Steam Turbine Generator
Electrohydraulic Control (EHC) Fluid
GE Specification 46357

Test Description

Method

Required Tests:

API Gravity of Petroleum Products, Hydrometer Method, (Density, Relative Density, Specific Gravity)

ASTM D 1298

Color, ASTM Color Scale

ASTM D 1500

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 37.8 °C (100 °F), cSt

ASTM D 445.a

Viscosity. Kinematic, at 98.9 °C (210 °F), cSt

ASTM D 445.b

Pour Point of Petroleum Products

ASTM D 97

Water by Karl Fischer Method, Petroleum Products(Note: ASTM D 1744 was withdrawn in 2000. No replacement. TOL recommends ASTM D 6304).

ASTM D 6304

Acid Number, Color–Indicator Titration (TAN)

ASTM D 974.a

Chloride, Inorganic, in Water and Wastewater

ASTM D 512

Flash Point, Cleveland Open Cup

ASTM D 92.a

Fire Point, Cleveland Open Cup

ASTM D 92.b

Autoignition Temperature of Liquid Chemicals

ASTM E 659

Specific Resistance (Resistivity of Electrical), Insulating Liquid of Electrical Insulating Liquids

ASTM D 1169

Particle Count, Automatic Optical Particle Count

ISO 4406

 

Additional Optional Tests:

Viscosity, Saybolt Universal, at 100 °F, SUS

ASTM D 2161.a

Viscosity, Saybolt Universal, at 210 °F, SUS

ASTM D 2161.b

Foaming Tendencies of Lubricating Oils

ASTM D 892

Rust–Preventing Characteristics of Steam Turbine Oils

ASTM D 3603

Gas Bubble Separation Time of Petroleum Oils (Air Release Properties)

ASTM D 3427

Emulsion Characteristics of Lubricating Oils (Water Separability)

ASTM D 1401

Wear Metals and Contaminants in Lubricating Oils by Rotating Disc Electrode Atomic Emission Spectrography, (RDE–AES)

ASTM D 6595

Additive Metals, Wear Metals, and Contaminants in Used Lubricating Oils and Determination of Selected Elements in Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP–AES)

ASTM D 5185