A very high level of availab ility is crucial to the economic operation of modern power plants, in view of the huge expenditure associated with their failures. Th is paper deals with the availab ility analysis of a Lube oil system used in a combined cycle power plant. The system is modeled as a Generalized Stochastic Petri Net (GSPN) taking into consideration of partial failures of their subsys...

Ash and soot particles are generated during engine combustion deposited in particulate filters. In order to understand the basic processes that occur a filter filtration process have be quickly replicably. this study, fundamental investigations conducted on generation of ash independently an produce defined aerosol. The formation from oils with differences sulfate content (SAC; 0.7%, 2.6%, 4.5%...

The diffusion kinetics theory of cleaning assemblies such as combustion engines with flushing oil has been introduced. Evolution tar deposits on the engine surfaces and in lube system described through erosion dynamics. time-dependent concentration pattern related to hydrodynamic (sub)layers around deposit uncovered. Nonlinear equations explaining experimentally observed dependences for scourin...

An MILP model for the optimal scheduling of a lube oil and paraffin production plant is presented. The plant is composed of processing units that operate in continuous and discontinuous modes, and some are also duplicated. The raw materials for the process are stored in dedicated tanks, and the plant presents finite intermediate storage. The mathematical formulation was developed under a contin...

In order to find proper lubricants for HFC-134a compressor system, many polar compounds have been synthesized and evaluated. Among such compounds, polyalkylene glycol (PAG) derivatives and carboxylates (esters) have been identified as candidates for car air· conditioners and for refrigerators respectively.',.') However, it is dear that these amdidates have weaknesses: PAGs • demonstrate poor mi...

Vegetable oils and their derivatives (especially methyl esters), commonly referred to as “biodiesel,” are prominent candidates as alternative diesel fuels. They have advanced from being purely experimental fuels to initial stages of commercialization. They are technically competitive with or offer technical advantages compared to conventional diesel fuel. Besides being a renewable and domestic ...

Plastic wastes, lube oils and coal-tar are evaluated, individually and combined, as additives to coal blends for the production of blast-furnace coke. The effects of adding 2 wt% of potential additives or their mixtures (50:50 w/w) on the coking capacity of coal, the pressure generated during the coking process and the coke quality parameters were evaluated. Using a combination of polyolefin wa...