Author:
Ahn Suhyun,Seo Jeong Mog,Lee Heejin
Abstract
Marine lubricating oil (LO) is deteriorated by contaminants—especially marine gas oil (MGO), which is invariably mixed during its usage—that can damage engine performance. This study investigates a method for determining the content of MGO in lubricating oil. Weight loss from MGO-containing lubricant was evaluated through thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and a standard calibration curve was plotted to establish a correlation with MGO content. A comparison of the commonly used ASTM–based gas chromatography (GC) analysis, and this TGA approach revealed that the former was more accurate when the lubricant contained ≤1% MGO; however, TGA afforded higher accuracy when the MGO content was between 0.5% and 15%. Hence, TGA can be used as a simple, reliable, and rapid method to analyze the contents of a lubricant contaminant such as MGO.
Subject
Ocean Engineering,Water Science and Technology,Civil and Structural Engineering
Cited by
2 articles.
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