Kunlun Enters the Dalian Nuclear Power Unit, Guaranteeing No Oil Change for 20 Years (2012-01-09)

Recently, Kunlun Lubricant, a leading brand in the lubricant industry, stood out in competition with a number of foreign brands and successfully entered the Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant in Dalian. The KTL46 long-life turbine oil for nuclear power developed by Kunlun Lubricant will be charged into Unit 2 of the nuclear power plant. This is the third time that Kunlun KTL46 long-life nuclear power turbine oil has entered the high-end nuclear power market, after the Lingao Nuclear Power Plant and the Fujian Ningde Nuclear Power Plant. So far, Kunlun KTL46 long-life nuclear power turbine oil has been installed and used in the nuclear power field for a total of 800,000 liters, occupying a place in the high-end nuclear power market.

According to experts, in China's steam turbine industry, the largest one-million-kilowatt-class nuclear power steam turbine units represent the highest level of technology and manufacturing. Kunlun KTL46 long-life turbine oil is a high-end product independently developed by PetroChina Lubricant Company. It holds dual certification from the turbine manufacturers Alstom and Siemens and offers oxidation resistance, rust removal and long service life, making it particularly suitable for turbine units of 600,000 kW and above; under normal use it guarantees no oil change for 20 years.

Five years ago, domestic turbine oils entering the nuclear power field was still a vain hope, and domestic nuclear power plants had always used foreign brand lubricants. Relevant personnel at nuclear power plants once said directly: domestic turbine oils have no precedent for installation in one-million-kilowatt units, so we have not considered domestic oils. Relying on strong technology and unremitting efforts, PetroChina Lubricant Company changed this situation. At present, technical experts from Kunlun Lubricant are communicating fully with the equipment manufacturer to ensure that Kunlun KTL46 long-life nuclear power turbine oil is installed and used in nuclear power plants as soon as possible.

As a leading enterprise in the lubricant industry, PetroChina Lubricant Company has always taken improving the country's lubrication standards as its mission, persisted in combining independent innovation with open cooperation, and, relying on the scientific research strength of the two major research centers in Dalian and Lanzhou, focused on independent innovation and developed a series of heavyweight new achievements with international advanced levels and independent intellectual property rights to help China's lubricant industry make substantial progress. In 2009, the project Preparation Technology and Industrial Application of Extreme-Pressure Anti-wear Additives and Additive Packages for Gear Oils, completed under the leadership of PetroChina Lubricant Company, won the second prize of the 2009 National Technology Invention Award. Successfully entering nuclear power plants several times in a row is of epoch-making significance for reducing the production costs of domestic nuclear power plants and realizing the localization of oils used in the power equipment of China's nuclear power plants, and is also further proof that the technology of Kunlun products is at the international leading level.

Liao Guoqin, General Manager of PetroChina Lubricant Company, said that successfully entering the nuclear power field shows from one angle that the specialized model of integrating production, research and sales that PetroChina Lubricant Company has long adhered to has become the company's core competitive advantage, and that the localization of oils for nuclear power steam turbine units is part of the localization of the entire nuclear power industry. In the future, Kunlun Lubricant will, as always, adhere to the path of localizing oils for nuclear power steam turbine units, strengthen independent innovation, and make its own contribution to raising the country's lubrication standards.