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Oil Condition Monitoring - Power Generation
Kittiwake equipment is used extensively to monitor lubricant and fuel quality in the power generation industry.
Simple, practical tests, combined with the rapid delivery of test results, often at an accuracy comparable to an oil testing laboratory, make Kittiwake equipment ideal for applications in the power generation industry. For these reasons, Kittiwake equipment is specified as standard by two of the worlds largest diesel and gas engine manufacturers, specifically for their power plant sales.
Two specific power generation application areas benefit particularly from Kittiwake equipment:
Remote diesel power plant, where off-site laboratory analysis is very slow or just unavailable. Applications such as nuclear power plant, where transportation of possibly irradiated oil samples is extremely difficult or simply not possible.
Kittiwake can provide a complete package of equipment to monitor:
Fuel quality and quantity on delivery to the plant Lube oil quality within the plant Analysis of oil and grease samples to detect abnormal machinery wear conditions
Fuel and lube oil monitoring can be performed with both the off-line suite of tests and with our ANALEX RS on-line instrumentation .
ANALEXrs On-line Machinery Oil Condition Sensors
Kittiwake's unique ANALEX range of machinery and oil condition monitors provide both an off-line monitoring and on-line, remote condition monitoring capability, enabling engineers to preserve equipment availability while simultaneously minimising costs.
ANALEXpq Off-line Oil Condition Monitoring
The ANALEX range of Ferrous Debris Monitors are suitable for use both in the field and in laboratory conditions. A sample of oil containing ferromagnetic particles is placed upon the sensor, thus altering the balance between the coils. The resulting 'out-of-balance' signal is amplified, filtered and displayed as a PQ Index, which relates directly to the mass of the ferromagnetic debris in the sample.
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