Contaminants & Corrosion

Standard Guide for Sampling, Test Methods, and Specifications for Electrical Insulating Liquids

Standard Test Method for Corrosive Sulfur in Electrical Insulating Liquids

Standard Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Test

Standard Test Method for Corrosion Test for Engine Coolants in Glassware

Standard Test Methods for Silicone Liquids Used for Electrical Insulation

Standard Test Method for Simulated Service Corrosion Testing of Engine Coolants

Standard Test Method for Hydrolytic Stability of Hydraulic Fluids (Beverage Bottle Method)

Standard Test Method for Engine Coolants by Engine Dynamometer

Standard Practice for Testing Engine Coolants in Car and Light Truck Service

Standard Terminology Relating to Electrical Insulating Liquids and Gases

Standard Specification for Glycol Base Engine Coolant for Automobile and Light-Duty Service

Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus

Standard Test Method for Analysis of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Insulating Liquids by Gas Chromatography

Standard Terminology Relating to Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants

Standard Specification for Phosphate Ester Based Fluids for Turbine Lubrication

Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

Standard Specification for Mineral and Synthetic Lubricating Oil Used in Steam or Gas Turbines

Standard Test Method for Corrosion of Cast Aluminum Alloys in Engine Coolants Under Heat-Rejecting Conditions

Standard Practice for In-Service Monitoring of Mineral Turbine Oils for Steam, Gas, and Combined Cycle Turbines

ASTM practice for in-service monitoring of mineral turbine oils in steam, gas, and combined-cycle power-generation turbines.

Standard Specification for Silicone Liquid Used for Electrical Insulation

Standard Terminology for Engine Coolants and Related Fluids

Standard Specification for Low Silicate Ethylene Glycol Base Engine Coolant for Heavy Duty Engines Requiring a Pre-Charge of Supplemental Coolant Additive (SCA)

Standard Specification for Supplemental Coolant Additives (SCAs) for Use in Precharging Coolants for Heavy-Duty Engines

Standard Guide for Characterizing Hydrocarbon Lubricant Base Oils

Standard Specification for Fully-Formulated Glycol Base Engine Coolant for Heavy-Duty Engines

Standard Practice for In-Service Monitoring of Lubricating Oil for Auxiliary Power Plant Equipment

ASTM practice for in-service monitoring of lubricating oils in auxiliary, non-turbine power-plant equipment.

Standard Test Method for Rust-Preventing Characteristics of Inhibited Mineral Oil in the Presence of Water

Standard Practice for Evaluating Compatibility of Mixtures of Turbine Lubricating Oils

Standard Specification for Glycerin Base Engine Coolant for Automobile and Light-Duty Service

Standard Specification for Fully-Formulated Glycerin Base Engine Coolant for Heavy-Duty Engines

Standard Test Method for Initial pH (i-pH)-Value of Petroleum Products

Thermal Performance of Transformers

HVDC Converter Transformers: Design Review, Test Procedures, Ageing Evaluation and Reliability in Service

Insulating Oil Reclamation and Dechlorination

DGA in Non-Mineral Insulating Liquids

Oxidation Stability of Insulating Fluids

Copper Sulphide Long Term Mitigation and Risk Assessment

A CIGRE brochure on managing copper sulphide risk in transformers — how it forms, how to assess the danger, and which long-term mitigations work.

Transformer Post-Mortem Analysis

New Laboratory Methodologies for Investigating of Insulating Liquids

Petroleum Products — Determination of PCBs and Related Products

Petroleum products and used oils — Determination of PCBs and related products — Part 2: Calculation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) content

Fluids for Electrotechnical Applications — Mineral Insulating Oils

Specification for unused mineral insulating oils. Reference baseline for new-oil and post-treatment acceptance testing.

Mineral insulating oils in electrical equipment — Supervision and maintenance guidance

Categorises in-service mineral oil quality by colour, water, IFT, BDV, acidity and DDF. Drives our condition-assessment thresholds and trending reports.

Insulating liquids - Contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) - Method of determination by capillary column gas chromatography

Test Method for Detection of Potentially Corrosive Sulphur in Insulating Oil

A heated copper-and-paper test that reveals whether a transformer oil can form conductive copper sulphide on winding insulation.

Test methods for quantitative determination of corrosive sulfur compounds in unused and used insulating liquids – Part 1: Test method for quantitative determination of dibenzyldisulfide (DBDS)

A gas-chromatographic method that measures how much dibenzyl disulfide is present in insulating liquid, turning a yes/no corrosion question into a number.

Test methods for quantitative determination of corrosive sulfur compounds in unused and used insulating liquids – Part 3: Test method for quantitative determination of elemental sulfur

Fluids for electrotechnical applications - Unused natural esters for transformers and similar electrical equipment

The IEC specification defining quality requirements and test methods for unused natural ester insulating fluids in transformers.

IEEE Guide for the Evaluation of the Remaining Life of Impregnated Paper-Insulated Transmission Cable Systems

IEEE Guide for Acceptance and Maintenance of Insulating Mineral Oil in Electrical Equipment

IEEE's guide for acceptance and maintenance of insulating mineral oil in electrical equipment. Cross-referenced wherever IEC 60422 is applied.

IEEE Guide for Acceptance of Silicone Insulating Fluid and Its Maintenance in Transformers

IEEE guide for accepting silicone (polydimethylsiloxane) transformer fluid on delivery and maintaining its properties in service.

IEEE Guide for Evaluation and Reconditioning of Liquid Immersed Power Transformers

IEEE Guide for Acceptance and Maintenance of Natural Ester Insulating Liquid in Transformers

IEEE guide for acceptance testing and in-service maintenance of natural ester insulating liquid in transformers.

IEEE Guide for the Reclamation of Mineral Insulating Oil and Criteria for Its Use

IEEE guide for reclaiming service-aged mineral insulating oil and the criteria governing reuse of the treated oil.

Guidance for in-servicing of lubricating oils for steam, gas and combined cycle turbines

Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (class L) — Family H (Hydraulic systems) — Specifications for hydraulic fluids in categories HFAE, HFAS, HFB, HFC, HFDR and HFDU

Petroleum Products — Determination of Electrical Conductivity

Lubricants — Family H (Hydraulic) — Specifications for HETG, HEPG, HEES, HEPR

Lubricants — Family T (Turbines) — Specification for Turbine Bearing Oils