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Measurement of naphthenic acids in the receiving waters around an offshore oil platform by passive sampling
Polar organic chemical integrative samplers (POCIS) were deployed in the vicinity of an offshore oil installation and analysed for naphthenic acids (NA). POCIS accumulated a range of mono to tetracyclic NA, with different degrees of alkylation, with monocyclic acids being the most abundant. POCIS or similar polar samplers may currently be the only way to measure exposure to NA from offshore ...
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Design and implementation of oil and gas pool–forming simulation project database based on oilfield database
Most previous oil and gas pool–forming simulation systems running on stand–alone computers cannot maintain the consistency of fundamental data and the sharing abilities of research results. Nowadays, most of key research results have been achieved cooperatively. In combination with the features of oil field database, this paper analyses the oil and gas pool–forming simulation methods and explores ...
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Towards intelligent decision support systems for emergency managers: the IDA approach
The paper presents ENEA's next step towards the development of Intelligent Decision Support Systems (IDSS) for large-scale industrial and territorial emergencies. The prototype IDA (Intelligent Decision Advisor) for emergency management in an oil port is analysed as a test case. The work was performed under the national R&D MICA project and specifically ENEA's long-term strategic MINDES Program ...
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Matching oil in water analyses with regulatory methods
While the amount of oil in water is highly regulated, it can also be a challenging measurement. It is complicated by the fact that oil conies in many forms and the measurement is defined by the particular regulatory method. When EPA 1664 is the regulatory method, the "oil" is anything that is extracted into hexane and remains after the hcxanc has been evaporated and appears as weight. In regions ...
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Network-based risk assessment of the US crude pipeline infrastructure
The purpose of this project was to assess the nation’s US crude oil pipeline network and identify the hubs that would have the greatest financial impact if their operation were disrupted by a terrorist attack, natural disaster, or other catastrophic event. The resilience of the crude oil pipeline network was analysed using the model-based risk analysis (MBRA) software tool developed by the ...
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5 hydraulic equipment mistakes you might be making
When dealing with hydraulic equipment, there are many intricate pieces that impact the effectiveness of these machines. There are many components of hydraulic equipment, and it is important that they all run smoothly. Here are five mistakes you may be making and how to correct them. 1. Changing the Oil If the base oil is degrading or the additive package is depleting, it’s time for an oil ...
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When to Consider Integrating Failure Analysis Investigations
Why you should consider integrating automated failure analysis investigations into your operations When a component fails, there'll be a story in the oil sample reports which can assist in finding the root cause of the failure and prevent future failures. But how many hours are people in the business spending on collecting and analysing data? If you’d like your staff to be out in the field ...
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Ask the Expert: Oil Analysis in Power Generation
Uptime is one of the key considerations for all power generators. Electricity supply must equal demand at all times. Downtime, especially unplanned downtime, is very difficult to deal with and can be quite costly. Fortunately condition based monitoring can go a long way towards preventing unscheduled downtime and achieving uptime goals in excess of 98%. In particular, on-site oil analysis is a ...
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Simplicity Breeds Confidence: On-site Oil Analysis is Easier than Ever
Oil analysis is a core practice recognized within the reliability professional community to improve machine reliability and save money. Many companies and organizations already employ some type of oil analysis program within their maintenance practices. ...
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Matching Oil in Water Analyses with Regulatory Methods - Case study
When analyzing oil and grease in water while out in the field, it is important to use an EPA approved method and equipment. While the amount of oil in water is highly regulated, it can also be a challenging measurement. It is complicated by the fact that oil conies in many forms and the measurement is defined by the particular regulatory method. When EPA 1664 is the regulatory method, the "oil" ...
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In-House Oil Analysis Lab Saves Gold Mine Millions in Downtime, Repair and Replacement Costs - Case Study
A low-grade surface mining operation depends upon huge and expensive equipment such as Hitachi 5500 shovels and Caterpillar 793 haul trucks. Oil analysis is essential to identify problems so they can be corrected before they cause equipment to go down for major repairs. In the past, a multinational mining firm sent samples to an outside lab for analysis but the cost of this approach limited the ...
