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Lubrication at Dounreay

Lubrication at Dounreay Lack of Evidence of Suitability of H.D. Oils for Two-Cycle Engines Reported. The diesel installation for the new Dounreay of circumstances. With this in mind and also to Atomic Plant on the extreme northern coast of gain experience for all concerned we have arranged with the engine makers for an E.S.L.5 engine to be Scotland will be one of the largest multi-engined run in their power house under controlled conditions stations built in recent years. This station, the first using additive oils for as many months as we require British experimental fast breeder reactor will be entirely dependent upon it for its power supply. to obtain additional data. The oil suppliers and Much attention has been given to the storage and members of the staff at Dounreay will participate, handling of fuel and lubricants. Shell Rimula Oil 30 together with the staff of the design office and the engine makers. has been chosen as the lubricating oil and one of the chemists at Dounreay has been trained by Shell in "Equipment for the tests is being provided on an the analysis of used lubricating oils and the inter­ elaborate scale and later will be transferred to pretation of results. He will be made responsible for Dounreay, as, owing to the geographical location, it regular examination of samples from each engine. will be impracticable to rely upon the testing facilities Simultaneously, Shell are conducting a parallel series of the oil companies, particularly in emergencies". of tests with a view to determining optimum oil The President of the D.E.U.A., Mr. K. H. Tuson, change periods in the interests of economy. M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E., asked Mr. Hay—"What evidence is there that H.D. oil to B.S. 1905 is not Shell A.P.L. lubricants, used in other machinery at suitable for use in 2-stroke engines ? I know that Dounreay and other plant operated by the United the test engine is a 4-stroke but the experts probably Atomic Energy Authority, have been specially took the view that an oil which complies with the developed for this work and are highly stable in the B.S. is suitable for most types of engines. Incident­ presence of either gamma or neutron activity. ally the Standard, published in 1952, said "that the In a recent paper before the Diesel Engineers and use of British engines for testing purposes was desir­ Users' Association, I. . F . Hay, A.I.E.E., Senior able and might be possible within a few years. That Engineer, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, was five years ago; can anyone say what the Risley, discussed the diesel electric plant used for the responsible Committee has been doing during those Dounreay fast reactor and had the following remarks five years towards implementing that desire?" to say concerning lubrication. To which Mr. Hay replied as follows :— "It is "The decision to employ two-cycle engines was agreed that a very good job has been done so far on also influenced to a certain extent by the advent of lubrication and we should be interested to learn improved lubricants designed to reduce piston-ring what the B.S. Committee might have evolved for seizure, the formation of hard carbon, acidity, etc. determining the performance of oils in a British test I t will be understood that the research into the engine. We have taken the opportunity to make an improvement of lubrication has been going on for a engine available for some basic work of that kind. considerable time and certainly in respect of heavy All the oil-supplying firms have been approached and duty diesel engines, it is now possible to assess the asked what experience they had had of their lubric­ value of the so-called additive oils. The under­ ants in two-cycle engines. We also made similar standing of and interest in lubrication by the staff is enquiries among all the engine builders. But the vital, but to Members experienced in the subject, amount of useful information elicited was surpris­ however, I need only stress that there is no British ingly small. Plenty of people will say 'Yes, you Standard truly based on experience of two-cycle should use a detergent oil', but when we ask 'Where engines. is your customer who has been using such oil and who can produce data and state that these are the "To meet our requirements, particularly in regard results he obtained?' we find the information is not to experience with two-cycle engines of medium available in respect of two-cycle engines. speed, we drew up our own specification which enabled us to match our acceptance of the most "Tests on the engine referred to will be carried out suitable offer against the needs at Dounreay so far in Manchester and continue until we are satisfied as they can be envisaged at this stage. Basically tha t we have obtained the information we require. exact data are still required and we feel that it should I hope that the information will be made available be possible to state acceptable rates of, say, carbon to other interested parties. Skilled personnel will be formation in ports at a given load and possibly also retained at Dounreay especially to supervise the the effective additive content and life for a given set lubrication aspect". Scientific LUBRICATION July, I957 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Industrial Lubrication and Tribology Emerald Publishing

