Total Lubmarine has developed a set of marine lubricants designed to work with a range of low sulphur fuels.
The company has received a no objection letter (NOL) from MAN Energy Solutions, for the use of Talusia Universal (BN 57, SAE 50) on MAN B&W 2-stroke engines operating on fuels with less than 0.5%S very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).
“We are very pleased to receive this approval and requalification for use with the latest IMO 2020 low sulfur fuels. My team has worked extremely hard with MAN-ES, whose close cooperation has been key in achieving this successful outcome,” said Total Lubmarine technical director, Jean-Philippe Roman.
“Following rigorous tests, the engine appeared very clean, with negligible wear, demonstrating the high quality of the Talusia Universal solution,” he added.
To achieve its NOL, Talusia Universal was tested on an 8S50MC-C MAN B&W engine operating on VLSFO (max 0.5%S). Inspections were carried out by MAN-ES engineers, who concluded that the performance of Talusia Universal was acceptable.
Total Lubmarine has also completed a successful 1,400-hour trial of Talusia Universal on a dual-fuel MAN B&W 7G50ME-GIE engine running continuously on gas with pilot fuel oil.
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