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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR OIL PURIFICATION SYSTEM

 OBJECTIVE: To purify the oil going into the steam turbine bearing system.
SCOPE: Oil purification system

 INTRODUCTION: Feculence is the main factor which influence lubricating oil’s quality.
turbine’s lubricating oil system is a close type circulatory system, feculenecy in lubricating
oil mainly from system itself, because of the change of temperature, condensation water
in lubricating oil system or oil tank, water vapor through bearing enter into system,
leakage of bearing or oil cooler also bring pollution to lubricating oil. Metal abrasion,
corrosion and dust will pollute lubricating oil too. lubricating oil system exist washes or
emulsion, they will emulsify oil, accelerate corrosion, reduce stability of oil, consume
additive, reduce lubricating value
 PRE CHECKS:
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OIL PURIFIER TECHNICAL DATA:-
Make Zigong vacuum Quantity 1sets
filtration equipment
Co., Ltd.
Type QYJB-12 working pressure <0.5MPa

nominal flow 12m3/h Applicable oil Lubricating oil

Filter precision ≤1μm operation 20-75⁰C
temperature
water content in oil ≤10mg/L gas content in oil ≤0.2%
after treatment after treatment
kinematical viscosity ≤1.3X new oil standard acid number
value (500C) ≤0.3mg/g

flash point ≥1800C filtration rate 99.9%

oil particle size running oil NAS1638≤9 oil impurities in NAS standard 5
or MOOG≤6 outlet grade ， SAEstandard 4

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grade
Noise ≤80dB

RESPONSIBILITY: Unit Control Engineer, Field Engineer and Desk Engineer.

 SAFTEY PRECAUTIONS:
1. Ensure no permit to work is pending on regarding this system by checking with EE.

 SAFTEY PPE’s: Ear Plugs, Safety Goggles, Hand Gloves, etc.

 SPECIAL TOOLS/ EQUIPMENTS: NIL

PRECHECKS AND ACTION BY FIELD ENGINEER

S No Description Ok Not Ok Remarks

1 All permits and cross permits have been returned.  

2 Area is clear of any other materials.  

3 Check the outside of the unit for any fault. Open the electrical
cabinet to see if the fuses are in places, the connections are
tight, the electrical parts are dry or in good condition, and
remove all foreign matters  

4 Ensure the rotating direction of each motor is right  

5 Oil level of oil tank is normal  

6 No leakage or seepage on the oil pipelines in the system.  

7 use tube to connect this device to waiting purify oil storage  

vessel, connect pipe should be clean, It is required that the

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liquid level of vessel should not be 500mm lower than the

incoming pipeline

 OPERATING PROCEDURE –

 MAIN PART OF OIL PURIFICATION SYSTEM

 filling valve,
 primary filter coalescing separator,
 feed oil pump,
 oil drain pump,
 heater,
 vacuum separate tank,
 condenser, vacuum pump,
 precision filter,
 super-precision filter,
 adsorption regenerator,
 sampling valve,
 delivery valve,
 oil-return valve,
 check valve,
 electromagnetic valve in-place measure control equipment
 automatic control cabinet
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FUNCTION OF MAIN PARTS

 Primary filter: protect oil pump avoiding big grain impurity, reduce malfunction
rate of device.
 Coalescing separator: coalescing filter element in coalescing separator is made of
special treatment glass fibre and their composite materials after appropriate
combination possess good hydrophilicity. Filter mechanical impurity and coalesce
moisture. Innermost layer’s high precision filter material firstly filter mechanical
impurity in oil liquid, outside demulsification coalescence layer coalesce tiny bead
into big bead. Bigger size bead will subside to water channel by gravity. Smaller size
bead will flow to separate filter element with oil liquid.
 Separate element is made of composite material after special treatment, possess
good water resistance. When oil liquid through separate element from outside,
small bead be cut effectively outside the filter element, only oil liquid can pass,
water can not pass it, separate water further.
 Heater: when equipment under vacuum separate mode, if oil liquid temperature
lower than 00C, start heater, through automatic constant temperature controller,
control oil temperature not higher than 600C. reduce oil viscosity, convenient for
bead separation.
 Feed oil pump, oil drain pump: transport oil liquid.
 Pressure meter: display fine filter pressure, when pressure more than 0.5Mpa, it’s a
terrible clogging, wash the filter element. At this moment, close oil drain pump,
Exhaust heater, fine filter, pre-filter’s oil liquid, take out inner filter element, wash it
and install again.
 Pressure differential controller: display pressure difference endured by coalescing
separator inner filter element, when it reach to 0.1Mpa, alarm and stop. At this
moment, take out coalescence filter element (coalescence filter element is white),
install new coalescence filter element. Take out separation filter element (dark-
green one), wipe external surface by clean and soft cloth, clean it and install again.

