Our company, Lubritech Argentina, was recently awarded to perform an intervention on a Siemens SST 300 Steam Turbine at a power plant in northeast of Argentina.
Four technicians, coordinated by our Service Leader, Martín Videla, were deployed to perform chemical cleaning and high velocity oil flushing of the various lubrication, control, and lifting systems, as well as oil-side heat exchangers.
A preliminary pre-engineering stage was conducted to determine the cleaning fluids to be used; once these were selected, degreasing, acid cleaning, and neutralization activities were performed, followed by high velocity oil flushing. It is very important to note here that the new revision of the ASTM D6439 Flushing Standard is more restrictive regarding the Reynolds number to be achieved for turbulent flushing. The Reynolds number is required to be greater than 10,000, whereas previous versions of the standard stated it was 4,000.
We attach some photographs of the work team, as well as the system before and after cleaning. The work was carried out with safety, quality, and meeting the client’s expectations.
Lubritech Argentina thanks the plant team consisting of Videla Martin, Sebastian Romero, Facundo Segura, Marcos Herrera, and Rodrigo Coppiarolo.
If you have any questions or needs, please contact us through our website www.sicelub.com or by emailing info@sicelub.com, indicating your location and your needs. Please note that the Sicelub Lubritech Group has a presence in Latin America and Europe.
