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Product Review

Marine Fuels, Lubricants & Additives

Maritime Reporter & Engineering

News' 7 994 Marine Fuels, Lubes & Additives review is a limited survey of many top suppliers of product to the maritime industry.

Free information—specification sheets and literature—is avail- able from any of the companies reviewed. To obtain free infor- mation, circle the appropriate number on the Reader Service

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Brookfield Engineering

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Brookfield offers a broad line of viscometers and rheometers.

Brookfield has viscosity measuring instruments, systems and accesso- ries for liquids, slurries and pastes.

The company also has analog and digital laboratory viscometers for fast and accurate data generation, storage, manipulation and program- ming along with on-line continuous process control viscometers.

Cartel Products, Inc.

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Cartel Products, Inc.'s Diesel Fuel

Lubricity Improver & Corrosion In- hibitor protects diesel fuel injection pumps, gaskets and seals; protects against engine corrosion; offers antiwear protection to fuel system components; deep hydrotreating to lower sulfur and aromatics; and is a class-1 Swedish diesel fuel.

Cartel also offers Highly Concen- trated Diesel Fuel Treatment which replaces lubricity and prevents equipment/pump failure. The Die- sel Fuel Treatment contains water solubilizers, flow improvers, pour point depressants for wax crystal modification, cetane improvers and corrosion inhibitors.

Chevron U.S.A. Products Co.

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Chevron U.S.A. Products Com- pany markets a variety of premium lubricants in the U.S. These in- clude: • Chevron Marine Engine Oils Delo 477 (SAE 30,40 and 20W-40) - supe- rior high dispersancy, high alkalin- ity, 17 TBN engine oils. They are for use in diesel engines in towboats, tugs, workboats, dredges and in other marine industrial engine ap- plications requiring a zinc-free oil. • Chevron Marine Engine Oils Delo 1000, 2000 and 3000 Marine (SAE 30 and 40) - high quality engine oils developed for use in a wide variety of medium-speed trunk piston en- gines including the latest design high output engines burning ma- rine diesel oils, or residual fuels with low, moderate or high sulfur content. • Chevron Marine Engine Oil Sym- bol 9250 - a high quality, high per- formance engine oil which fully com- plies with Symbol 9250 of the U.S.

Military specification MIL-L-9000H.

Drew Ameroid Murine

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Drew Ameroid Marine offers

AmerstatR 10 Fuel Microbiocide.

Amerstat 10 is a low-cost fuel microbiocide. Warm weather brings elevated risks of microbial contami- nation to vessels bunkering light diesel oil. Malfunctions and energy loss due to blockages and flow re- strictions can result from severe foul- ing and plugging of tanks, fuel lines, filters and injectors; and major clean- ing operations that require fuel offloading and demurrage add con- siderable expense. Amerstat 10 is a broad-spectrum biocide which can be used both for routine and emer- gency dosing of bunkers.

Elf Lub Murine

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Elf Lub Marine redesigned its new range of Elf cylinder lubricants at the end of 1991 to include Talusia

HR 70 and an improved Talusia XT 70. Elf Talusia XT 70 has been improved and offers enhanced per- formance through the application of the most recent quality standards.

The new Talusia XT 70 is adapted for the lubrication of all types of old and modern slow-speed engines and is currently used on more than 1,000 vessels. Elf Talusia HR 70 is a new product that was specially-designed to introduce an extra safety margin

Photo Credit: Brix Maritime so as to provide optimum engine performance under the most severe conditions. Talusia HR 70 satisfies very specific demands from ship- owners. Talusia HR 70 has more than 60,000 operating hours on dif- ferent vessels.

Ernasko, Inc.

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Ernasko, Inc.'s low-cost inte- grated Shipboard Monitor System can provide fuel savings, as well as system protection, and can assist in establishing preventive mainte- nance periods, provide historical records of monitored functions and provide alarms for impending prob- lems. The system operates through a standard 486 computer and in- cludes plug-in board with operating software, cabling, junction box, and sensors. Sensors (pressure, tem- perature, etc.) have pulsed fre- quency output, reportedly eliminat- ing electrical interference.

Exxon Company, II.SJL

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Exxon Company, U.S.A.'s zinc- free De-MarR 17P marine crank- case oil offers anti-wear perfor- mance without chlorinated compo- nents. Because it contains less than 10 ppm total halogens, De-Mar 17P is not subject to EPA tracking and reporting requirements affecting used oils with greater than 1,000 ppm total halogens. The company claims De-Mar 17P also offers im- proved oxidation control. The 17

TBN high-detergent product is de- signed to meet the severe service demands of the newer engines.

Exxon Murine

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Exxon Marine Synthetic Lubri- cants offer performance, economic and environmental advantages. On the technical front, equipment manufacturers design their equip- ment making synthetic oils manda- tory for the equipment to run prop- erly.

On the commercial front, longer oil drain intervals can be achieved and make economic sense. On the environmental front, Exxon's biode- gradable hydraulic oil offers excel- lent performance.

Exxon Marine offers synthetic products for various applications: centrifuge gearboxes, refrigeration and air compressors, turbocharger bearings, main propulsion and highly loaded gears, gas compres- sors, high temperature greases and biodegradable hydraulic oil.

Ferrous Corporation

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Ferrous Corporation offers BT-8, a non-metallic and ashless dispers- ant and fuel stabilizer, which was developed to help reduce the fuel- related problems resulting from high asphaltenes (six percent or more); high carbon residue; incompatibil- ity; and fouled fuel lines, heaters and tanks. BT-8 can also be used to clean up a fouled bunker tank.

BT-8 can reportedly keep fuel more homogenous, eliminating stratification and reducing incom- patibility problems.

Floridu Horizon Distribution

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Florida Horizon Distribution manufactures Pre-Lube 19, a trans- parent, medium viscosity lubricat- ing polymer providing protective coating against adverse corrosive ex- posure. The company claims that

Pre-Lube 19: • protects metal surfaces against salt water, acid fumes and other highly corrosive atmospheres, • penetrates wire rope to provide inner strand lubricity, corrosion pro- tection and prevent core rot, • protects galvanized steel against white rust, • is an excellent replacement for synthetic or petroleum coatings, • will not crack or drip or prevent visual inspection, • will not harm standard, non-me- tallic sheaves, • will not form a sheen on water.

The company also claims Pre-

Lube 19 is biodegradable, non- sheening, non-polluting and non- hazardous. Pre-Lube 19 is available in gallon, five-gallon or 55-gallon containers.

The Hammonds Companies

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