PAGs – the Good and the Bad of Using them in Industrial Lubricants
Rafe’s Take Polyalkylene Glycol (PAG) lubricants have been gaining attention in the industry for their many benefits, including better lubricity and friction control. However, the…
Category: Degradation Mechanisms
Where can Ion Resin Exchange Filters be Used?
Rafe sits down with Peter Dufresne – Executive Vice President at EPT Clean Oil to discuss all things regarding varnish and varnish remediation. Where can…
How do you Choose an Ion Exchange Resin Filter?
Rafe sits down with Peter Dufresne – Executive Vice President at EPT Clean Oil to discuss all things regarding varnish and varnish remediation. How …
How do Ion Exchange Resin Filters Target Unwanted Molecules?
Rafe sits down with Peter Dufresne – Executive Vice President at EPT Clean Oil to discuss all things regarding varnish and varnish remediation. How do…
How do Ion Exchange Resin Filters for Oil Differ from Those for Water?
Rafe sits down with Peter Dufresne – Executive Vice President at EPT Clean Oil to discuss all things regarding varnish and varnish remediation. How do…
How do we Use Online Oil Sensor Data in a Condition Monitoring Program?
Rafe sits down with Dr Guillermo Miro – Application Engineer at Atten2 to discuss all things regarding online/inline oil sampling and analysis. He explains that…
What Are the Different Kinds of Online Oil Sensors?
Rafe sits down with Dr Guillermo Miro – Application Engineer at Atten2 to discuss all things regarding online/inline oil sampling and analysis. He explains that…
How Does Lubricant Oxidize? A Beginner’s Guide
Oil oxidation is an undesirable series of chemical reactions involving oxygen that degrades the quality of an oil; it is the primary degradation mecha…
What is Nitration of Lubricating Oil?
Nitration refers to an unfavourable condition in which the oil in gas engines is saturated with insoluble or soluble nitrogen oxide compounds. The combustion chamber…
What is Micro Dieseling of Lubricating Oils?
Microdieseling is pressure-induced thermal degradation of oil. An air bubble moves from a low or negative pressure zone to an area of high pressure. The air undergoes…