analysis
Paul Higgins and Andrew Ling, Dingo Maintenance Systems

Learning the Basics - Using Oil Analysis to Manage Chemical and Physical Stability of Lubricants
Richard N. Wurzbach, Maintenance Reliability Group

Lubrication Best Practices
Gerardo Trujillo, Hubame

Commercial Solutions Presentations

Prescription for Better Lubricant Health and Life
Bradley M. Rake, Trico Mfg. Corp.

Beyond Particle Counting - LaserNet Fines Optical Wear Debris Analyzer
C. Holloway, T. Sebok, D. Filicky, Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems; J. Reintjes, J. E. Tucker, Naval Research Laboratory; P. L. Howard, P. L. Howard Enterprises Inc.

Simple, Accurate Monitoring of Water Content in Oils
Darren Nowicki, Pall Corporation

Simple, Rapid and Cost Effective Determination of TAN, TBN and H20 by Differential FTIR Spectroscopy
Frederick van de Voort, McGill IR Group, McGill University; David Pinchuk and Josh Pinchuk, Thermal-Lube Inc.

Water Contamination and the Importance of Trending Relative Humidity Percentages in a Proactive Philosophy
Holly Borden, Entek

Rapid and Cost-effective Determination of the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of Industrial Lubricants by Voltammetric Techniques
Jo Ameye, Fluitec International

Nine Key Elements for a Successful Oil Analysis Program
Lana Robin and Charles Boswell, PdMA Corporation

The Emerging Role of Oil Analysis in Enterprise-Wide Decision Making
M. K. Williamson, Entek IRD International

A Cost-Effective Online Particle Contamination/Condition Monitor
Peter Rossi, Pacific Scientific Instruments

Strategies for On-Site Oil Analysis
Ray Garvey, CSI

Next Generation Oil Condition Monitoring: A Blue Print
G. C. Swales, Industrial Monitoring Systems Ltd. and Martin Williamson, Entek

Fluid Handling
Steven D. Anderson, Y2K FLUID POWER, INC.

WebCheck - An Oil Analysis Based Maintenance Extranet System
Bill Quesnel, Hons. Bsc., WearCheck Canada Inc.

Laboratory and On-Site Test Procedures for Condition Monitoring of Lubricants
Wayne S. Goldenberg, Ph.D. and Raj Shah, Ph.D., Koehler Instruments

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