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Chapter 15: GAS TURBINE LUBRICATION AND FUEL SYSTEMS

By Philip Kiameh

From Power Generation Handbook: Selection, Applications, Operation, and Maintenance

GAS TURBINE LUBRICATION SYSTEMS

A single lubricating system is usually used for heavy-frame gas turbines and driven equipment using mineral oil. Some applications use synthetic lubricating oil due to its fire-resistant property. Common oils used in these machines have a viscosity of 32 centistokes (cSt). However, higher-viscosity oils can be used in high-ambient-temperature areas. Heavy-frame and power turbines use oil-film bearings. Aeroderivative (aero) gas turbines have two lubricating systems. The first is for the aero gas generator where the rotors are carried on ball-and-roller antifriction bearings. This system uses the same synthetic oil that was used in the parent aero engine. Most aeronautical oils used today meet or are very similar to two military specifications, MIL-7808 and MIL-23699. Modern engines use the latter oil due to its high-temperature capability. The second lubricating system is used for power turbines and driven equipment using oil similar to that used in heavy-frame machines. The system for the aero gas generator uses an oil cooler to reject the heat removed from the engine to the atmosphere or to a glycol-and-water cooling loop, which rejects the heat to atmosphere. In some liquid-fueled installations, the lubricating oil is cooled in a shell-and-tube heat exchanger by the incoming fuel. Heavy-frame machines, power turbines, and driven equipment of most aero installations have a separate lubricating system tank with heaters to maintain the required temperature. The main pump is driven by an alternating current (AC) motor or by the shaft while the auxiliary pump is usually driven by an...

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