Flushing Services - Oil and Fuel
We have the manpower and equipment to perform turnkey oil flushing services anywhere in the world.
We have the equipment and the know-how to perform on-sight oil flushing and oil reclamation services. Having trouble achieving General Electric's Turbine Start-up specifications?
After new fabrication or repair of piping and tubing, it is important to flush the lines to remove all foreign debris (welding slag, dirt, metal fines, etc), thereby preventing premature component failure.
Routine Filtration and High Velocity / Hot Oil
Flushing Services are an important part of
preventive maintenance for all rotational
equipment and systems. The damaging effects
of particulate contamination have been well
documented with regards to premature
component wear and failure. One way to ensure
optimal system cleanliness is to perform periodic
flushing. By circulating hot oil or a flushing fluid
through the piping of a system at a very high flow
rate, turbulent flow can be achieved, which
dislodges particles that would otherwise cling to
the walls during laminar flow. These particles are
then removed from the piping as the fluid is
circulated through a series of high-efficiency filter
elements. We have state-of-the-art High Flow
Filtration Equipment and experienced technicians
to perform a wide array of filtration and flushing
services at your jobsite.
Turbine Lube Oil Flushes
We have performed numerous Lube Oil Flushes
on both gas turbines and steam turbines by
General Electric, Siemens-Westinghouse,
Toshiba, Alstom, and others. Utilizing our own
2500 GPM Pumping Skids, 120kW heaters, and
large filter housings, we are able to quickly and
reliably meet or exceed OEM start-up cleanliness
specifications of ISO 16/13/10, and our jobs
typically take 4 to 7-days or less per turbine.
Main feed and return lines vary in size from 2” to
8”, which can all be effectively flushed using our
equipment.
EHC System Flushes
Utilizing special filtration systems designed with
viton seals specifically for use on phosphateester
fluids (like Fyrquel); we regularly perform
complete EHC System Flushes at power plants
around the country.
Hydraulic Control Panel / Power Unit Flushes
Before delivering Hydraulic Control Panels or
Hydraulic Power Units to a customer,
manufacturers must first flush their systems with
either hydraulic oil or water glycol to remove all
particulate contamination.
Reservoir Circulation / Cleaning Service
We can provide filtration equipment and
manpower to circulate a reservoir (Lube Oil,
Hydraulic Oil, Diesel Fuel, etc); quickly achieving
very low particle counts to meet or exceed a
customer’s cleanliness specification. Services
include manual wipe-down of the reservoir with
lint-free rags, if desired.
We utilize high flow flushing skids equipped with oil heaters to generate “turbulent flow” (Reynolds number >4000) and an effective flush.
- Turbine lube oil systems
- Hydraulic power units and presses
- Gearboxes
- EHC systems
- Large diesel engines
Our flushing systems are equipped with high efficiency pleated Microglass filter elements rated Beta(c)≥1000 per ISO 16889 to quickly and reliably achieve very low particle counts to meet or exceed an ISO 16/14/11 cleanliness level.
- We have qualified, experienced technicians (OSHA/MSHA/TWIC certified)
- We have a top quality fleet of flushing skids – flow rates range from 20 GPM to 2000 GPM and pressures range from 85 PSI to 3000 PSI
- We have portable fluid analysis equipment to verify performance and formal written reports to document results