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duarteLevel 3 - 101 to 250 posts

I have an oil sample from a steam turbine with low water, low contamination (by ferrography testing) but a highly counting particle. What sort of problem shell we have?

1/12/076:22 AM

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pcancinoMember

dry the sample and run again the particle count test, some instrument detect air bubles and water as particles.

rgds

1/12/078:53 AM

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mrhughesMember

varnish is a common problem in turbine oils. Will show as nonmetallic particles in APC. See this forum for lots of information on it.

1/12/0712:00 PM

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