In a perfect scenario, the oil in a refrigeration or air conditioning system would stay inside the compressor’s crankcase to lubricate the compressor’s moving parts. However, because of ever-changing ...

Because refrigerants and refrigeration oils are miscible in one another, there will always be some oil that leaves the compressor with the refrigerant being circulated throughout the refrigeration ...

Declining performance of a large compressor-driven steam turbine's surface condenser at Shell Chemical LP's petrochemical complex in Norco, La., was constraining an associated process unit to a ...