On-site testing of fuels and lubricants is becoming recognized as the most cost-effective way to provide project engineers and managers with critical, reliable data during plant construction projects or when an installation is being serviced.

Results of fuel analysis are available in a matter of hours rather than days. Immediate measures can then be taken in regard to the fuel, the turbines, or to the combustion parameters.

When a large number of personnel are gathered at critical junctures, such as at Performance Testing or Commissioning, then it makes sense to minimize the total number of man-hours on site.

Texas OilTech Laboratories Inc. has been a service provider for the analysis of gaseous and liquid fuels and lubricants for over sixteen years. We have current knowledge of the various specifications used by turbine manufacturers and we have developed specific testing packages and specialized testing instrumentation to satisfy the analysis requirements.

Texas OilTech Laboratories Inc. Inc. is an ISO 9002 Certified facility and this certification also extends to our on-site testing capabilities. We have participated in the completion of many power plant projects in the USA and abroad.

Industries Served Utilities Independent Power Producers Petroleum Chemical Turbine Manufacturers Plant Constructions Engineering Consultant

On-Site Testing Services Power Plants and Electric Energy Generation Gas Turbine Performance Testing Plant Commissioning Testing Gas and Liquid Fuel Quality Control Analysis

Benefits

• High speed, on-site analysis
• No shipping hassles or cost to send large gas cylinders for analysis
• Increased productivity through rapid turnaround
• Increased flow of information to site personnel
• Fully trained instrumentation chemist will be on site with the instrument to assist in
  data interpretation

Gaseous Fuels Analysis

• Composition of Natural Gas by Gas Chromatography according to ASTM D 1945 by Portable Quad Micro-GC Modules:
• Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Argon, Helium, Methane, Ethane, Propane, Isobutane,
  n-Butane, Iso-pentane, n-Pentane, and Hexane
• Extended GC analysis is offered for Acetylene, Ethylene, Propylene, Butylene, Octane, Nonane, Decane, Unodecane, Dodecane, Tridecane
• Hydrocarbon Dewpoint
• Calorific Value
• Specific Gravity
• Higher and Lower Heating Values
• Gas analysis in less than three minutes
• On-Site Gas Moisture Analyzer
• Real-time moisture-in-gas analysis
• Highly accurate, battery operated moisture analyzer
• Particulate in Gaseous Fuels
• Quantification of particulates in gaseous streams
• Patented procedure for collection, sizing, and counting
• Test procedure has been validated
• Only laboratory that offers this procedure on-site
• Trace Metals Analysis
• Elemental identification of particulates in gaseous fuels
• Atomic Absorption- Flame Emission Spectrometry per ASTM D 3605
• Very low limits of detection to less than one part per million

Liquid Fuel Analysis

• Prior to filling the fuel tanks, a complete quality control analysis is recommended
• Contamination Analysis
• Chlorine Content by Titration, ASTM D 512
• Particulate Contamination, ASTM D 2276
• Water and Sediment, ASTM D 2709
• Water Content by Karl Fischer, ASTM E 203
• Microorganisms Culture Study, Bacteria Count, ASTM E 1259
• Micro Carbon Residue, ASTM D 4530
• Trace Metals Analysis
• Vanadium, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Lead, Magnesium, Zinc, Nickel, Chromium, Silicon, Aluminum, Iron, Copper and Manganese
• Physical Properties Analysis
• Flash Point, Small Scale Closed Tester, Seta Flash, ASTM D 3828
• Gravity, API, ASTM D 287
• Specific Gravity, ASTM D 70
• Sulfur Content, by X-ray, ASTM D 4294
• Heat of Combustion, ASTM D 4809
• Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Instrumental ASTM D 5291
• Kinematic Viscosity, ASTM D 445
• Distillation, ASTM D 86