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Using On-site Oil Analysis to keep the Engines Running at the Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally 2021 finishes up in Saudi Arabia, and the event is known for how tough it is on race vehicles and support teams. We learned a lot about how the Minilab 123 EL solution is used by Motul for on-site oil analysis, with the SpectrOil oil analyzer, in their mobile lab during the 2018 Dakar rally. See Motul’s 2018 article below to learn how testing the oil of an engine is like ...
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Lower Maintenance Costs: Large Municipality Uses Point of Care Oil Analysis to Significantly Reduce Costs
A large municipality located in the northwestern United States operates a fleet of over 1,700 vehicles and over 3,000 pieces of motorized equipment which it uses for critical everyday functions. As you can imagine, maintenance on this equipment is expensive with oil changes alone costing in excess of $3 million dollars annually when done at set intervals. The municipality recognized that they ...
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When should you change oil?
Fleets analyzing oil samples can determine if their maintenance cycles are done at the right time and also identify maintenance issues before they become bigger problems. If the oil is good, why would you change it?” Gary Lentsch, CAFM, fleet manager for Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB), asked himself. And more importantly, how much was it costing him to change oil when it ...
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Infrared Analysis Reduces Regulatory Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG) Testing Costs and Provides Fast Results
Wastewater professionals who are enforcing industrial effluent standards for fats, oil and grease (FOG) either must perform numerous gravimetric tests or spend a considerable amount of money with a contracted testing laboratory. Infrared analysis. using portable instruments such as the InfraCal TOG/TPH Analylzers -provides an alternative which will significantly reduce costs and save time. The ...
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In-House Oil Analysis Lab Saves Gold Mine Millions in Downtime, Repair and Replacement Costs
A low-grade surface mining operation depends upon huge and expensive equipment such as Hitachi 5500 shovels and Caterpillar 793 haul trucks. Oil analysis is essential to identify problems so they can be corrected before they cause equipment to go down for major repairs. In the past, a multinational mining firm sent samples to an outside lab for analysis but the cost of this approach limited the ...
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Micromeritics Delivers Optimized Solution for Carbon Black Testing in Accordance with Latest ASTM Classification
Micromeritics Instrument Corp., a leader in material characterization technology, has developed an optimized, automated solution for customers looking to characterize carbon blacks in accordance with the newly revised ASTM D1765-18 Classification System for Carbon Blacks Used in Rubber Products. Following a final balloting of ASTM Committee D24 on Carbon Black this system now includes void ...
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Large City Fleet Saves $2M Using Oil Analysis to Extend Oil Drain Intervals - Case study
Condition-based maintenance saves time and money and increases productivity A large municipality in the northwestern United States operates over 1.700 vehicles and over 3.000 pieces of motorized equipment ranging from riding lawn mowers to bulldozers Oil changes constitute a major expense. For example, the 500 heavy duty trucks in its fleet previously had their oil changed every 2,500 miles at a ...
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Ferrous Wear Metal Measurement Made Easy with the FerroCheck
Historically, one of the most cost-effective indicators of machinery health has been the analysis of ferrous debris in oil. Such analysis utilizes the ferromagnetic properties of generated debris to perform the analysis. Since nearly all wear debris contains ferrous material (in particular iron), an abnormal increase in the amount of debris can be directly correlated to abnormal machinery ...
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Under the Hood - Meeting the Design Challenge of the Fluidscan Handheld Infrared Oil Analyzer
Mid-Infrared (Mid-IR) spectroscopy is widely used for lubricant formulation and evaluation because of the detailed information on chemical composition provided by this technique. In recent years, it has been deployed as a condition monitoring tool in laboratories worldwide providing degradation information of in-service lubricants by measuring properties such as Oxidation, Nitration, Sulfation, ...
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