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Turbine Oil Selection with Greg Livingstone, Fluitec International

[https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrc_uxBPIwjZDlplAUWmhHl2Qu-Wp1E5SLeJWN1A_M0gnsksrtdxm5ZpHBbj0_EO5Y8AI4CpT-RP1BmfBDXQkfl_zXXNY5b0twGxDHCChEegrTXC4fUpAaM4Bw9Sp3AJahph0GsZmiBpL/s1600/Greg.jpg]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrc_uxBPIwjZDlplAUWmhHl2Qu-Wp1E5SLeJWN1A_M0gnsksrtdxm5ZpHBbj0_EO5Y8AI4CpT-RP1BmfBDXQkfl_zXXNY5b0twGxDHCChEegrTXC4fUpAaM4Bw9Sp3AJahph0GsZmiBpL/s1600/Greg.jpg Greg Livingstone Join us for this week's interview, where we talk with Greg Livingstone, Chief Marketing Officer of Fluitec International about selecting a proper turbine oil for your application. [https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqEExpdFaYrseS_r7dDSMGfHqRmFR9UqMIq4Wb0WzwUbK5BZ2XzP6Bc_gd2PMQi9xYoyvqJPNeTeVF3Dhiji5BDzFAwTA-C3-wO9AzslI_KZO712-yNfb3izXF2GwERS32lcIV2uO-pdw/s200/Power+Gen+Steam+Turbine.jpg]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqEExpdFaYrseS_r7dDSMGfHqRmFR9UqMIq4Wb0WzwUbK5BZ2XzP6Bc_gd2PMQi9xYoyvqJPNeTeVF3Dhiji5BDzFAwTA-C3-wO9AzslI_KZO712-yNfb3izXF2GwERS32lcIV2uO-pdw/s1600/Power+Gen+Steam+Turbine.jpgGreg covers types of oils used in turbines and their properties, when it's time to select a new oil, potential changes you should implement in your condition monitoring program with new oils, and selection criteria - including Greg's advice to look beyond the spec sheet, and some tests you should run when selecting an oil (which includes a new test Greg helped develop which provides more reliable data on how the oil will perform in the field).  To listen to the interview, click here [http://archive.org/download/PodcastTurbineOilSelectionWithGregLivingstone/Livingstone1.mp3] for the audio, or click here [http://www.stle.org/resources/articledetails.aspx?did=1814] to read the transcript.   You might also be interested in our previous interview [http://onlinedigitalpublishing.com/publication/?i=93533&p=36] with Greg on Oil Analysis & Predictive Maintenance (click here [http://www.archive.org/details/In-serviceOilAnalysisStrategies] for the recording), or his upcoming interview that will be released in the November issue of the Power Generation eNewsletter [http://www.stle.org/resources/pgnews.aspx] on Turbine Oil Degradation.