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Jenbacher: 1000-0099C Procedure For Testing Plant-Specific Oil Service Life

1. The document provides a procedure for testing the plant-specific oil service life of GE Jenbacher gas engines. Oil change intervals depend on operating conditions and fuel type. 2. Used oil samples should be taken every 150 hours of operation (75 hours for landfill/biogas) and analyzed. Analysis results are graphed over time and compared to limit levels to estimate remaining service life. 3. Additional analyses are recommended at 60%, 80%, and 100% of the established service life to monitor the engine and ensure operating conditions have not changed. The maximum "unmonitored" service life is 500 hours after initial testing.

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Jenbacher: 1000-0099C Procedure For Testing Plant-Specific Oil Service Life

1. The document provides a procedure for testing the plant-specific oil service life of GE Jenbacher gas engines. Oil change intervals depend on operating conditions and fuel type. 2. Used oil samples should be taken every 150 hours of operation (75 hours for landfill/biogas) and analyzed. Analysis results are graphed over time and compared to limit levels to estimate remaining service life. 3. Additional analyses are recommended at 60%, 80%, and 100% of the established service life to monitor the engine and ensure operating conditions have not changed. The maximum "unmonitored" service life is 500 hours after initial testing.

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Jenbacher 1000-0099C

Technical Instruction No.:


Documentation Procedure for testing plant-specific oil service life

1. Scope: _____________________________________________________________1
2. Oil-change interval: __________________________________________________1
3. Assessing the results of analyses: _____________________________________1
4. Procedure: _________________________________________________________1

1. Scope:

GE Jenbacher gas engines

2. Oil-change interval:

2.1 The service life of a single filling of lubricating oil depends on many different factors. Next to the oil
consumption of the engine, the thermal and mechanical load of the oil, the quantity of oil circulating, the
quality and composition of the fuel gas, the wear on the engine, the quality of the oil used, etc. all have a
significant effect on the service life of the oil.

2.2 When landfill gas is used, it must be borne in mind that, depending on the fuel-gas quality, the oil-change
intervals which are to be determined analytically will be only half as long as the oil-change intervals for
sweet-gas operation.

2.3 When changing oil, make sure that the oil residues in the engine are kept to a minimum, i.e. by changing
the oil filters, draining the oil cooler, etc.

3. Assessing the results of analyses:

An oil filling should be changed when the measured value of one single item in the analysis has reached
the limit levels referred to in TI 1000-0099B, or if these limit levels are expected to be reached in the short
term, at which point an oil change would not be possible for operational reasons.

The oil analysis should be kept for documentation purposes.

4. Procedure:

4.1 The first step is to determine target values for a specific oil service life, which depends on

• the operating mode


• the fuel type
• the ambient conditions
• the (lubricating oil) product.

Generally this step has to be completed soon after commissioning. However, if a major change occurs
some time during the service life of the engine, the above procedure has to be repeated in any case!
Before commissioning: Replace any running-in oil remaining in the engine with operating oil!

Author: Doku./Bilek (ÜBAL07) Checked: Konstruktion, Problemanalyse Date: 2006-06


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Jenbacher 1000-0099C
Technical Instruction No.:
Documentation Procedure for testing plant-specific oil service life

From this point onwards, used-oil samples must be taken within a period of 150 operating hours (for
landfill and biogas - after 75 operating hours) (see TI 1000-0112, DIN 51574).

When you send the first oil sample to the laboratory which is going to carry out the oil analysis, a copy of
TI 1000-0099B (Limit levels for used oil for GE Jenbacher gas engines) should be enclosed. The
laboratory and/or the supplier must be requested to process each oil sample immediately and comment
on the analysis results in relation to the GE Jenbacher limit levels, e.g. within the limits, outside the limits,
almost at the limits, etc.

Well-known lubricant suppliers are generally willing to carry out analyses of used oil samples.
In order to give a clear idea of what is going on during the service period of one oil filling every single
analysis result must be charted in a graph (see the diagram below).

Numeric value of only one


relevant analysis result

Analysis
results

Limit level according


to TI 1000-0099B

Predictable end of the


service life of one oil
filling

Test interval Service life


X Y
(= +/- 150 Oh) 150 300 450

(= +/- 75 Oh) for 75 150 225


landfill gas and biogas

Where - as shown in example “X” - sudden change trends are found in comparison with analyses of the
previous sample, this must be considered an alarm signal, even if the limit has not yet been reached as
shown in example “Y” (curve ).

This graphic representation makes it relatively easily for the operator to form a picture of what is
happening to his oil and/or engine and to estimate the oil service life he can expect.

Author: Doku./Bilek (ÜBAL07) Checked: Konstruktion, Problemanalyse Date: 2006-06


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Jenbacher 1000-0099C
Technical Instruction No.:
Documentation Procedure for testing plant-specific oil service life

4.2 If the oil service life is not fully satisfactory, it can be prolonged by increasing the engine oil capacity by
adding a supplementary tank.

4.3 After tests have established the plant-specific oil service life, an analysis must be carried out for each
engine in the plant at every further oil filling.

To ensure continuing analytical operational monitoring or low-risk maximisation of oil service life, it is
recommended that used-oil analyses are carried out at about
• 60%
• 80% and
• 100%

of the thoroughly tested and statistically predictable oil service life.

In any case, the "unmonitored" oil service life should not exceed 500 operating hours after the first
thorough test (250 operating hours for landfill gas and biogas).

This provides certainty that


• the oil-change interval determined during the first 3 oil fillings was not the result of coincidence

• no deliberate change has been made to the plant-specific conditions

• the engine is in good condition (e.g. as far as its settings or wear are concerned).

4.4 If you wish to have us comment on any analysis results, please contact:

GE JENBACHER
Fax +43/5244/600 DW 2977

Author: Doku./Bilek (ÜBAL07) Checked: Konstruktion, Problemanalyse Date: 2006-06


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