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Lubrication and oil monitoring for hydroelectric power plants

Lubrication and oil monitoring for hydroelectric power plants - Seminar (2 days)

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Efficient lubrication and oil monitoring: the key to the longevity of hydroelectric power stations

Hydroelectric power stations require special lubricants and precise oil monitoring to ensure their long service life and optimum performance. In our seminar, you will learn how to use oil analyses in a targeted manner to increase the reliability and availability of your equipmen Practical examples show how the correct use of lubricating oils and bio-oils prevents typical problems and makes maintenance more efficient. Benefit from in-depth knowledge that is specifically tailored to the technical characteristics of water turbines.

  • Understanding how lubricating and hydraulic oils work in hydroelectric power stations
  • Knowledge of the different types of oil and their areas of application
  • Recognising the advantages and possible uses of organic oils
  • Professional oil monitoring to extend oil service life and increase plant availability
  • Avoiding practical problems through optimal use of lubricants
  • Specialists and managers from the maintenance and repair of hydroelectric power stations
  • Technical consultants and sales personnel from oil companies
  • Specialists and managers from oil-related service areas such as oil maintenance and oil change services
  • Technical specialists and managers from turbine manufacturers
Seminar (2 days)

Content

How lubricating oils and hydraulic fluids work in principle

  • Viscosity and lubricant film formation
  • Influence of speed, temperature and pressure

Mineral oils and synthetic oils – the difference

  • Properties of mineral oils and their areas of application
  • Advantages and disadvantages of synthetic oils in mobile applications
  • Mineral oils or bio-oils: what is used where in hydropower plants and why

Lubricating oils for water turbines

  • General tasks and requirements
  • Bearing and gear lubrication
  • Turbine types, their specific requirements and lubricating oil requirements
  • Examples of oil types used

Hydraulic fluids for hydropower plants

  • Tasks: control system, periphery (e.g. computer systems)
  • General requirements for hydraulic fluids in hydropower plants
  • Mineral and bio hydraulic fluids
  • Examples of oil types used

Gear oils for hydropower plants

  • When, where required: examples
  • Tasks and requirements for gear oils
  • Mineral (and bio) gear oils
  • Examples of oil types used

Aging factors of lubricants

  • Factors: base oil aging, additive consumption, impurities
  • Causes and consequences of oil oxidation
  • Additive consumption: antioxidants, wear protection, …

Oil purity and filtration

  • Oil purity in practice: purity requirements for lubricating and hydraulic fluids in hydropower plants
  • Basic principles and important characteristics of main and bypass filtration
  • Effective removal of water and aging products (varnish)

Oil monitoring

  • Application and oil type related aging parameters
  • Sampling and scope of analysis
  • Analytical methods and their significance
  • Information on the oil sample
  • Laboratory report

Evaluation of oil analyses based on examples

  • Limit values and trend
  • Consideration of the fresh oil reference
  • Practical examples from the OELCHECK pool
  • Group work
  • Oil analyses for special problems – practical examples

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Seminar price includes:

  • Participation in the seminar
  • Hot lunch
    on all days *
  • Coffee/tea and snacks*
  • Water and juices
  • Detailed seminar documents
  • Certificate of participation
    (*with presence in Brannenburg)

Live-Video-Stream:

  • via Microsoft Teams
  • You will receive the access data
    by email

    you need:
  • PC / Notebook
  • Headphones or speakers
  • optional: camera
  • stable internet connection

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