Turbine Oils

Regeneration of Fire-Resistant Turbine Oils with the Use of Fuller’s Earth Sorbents
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Regeneration of Fire-Resistant Turbine Oils with the Use of Fuller’s Earth Sorbents

September 3, 2024

A Ukraine-based company may have found a more effective way to regenerate aged fire-resistant turbine oils.

Stormy Times in the Wind Power Business

Stormy Times in the Wind Power Business

April 1, 2024

Can the wind power business recover from last year’s roadblocks, and how will its struggles affect the lubricants indu ...

Germany Demand Declines in October

Germany Demand Declines in October

January 2, 2024

Germany's finished lubricants demand, including process oils, declined 11% in October, as a year-long trend of falling c ...

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Educating on Turbine Oil Microbial Contamination

July 26, 2023

A new ASTM international standard provides explanations of microbial contamination and biodeterioration and suggests met ...

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Wind Energy Growth Slows in U.S.

February 22, 2023

The United States wind energy industry completed projects that brought 8,612 megawatts of new capacity online last year, ...

Could Conducting Fluids Extend Wind Turbine Component Life?

Could Conducting Fluids Extend Wind Turbine Component Life?

June 6, 2022

Lubricating wind turbines continues to be an arduous task. Discover how conducting fluids might be capable of extending ...

Synthetic Base Stocks Blow in the Winds of Change

Synthetic Base Stocks Blow in the Winds of Change

May 2, 2022

What makes metallocene polyalphaolefins particularly well suited for use in wind turbine lubricants?

The Unvarnished Truth about Aminic Antioxidants

The Unvarnished Truth about Aminic Antioxidants

April 1, 2021

Sludge and varnish in turbines, such as those used for power generation, have been observed more frequently in recent ye ...

China Leads Wind Energy Charge

China Leads Wind Energy Charge

March 26, 2021

Asia-Pacific’s wind power capacity reached almost 56 gigawatts in 2020, a 78% increase from 2019, according to data re ...

COVID Slows European Wind Installations

COVID Slows European Wind Installations

March 9, 2021

Europe installed 14.7 gigawatts of new wind energy capacity in 2020, 6% less than was installed in 2019, according to st ...

Industrial Lubes Roughed up by Pandemic

Industrial Lubes Roughed up by Pandemic

September 11, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic will reduce global demand volumes for general industrial oils and greases by 13% this year, consul ...

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Idemitsu Team Develops Wind Turbine Lubes

September 4, 2020

Idemitsu Kosan announced that it is cooperating with two Japanese universities on a grant project to develop wind turbin ...

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Shell Acquires Industrial Fluids Manufacturer

December 25, 2019

Shell Lubricants acquired the assets of American Chemical Technologies Inc., which manufactures and distributes industri ...

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Wind Turbine Growth Continues in China

December 20, 2019

China is a key driver of increasing installed wind turbine capacity, which is expected to help boost demand for wind ene ...

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Modern Tests for Modern Fluids

May 23, 2017

As turbine oils become more advanced, traditional fluid selection tests might not be up to the task.

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Maintaining the Wind Turbine Revolution

August 20, 2008

The fastest-growing segment of the power generation industry is wind, which is on track to expand by over 45 percent in ...