Dear All..
I am working in an LNG plant, our latest results of the lube oil analysis are showing some trends of having water content (high sodium) with ppm not exceeding 120ppm. Particles exceeded the OEM's recommended levels and one of the samples had a rating of 35 on QSA.
I have been requested to select the best technology available in the market to take care of the contaminants; Actually, I have decided to go for electrostatic filtration, but unfortunately, a problem has been raised just today from one of the engineers regarding the "unsafe" condition of the "high voltage" filtration unit in an LNG plant.
Given that:
- Water is highly suspected to be in emulsified or soluble form (from coolant leak)
- QSA Rating is not "TOO" high
- Particle counts let the oil sample to indicate NAS 8 level
What is the best technology to be utilized?
What are the Technologies adopted by the following companies:
Pall
Hydac
Internormen
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