The Fuel- Lubricants Laboratory carries out quality control analysis on fuel oil (heavy fuel and diesel oil),physicochemical characteristics analysis on industrial lubricating oils (turbine, hydraulic systems, gearbox,internal combustion engine oils, etc.) and grease.
Main Tests
- Physico-chemical characteristics checking in liquid fuels (heavy fuel, diesel oil)
- Physico-chemical characteristics checking in lubricating oils of turbines, reducers, hydraulic systems, internal combustion engines, gear boxes etc.
- Waste oils and fuel residue checking
- Physico-chemical characteristics checking in greases
Main Equipment
- Instruments for measuring physico-chemical characteristics in petroleum products in accordance with the ASTM standards (viscometer, hydrometer, flash-point testers, distillation, automatic titrator etc. )
- Coulometrer for determining moisture content Karl Fischer
- Particles counter with laser beam scatter Device
- RPVOT tester
- Spectrophotometer infrared (FT-IR)
- Spectrometer x-ray fluorescence
- Bomb calorimeter
- Elemental analyzer (C - H - N)
- Greases testers (worked penetration, oxidation bombs, machine tool, water washout, roll stability, dropping point etc. )
Detailed Laboratory Tests and Standards Applied:
| DENSITY IN LIHT FUEL OILS AND LUBRICANTS (ASTM D4052) |
| DENSITY IN HEAVY FUELS (ASTM D4052) |
| KINEMATIC VISCOSITY (ASTM D7042) |
| WATER CONTENT BY COULOMETRIC KARL FISHER TITRATION (ASTM D6304) |
| WATER CONTENT BY DISTILATION (ASTM D95) |
| TOTAL ACID NUMBER (ASTM D664) |
| TOTAL BASE NUMBER (ASTM D2896) |
| DEMULSIFICATION CHARACTERISTICS (ASTM D1401) |
| FOAM TEST (ASTM D892) |
| PARTICLES NUMBER (NAS 1638, ISO4406) |
| FLASH POINT OPEN CUP (ASTM D92) |
| FLASH POINT CLOSED CUP (ASTM D93) |
| SULFUR CONTENT (ASTM D4294 & D7220) |
| SULFUR, VANADIUM, NICKEL CONTENT (in house (XRF SPECTROMETRY) |
| SULFUR - ADDITIVES CONTENT (in house (XRF SPECTROMETRY)) |
| DISTILATION IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (ASTM D86) |
| COLD FILTER PLUGING POINT (ASTM D6371) |
| SUSPENDED SOLIDS IN DIESEL OIL (DIN 51419) |
| RAMSBOTTOM CARBON RESIDUE (ASTM D524) |
| ASPHALTENS (ASTM D6560) |
| ASH CONTENT (ASTM D482) |
| SULFATED ASH (ASTM D874) |
| CALORIFIC VALUE (ASTM D4809) |
| POUR POINT (ASTM D97) |
| TOTAL SEDIMENT (ASTM D4870) |
| OXIDATION STABILITY OF TURBINE OILS BY ROTATING PRESSURE VESSEL (ASTM D2272) |
| COPPER CORROSION (ASTM D130) |
| ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS (ASTM D5291) |
| FTIR SPECTROSCOPY (in house (FTIR SPECTROSCOPY)) |
| COLOR (ASTM D1500) |
| PENTANE INSOLUBLES (ASTM D893) |
| WORKED PENETRATION IN GREASES (ASTM D217) |
| PROLONGED PENETRATION IN GREASES (ASTM D217) |
| WATER STABILITY (in house) |
| DROPPING POINT OF GREASE (ASTM D2265) |
| WATER WASHOUT CHARACTERISTICS (ASTM D1264) |
| OXIDATION STABILITY OF GREASES (ASTM D942) |
| ROLL STABILITY (ASTM D1831) |
| OIL SEPARATION OF GREASES (ASTM D1742) |