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 Electrical contact pressure meter: when pressures exceed 0.3Mpa, it’s a terrible
clogging, take out and clean it or change it.

 THERE ARE TWO MODES OF SEPARATION

1. VACUUM SEPARATION MODE

When steamer needs to add new oil or steamer unit launch into use newly, please adopt
vacuum separation mode (see working element drawing). At this moment, filling valve, primary
filter, heater, electromagnetic valve, vacuum separate tank, condenser, vacuum pump, oil drain
pump, check valve, adsorption regenerator ,precision filter, super-precision filter, delivery valve
are working.

If use this separation mode, when fill oil, observe oil position in vacuum tank, guarantee oil
position at the upper part of lower sight hole, if oil position is lower than upper part of lower
sight hole, adjust gate valve on vacuum tank filling pipe.

2. COALESCENCE SEPARATION MODE

After a period of vacuum separation mode operation, test oil sample from sampling valve,
when oil sample’s test result satisfy steamer’s operation requirement, stop vacuum separation
mode operation. Use coalescence separation mode operation. At this moment, filling valve,
primary filter, electromagnetic valve, feed oil pump, coalescing separator, drain valve, check
valve, adsorption regenerator, precision filter, super-precision filter, delivery valve are working
Sr. RESPONSIBILITY
OIL PURIFIER DEVICE ELECTRICAL OPERATION INSTRUCTION UCE DE FE EE
No.
Start-up of oil purification plant

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1 All permits and cross permits have been returned. √ √ √ √

2 All electrical system has been checked √
3 Oil level is normal √ √
4 Power supply and control power supply available. √ √ √
5 Start the vacuum pump when the all conditions are met
 Check the rotating direction correct.

 Measure the current, vibration, and bearing temperature of the vacuum

pump
 Open the inlet oil valve, outlet oil valve, and blowdown valve connected to
the plant
 When vacuum degrade rise to around 0.08Mpa, vacuum filling oil solenoid
valve open and enter oil
 When oil level arrive at middle position of sight hole, oil drain pump start

 System enters into normal vacuum filter oil state

6 COALESCENCE SEPARATION SYSTEM

 Open chief filling valve and delivery valve

√
 Feed oil pump and filling oil magnet valve controlled by PLC √
√
 Open oil content valve on control cabinet panel √
√
 start feed oil pump at same time √
√

7 VACUUM SEPARATION SYSTEM

 Open chief filling valve and delivery valve
√

 Start vacuum switch √

√

 Firstly, system open vacuum pump, pump vacuum(in and out oil magnet √
valve open at the same time), after 20 seconds, vacuum degrade rise to

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around 0.08Mpa, then vacuum filling oil magnet valve open and enter oil,
through heater enter into vacuum tank

 When oil level arrive at middle position of lower sight hole (about 1 minute),
oil drain pump start automatically.
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 System enter into normal vacuum filter oil state, if rotate stop switch on
√ √
panel, vacuum system can stop working.

8 RETURN OIL SYSTEM

 When oil content system or vacuum system appear malfunction, discharge
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the oil in equipment totally, then can start return oil system √
 Delivery valve open, open manual return oil switch on panel, return oil
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system will work automatically √
 open vacuum pump, after 1 minute, start oil drain pump, return oil magnet
√
valve open at the same time √
9 Primary and precision filter clogging differential pressure alarm
after this alarm, coalescence separation and vacuum separation system stop
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working automatically. Open coarse and fine filter, take out filter element,
wash it in coal oil and install again
10 After complete oil purification, stop this machine, discharge water at the
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bottom of coalescing separator
SHUTDOWN OF OIL PURIFICATION PLANT:

Press the stop button and discharge water.

After the plant shut down, close the inlet/outlet valves at the connections of
the plant.

 ABRIVIATIONS / NOTATIONS:-
o SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
o UCE: Unit Control Engineer
o DE: Desk Engineer
o FE: Field Engineer
o DCS: Distributed Control System
o EE: Electrical Shift Engineer

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Important Note
1. When vacuum system is working, oil content system cannot be start. When oil
content system is working, vacuum system and manually return oil system
cannot be start (vacuum system and oil content system are interlocked)
2. Oil content magnet valve and vacuum filling oil magnet not open. If oil in
vacuum tank cannot be discharge totally, please start oil drain pump manually.
3. Before operation, do open delivery valve. This device is fully automatic control
mode, please according to electric operation instruction.

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