Lubrication at Dounreay

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology , Volume 9 (7): 1 – Jul 1, 1957
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Lack of Evidence of Suitability of H.D. Oils for Two-Cycle Engines Reported. The diesel installation for the new Dounreay of circumstances. With this in mind and also to Atomic Plant on the extreme northern coast of gain experience for all concerned we have arranged with the engine makers for an E.S.L.5 engine to be Scotland will be one of the largest multi-engined run in their power house under controlled conditions stations built in recent years. This station, the first using additive oils for as many months as we require British experimental fast breeder reactor will be entirely dependent upon it for its power supply. to obtain additional data. The oil suppliers and Much attention has been given to the storage and members of the staff at Dounreay will participate, handling of fuel and lubricants. Shell Rimula Oil 30 together with the staff of the design office and the engine makers. has been chosen as the lubricating oil and one of the chemists at Dounreay has been trained by Shell in "Equipment for the tests is being provided on an the analysis of used lubricating oils and the inter­ elaborate scale and later will be transferred to pretation of results. He will be made responsible for Dounreay, as, owing to the geographical location, it regular examination of samples from each engine. will be impracticable to rely upon the testing facilities Simultaneously, Shell are conducting a parallel series of the oil companies, particularly in emergencies". of tests with a view to determining optimum oil The President of the D.E.U.A., Mr. K. H. Tuson, change periods in the interests of economy. M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E., asked Mr. Hay—"What evidence is there that H.D. oil to B.S. 1905 is not Shell A.P.L. lubricants, used in other machinery at suitable for use in 2-stroke engines ? I know that Dounreay and other plant operated by the United the test engine is a 4-stroke but the experts probably Atomic Energy Authority, have been specially took the view that an oil which complies with the developed for this work and are highly stable in the B.S. is suitable for most types of engines. Incident­ presence of either gamma or neutron activity. ally the Standard, published in 1952, said "that the In a recent paper before the Diesel Engineers and use of British engines for testing purposes was desir­ Users' Association, I. . F . Hay, A.I.E.E., Senior able and might be possible within a few years. That Engineer, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, was five years ago; can anyone say what the Risley, discussed the diesel electric plant used for the responsible Committee has been doing during those Dounreay fast reactor and had the following remarks five years towards implementing that desire?" to say concerning lubrication. To which Mr. Hay replied as follows :— "It is "The decision to employ two-cycle engines was agreed that a very good job has been done so far on also influenced to a certain extent by the advent of lubrication and we should be interested to learn improved lubricants designed to reduce piston-ring what the B.S. Committee might have evolved for seizure, the formation of hard carbon, acidity, etc. determining the performance of oils in a British test I t will be understood that the research into the engine. We have taken the opportunity to make an improvement of lubrication has been going on for a engine available for some basic work of that kind. considerable time and certainly in respect of heavy All the oil-supplying firms have been approached and duty diesel engines, it is now possible to assess the asked what experience they had had of their lubric­ value of the so-called additive oils. The under­ ants in two-cycle engines. We also made similar standing of and interest in lubrication by the staff is enquiries among all the engine builders. But the vital, but to Members experienced in the subject, amount of useful information elicited was surpris­ however, I need only stress that there is no British ingly small. Plenty of people will say 'Yes, you Standard truly based on experience of two-cycle should use a detergent oil', but when we ask 'Where engines. is your customer who has been using such oil and who can produce data and state that these are the "To meet our requirements, particularly in regard results he obtained?' we find the information is not to experience with two-cycle engines of medium available in respect of two-cycle engines. speed, we drew up our own specification which enabled us to match our acceptance of the most "Tests on the engine referred to will be carried out suitable offer against the needs at Dounreay so far in Manchester and continue until we are satisfied as they can be envisaged at this stage. Basically tha t we have obtained the information we require. exact data are still required and we feel that it should I hope that the information will be made available be possible to state acceptable rates of, say, carbon to other interested parties. Skilled personnel will be formation in ports at a given load and possibly also retained at Dounreay especially to supervise the the effective additive content and life for a given set lubrication aspect". Scientific LUBRICATION July, I957

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