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Description / Abstract:
INTRODUCTION
The development of turbine oils with improved properties has
been under way for many years. Along with this development there
have been established test methods to evaluate the various
characteristics of the turbine oils. These test methods, in
general, assure the ultimate user of obtaining a satisfactory oil,
but they alone do not guarantee satisfactory service
performance.
Experience has indicated that system design, operating
conditions and practices, as well as oil quality, are closely
interwoven. Each contributes a part of the performance requirement
specified.
In an effort to improve the design of marine turbine lubricating
systems, representatives of the equipment builders, ship designers
and builders, ship classification and government agencies and oil
suppliers have developed the following recommended practices. These
recommendations are considered to be the minimum requirements and
are offered as a guide for the marine industry.
Subsequent to the issue of these recommendations, it is planned
to issue recommendations on oil handling and purification, flushing
and cleaning, and recommendations on the design of lubrication
systems for ship service turbo/generators as they affect the main
system.