Preface |
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About the Author |
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1 Lubrication of Electrical Components |
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1.1 Electrical Contacts in Circuit Breaking and Switching Equipment |
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1.1.1 Factors Affecting Choice of Contact Lubricants |
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1.1.2 Roles of Electrical Contacts Lubrication |
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1.1.2.1 Protection from mechanical wear, friction, and fretting corrosion |
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1.1.2.2 Shield from environmental corrosion |
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1.1.2.3 Inhibiting galvanic corrosion |
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8 | (1) |
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1.1.3 Lubrication Failure Modes in Contact Applications |
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9 | (4) |
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10 | (1) |
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1.1.3.2 Degradation of contact lubricants |
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1.1.3.3 Effect of surface reactivity of lubricants on contact resistance |
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12 | (1) |
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1.1.3.4 Lubricant inducing contact corrosion |
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13 | (1) |
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1.1.4 Lubrication of Contacts in Circuit Breakers |
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13 | (2) |
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1.2 Lubrication of Electrical Connectors |
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1.2.1 Electrical Connectors |
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1.2.2 Failure Causes of Connectors |
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15 | (2) |
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1.2.3 Protecting Connectors from Failure with Lubricant |
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17 | (5) |
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1.2.3.1 Purposes and forms of connector lubricants |
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1.2.3.2 Lubrication reducing wear, friction, and fretting corrosion of connectors |
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1.2.3.3 Lubrication minimizes environmental contamination of connectors |
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1.2.3.4 Connectors protected from abrasion and corrosion with polyphenyl ethers |
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1.2.3.5 Application of lubricants to the connectors |
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22 | (1) |
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1.2.4 Lubricants for Automotive Electrical Connectors |
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1.2.4.1 Automotive connectors' challenges |
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1.2.4.2 Lubrication of high-temperature terminals |
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1.2.4.3 Lubricant compatibility with plastics |
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1.2.5 Use of Connector Lubricants in Avionics |
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1.2.5.1 Connectors' challenges in avionics |
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1.2.5.2 Use of corrosion inhibitive lubricants (CILs) |
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1.3 Lubricants in Specific Electrical Contact Applications |
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1.3.1 Using Lubricants in Electronics |
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1.3.1.1 Contamination of PCB electronic connectors by lubricants |
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1.3.1.2 Effect of lubricants on PCB sliding contacts wear |
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1.3.1.3 Lubrication of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) |
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1.3.2 Graphene as a Lubricant and an Additive in Sliding Electrical Contacts |
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1.3.3 Challenge in Lubrication of Rolling and Sliding Electrical Contacts in Vacuum |
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28 | (1) |
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1.3.4 Graphite as a Lubricant for Monolithic Silver Brushes |
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28 | (1) |
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1.3.5 Lubrication of Electrical Contacts of Overhead Lines |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (7) |
2 Lubrication of Mechanical Components in Electrical Equipment |
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2.1 Role of Mechanism Lubrication in Circuit Breaking Equipment |
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2.1.1 High-Voltage Circuit Breakers |
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2.1.2 Low- and Medium-Voltage Circuit Breakers |
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38 | (1) |
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2.1.3 Types of Lubricants Used in Mechanisms |
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2.1.4 Thickeners in Greases Used in Mechanisms |
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40 | (2) |
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2.1.5 Greases for Industrial Circuit Breakers |
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2.1.6 Mechanism Bearings Failures Caused by Lubrication |
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2.1.6.1 Cake-lock bearing failures |
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2.1.6.2 Hardened and oxidized lubricant in bearings |
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2.1.6.3 Lubricant water contamination in bearings |
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2.2 Factors Causing Lubrication Failures in Mechanisms |
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2.2.1 Oxidation and Gelling |
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2.2.2 Environmental Factors |
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2.2.3 Contaminants and Corrosives |
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2.2.4 Lubricant Incompatibility |
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2.2.5 Preventative Measures |
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3 Lubrication of Mechanical Components in Wind Turbines |
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3.1 Lubrication of Wind Turbines |
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56 | (7) |
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3.1.1 Lubrication of Wind Turbine Bearings |
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3.1.2 Lubrication of Threaded Connections |
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3.1.3 Lubrication and Corrosion Protection of Brakes, Shrink Discs, and Service Parts |
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3.1.4 Lubrication of Wind Turbine Blades |
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3.1.5 Environmental Factors in Lubricant Selection |
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3.1.5.1 Wet and corrosive environment |
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3.2 Lubricating Oils for Wind Turbine Application |
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3.2.1 Basic Requirements for Gearbox Oil Qualities |
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3.2.2 Wind Turbine Gearbox Oils Meeting Requirements |
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3.2.3 Automatic Greasing Systems for Wind Turbines |
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3.2.4 Biodegradable Lubricants for Use in Wind Turbines |
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3.2.5 Lubrication Maintenance |
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3.2.5.1 Maintenance procedures and time frames |
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3.2.5.2 Education and skill standards of maintenance personnel |
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3.2.5.3 Post warranty maintenance lubrication |
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3.3 Oil Contamination in Wind Turbine Gearboxes |
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3.3.1 Built-in Contamination |
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3.3.2 Internally Generated Contamination |
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3.3.3 Required Oil Cleanliness for Wind Turbine Gearboxes |
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3.3.4 Water Contamination of Oil |
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3.3.5 Oil Filtration in Wind Turbines |
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3.3.6 Gear Oil Contamination Control |
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3.4 Wind Turbine Bearing and Gearbox Failures Caused by Lubrication |
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3.4.1 Lubricant Roles in Triggering Bearing Failures |
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3.4.2 Techniques to Mitigate a Negative Lubricant Role in Gearboxes and Bearing Failures |
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3.4.3 Oil Analysis Identifying the Cause of the Failure |
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3.4.4 Practice of Top-Treating Oil with Additives |
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81 | (6) |
4 Lubrication Products in Electrical Industry |
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4.1 Lubricants for Power Electrical Equipment |
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4.1.1 Dow Corning Corporation (USA) |
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4.1.1.1 Proper lubricant selection |
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4.1.1.2 Lubrication of outdoor electrical equipment |
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4.1.1.3 Molykote® and Dow Corning brand lubricants for power equipment |
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4.1.2 Nye Lubricants (USA) |
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4.1.2.1 Nye lubricants for separable electrical connectors |
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4.1.2.2 Nye lubricants for sliding contacts in electric switches |
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4.1.2.3 Nye lubricants for arcing contacts |
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4.1.2.4 Lubricants for distribution switchgear and other applications |
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4.1.2.5 Anderol lubricants for contacts and switches manufactured by Nye Lubricants |
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4.1.7 Tyco Electronics (USA) |
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4.1.8 Hubbel/Burndy (USA) |
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4.2 Lubricants for Wind Turbines |
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4.2.1 Dow Corning Corporation (USA) |
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4.2.3 Shell (Netherlands, UK) |
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4.2.4 Fuchs Petrolub AG (Germany) |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (4) |
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Addendum 1: Grease Composition and Properties |
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Addendum 2: Grease Compatibility |
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Addendum 3: Storage and Shelf Life of the Lubricants |
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Addendum 4: Lubrication Glossary |
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Index |
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