What Is Lube Oil Flushing?

What is lube oil flushing?In general, lube oil flushing is a cleaning method applied to compressor- and gas turbine lube oil systems. The pur- pose of flushing lube oil/hydraulic oil is to remove foreign objects such as scale, corrosion, metal shavings, sands etc. 

The purpose of a lube oil system is to continuously provide cool, clean oil to the bearings and gear (if applicable) at the proper pressure, temperature, and flow rate. Therefore, the major components of any lube oil system are as follows: Reservoir.

What is flushing oil in refinery?The term “oil flushing” is used extensively in the process heating industry to refer to the cleaning of pipes and process equipment. Typical applications use immersion or circulation heaters that heat oil for circulating through the system to a desirable Reynolds number.