Hydro T-EL Field Trials on the U9 turbine at the Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station in Sweden

VBASE Oil Company is pumped for the opportunity to trial our Hydro T-EL turbine oil on the U9 turbine at the Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station. VBASE Hydro T-EL was developed by our parent company, Tetramer Technologies, with funding support from the Department of Energy Waterpower Technology Office.

The Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station is Europe’s preeminent hydropower research and development facility operated by Porjus Hydropower Centre Foundation, a joint collaboration between Andritz, GE Renewable Energy, and Vattenfall.

Thanks to the engineering team at GE Hydro Solutions’ Global Center of Excellence in Birr Switzerland, Tetramer was able to verify the performance of Hydro T-EL on a combined thrust/guide bearing test rig. With exceptional performance across speed, load, and temperature regimes, Hydro T-EL is an environmentally acceptable turbine oil that meets or exceed the rigorous standards of the hydropower industry. The trial at the Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station will allow us to validate the performance of our Hydro T-EL turbine oil under in-service conditions.