Oil cleaning

Bearings should not be left exposed overnight. Coat bearings with clean oil and cover them with clean oil or wax paper. 

Screw compressors are rotary positive displacement machines. Two helical rotors are rotated by a senes of timing gears as shown in Figure 10-8 so that gas trapped in the space between them is transported from the suction to the discharge piping. In low-pressure air service, non-lubri-cated screw compressors can deliver a clean, oil-free air. In hydrocarbon service most screw compressors require that liquid be injected to help provide a seal. After-coolers and separators are required to separate the seal oil and recirculate it to suction. 

Generally, rotary and reciprocating single-stage or two-stage compressors generate compressed air for tlie operation of tlie pnemnatic controllers lluit may be used in chemical process plants. Compressor malfunctioning or air lliat is not clean (oil-free) and dry may cause loss of the system. 

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Lubrication. The primary purpose of chain lubrication is to maintain a Film of oil between the bearing surfaces in the joints, thus assuring maximum operating efficiency. This clean oil film must be maintained at all load-carrying points where relative motion occurs, that is, between the pin and bushing on the chain, and the chain and wheel sprocket teeth. Table 3-17 gives some recommended methods for various speeds. 

Check operation of moving components (other than fan). Clean, oil or adjust as appropriate. 

In positive lubrication systems, a gear-type pump is normally used to provide positive circulation of clean oil within the compressor. In some cases, the main compressor shaft directly drives this pump. In others, a separate motor-driven pump is used. 

Filtration units can be incorporated into circulation lines, thus ensuring that clean oil is fed to gears and bearings. 

Some 70-85 per cent of failures and wear problems in lubricated machines are caused by oil contamination. Clean oil extends machine and oil life and gives greater reliability, higher productivity and lower maintenance cost. Hence, some type of filter is an essential part of virtually all lubrication systems. 

Wipe the seal faces clean and apply a clean oil film before completing the equipment assembly. A clean finger, which is not apt to leave lint, will do the best job when giving the seal faces the final wiping. 

Place unwrapped bearings on clean paper or lint-free cloth if they cannot be kept in their original containers. Wrap bearings in clean, oil-proof paper when not in use. 

Clean low water cutoff and other safety devices Remove and clean oil preheater Inspect refractory... 

Clean oil-pump strainer and replace filter Clean air-cleaner, replace as necessary... 

Muijs and Kind [94] described a composition which is useful for cleaning oil and gas platforms at sea and which gives good removal of oil- and water-soluble compounds. A preferred composition consists of 7.2% sodium C-i4 C16 a-olefinsulfonate 8.4% Dobanol 91-2.5 8.4% DOBANOL 91-6 56% Shellsol AB and 20% water. 

Frick, C.M., Farrel, R.E. and Germida, J.J., Assessment of Phytoremediation as an In-Situ Technique for Cleaning Oil-Contaminated Sites, Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada, Calgary, AB, 1999. 

A second separation process reported by EBC is based on the use of hydrocyclones. Stable emulsions formed by good oil-cell-water contact and mixing can be separated continuously with hydrocyclones to obtain relatively clean oil and water. A method and an apparatus for separating a water/organic/solid emulsion, wherein the solid comprises particles having a length of about 50 xm or less, has been disclosed [267], This separation process scheme is shown in Fig. 14 and as before the separation method is envisioned as part of a BDS process. 

The stability of any emulsion is dependent on needs and the application area. In some cases, the emulsion need to be stable for longer time than in other cases. As in the case of hair cream, the emulsion should destabilize as soon as it is applied to the hair, as otherwise, the hair will be white with emulsion droplets. On the other hand, any emulsion used in spraying on plants needs to be stable for longer time. Further, if one needs to clean oil spills on oceans, the emulsion formation then needs to be destabilized. 

Ethyl S,4-deaadienoate (1). A 300-mL, round-bottomed flask equipped with a reflux condenser is charged with 12.1 g (0.096 mol) of l-octyn-3-ol (Note 1), 100 g (0.616 mol) of triethyl orthoacetate (Note 2), and 0.24 g (3.2 mmol) of propionic acid. The solution is heated at 140-150°C in an oil bath. Every 2 hr, the ethanol produced is removed under reduced pressure with a rotary evaporator, and then 10 g (0.062 mol) of triethyl orthoacetate and 0.024 g (0.32 mmol) of propionic acid are added. The mixture is heated until the starting material is consumed (6-8 hr) (Note 3). Excess triethyl orthoacetate is removed under reduced pressure (Note 4). The residue is distilled under reduced pressure to give 15.4-17.2 g (82-91t) of 1 (Note 5) as a clean oil, bp 80-85°C (0.3 mm). 

The vendor estimates that a full-scale system designed to treat from 50 to 500 tons per day would have a treatment cost ranging from 50 to 80 per ton. The vendor also claims that this technology treats solids with high oil and water content for less than 40 per ton for recovery of clean oil and solids (D17050D). No information was available on capital cost for the full-scale system, and it should be noted that no full-scale application has been conducted (D148770,... 

In contrast, the facilities of the 2 other operators consisted of 89 conventional tank batteries. Production from approximately 270 wells produced into conventional separation and heat treating equipment and then to gunbarrels and settling tanks for clean oil processing. Clean oil was transferred... 

The application of dual polarity DC potential, both positive and negative to the high gradient area between the electrodes successfully coalesces the majority of even the one and two micron droplets resulting in a much lower water content in the clean oil. 

The third category of equipment SOPs describes maintenance. These SOPs are similar in nature except that they relate specifically to equipment used in production and testing. Highlights of these procedures include preventive maintenance by lubrication, replacement of worn parts, disassembly and cleaning, oil and filter changes, and inspection of problems. 

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