Annual Report 2011-2012

Annual Research Report 2011-2012
Oil and Fuel Reference Laboratory
Research Center: Chemistry & Material
Lab Manager: : Mehdi Salehi Rad
Department: Chemistry Laboratories
Lab Staff: Ali Sabzi, Mahmoud Karimi
Scope of services:
1) Performing tests in order to determine technical specification of the following
substances:
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• Industrial Oils:
- Lubricating oils
- Hydraulic oils
- Engine oils
- Diesel oils
- Gear oils
- Compressor oils
- Turbine oils)
• Insulating Oils:
- Transformer oils
- High pressure
- switchers oil
• Fuels:
- Light and heavy liquid fuels
- Solid fuels
• Fire fighting foams
• Greases
2) Condition assessment of industrial oils
• Determining equivalent for turbine oils.
• Determining suitable top up oil or substitute for turbine oils.
• Transformer oil condition assessment.
• Determining technical specifications of transformer insulating oils.
• Determining type and amount of inhibitor used in transformer oils.
• Measuring molecular mass of insulating oils.
• Analysis of dissolved gas in-oil.
• Interpretation of dissolved gas in-oil data.
• Determining suitable top up oil or substitute for transformer insulating oils.
• Characterization of paraffinic/naphtenic nature of insulating oils..
• Determining suitable domestic substitute for imported oils.