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BVAdvanced Division of BVA Inc. has many new Product Developments and innovations in Technology and Engineering Support. Many developments will not be reported publicly as the company has a high priority for private label customers and developments for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). We are proud to report a partial list of innovations that have become public knowledge as we are of other patent pending technology directed at improved performance and energy reductions. ----------- November 2011 - BVAdvanced Products Division of BVA has competed development of novel new technology for Polyol Ester (POE) refrigeration oils. New RPOE Plus Series products will be introduced for OEM fill applications in early 2012. The new technology was recently compared to the current leading products in side by side independent laboratory testing. The Plus series was found to result in far less acid being produced in HFC applications, even when 2000 ppm water was added to stability tests. The Plus series even outperformed POEs made with "branched acids" and including acid scavengers, which was previously considered the most resistant to acid formation as a result of hydrolytic stability. BVAdvanced Director Glenn Short commented "The new Plus technology resulted in essentially no acid formation in two week long standard ASHRAE stability tests with 2000 ppm water added, where even the most hydrolytic stable competitive product had a substantial increase. This new technology seems to be solving the biggest issue that has plagued the industry since POEs were first introduced." RPOE Plus series products continue to provide other essential properties, such as superior miscibility and lubricity. It is expected that BVA Inc. will make this technology available to their traditional and aftermarket customers. June 2011 - BVAdvanced Products Division of BVA introduces the first commercially produced food grade ammonia refrigeration oil based on highly refined white hydrotreated mineral oil. The product has been under testing and development for more than a year. BVAdvanced also introduced a new food grade parasynthetic ammonia compressor lubricant to be used in lower temperature applications, with a typical pour point of -48C or below. While low pour point food grade white oils have been available for many years, these products have been based on highly refined oils with a high naphthenic content. The naphthenic white oils did not provide optimum performance as they had higher solubility with ammonia and lower viscosity indexes which when combined could reduce lubricity. The new BVAdvanced products use severely hydrotreated paraffinic white base stocks of a similar type to those that have become the standard in the industry for performance and competitive price over the past 30 years. Up until now, these products could not meet the cold temperature requirement of ammonia refrigeration applications. The result was that only products based on synthetic base fluids had been used. Operators of ammonia compressors in food plants, warehouses and distribution centers now have a more economical choice with higher performance. This new technology combined with advancements in specialty additives also results in an entire series of new food grade lubricants and state of the art improvements in the company's other lubricants for industrial machinery applications. The new lubricants are to include advanced products intended to provide energy savings and other cost saving benefits. These lubricants are marketed through our private label distribution system. Contact BVAdvanced Division for more information. June 2011 - BVAdvanced division completes development of new advanced formula gas compressor lubricants able to prevent corrosion to steel and babbit in acid gas (H2S/CO2/water) applications. BVAdvanced Director Glenn Short said "These formulas add to the company's already popular products which lead the industry in performance. The new formulas are available in a wide variety of base oil types including Polyalkylene Glycols (PAG), Polyalphaolefin (PAO) hand highly refined hydrotreated/hydrocracked mineral oils. Laboratory tests have been carried out at both high and low temperatures in simulated compressor environments with hydrogen sulfide concentrations to 30% and CO2 concentrations to 70%. Tests have been accelerated by adding 5 and 10% water. Two leading Original Equipment manufacturers (OEMs) provided steel and bearing samples for the tests. Field compressor trials are currently underway. The new technology expands the opportunity for operation of oil flooded screws with higher levels of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide. This is particularly important for continued extraction of crude oils in older fields where the compressors are used for gas recovery. This latest round of development extends research that has been underway since 2006 and has resulted in several new products. Of particular interest by some equipment manufactures is the development of the hydrocarbon (PAO and MO) formulas as previous formulas often had issues with water separation. The newer formulas have solved that issue and have been found to be much more effective on preventing corrosion than any product previously used. The hydrocarbon oils are far less soluble with carbon dioxide than the PAGs." The new products are available for all types of compressors. May 2011 - BVAdvanced Director Glenn Short presents new information at the Annual STLE meeting in Atlanta GA. The Technical Presentation included developments of screw compressor lubricants including air and process applications. major advancements announced in handling hydrocarbon gasses for improved efficiency using novel new lubricants and new additive formulations for "acid gas" applications with high levels of hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and water. Formulations developed and field tested over the last 5 years greatly reduce rate of corrosion to steel and yellow metals and prevent deposit build up in these difficult applications.
January 2010 - BVA introduces the first Polyalkylene Glycol Polyolester blend (PAG/POE) food grade compressor lubricants.
December 2009 - Patent for Lubricant / Lubricant additive (new chemical structure) for use in compressors, refrigeration and as a general lubricant additive. Originally applied for in 2006.
2009 - BVA begins releasing higher efficiency Extreme energy performance Gear Lubricants and hydraulic fluids (including MEHF) based on several new technologies. BVA applies for patents for higher energy efficiency gas compressor lubricants for use including refrigeration, process and hydrocarbon gasses. (patent pending)
April 2009 - the first 8000 hour screw compressor lubricant permitted in food plants were there is a possibility of incidental or indirect food contact was registered with NSF as H-1. The product improved over our 6000 hour product (already a 50% improvement in operating life over competitor products), which was a result of advanced additive technology. The new 8000 hour product achieved over 12,000 hours in some field test studies conducted over the previous two years. Different formulas were developed for synthetic hydrocarbon (PAO) as the primary base fluid and group V esters as additives and co-base fluids. Other versions using PAO/AN or POE are also available from BVAdvanced . The POE versions may provide 12,000 or longer operating hours.
2008 - new higher efficiency lubricants designed to operated over a very wide temperature range receive approval in railroad applications (details confidential). BVAdvanced Division of BVA Inc introduces new high efficiency air compressor lubricants.
2006 - BVA completed developing new types of corrosion inhibitors for use in process and gas compressors handling Hydrogen Sulfide and Carbon dioxide. Test studies were conducted with typical gas compositions and higher levels of H2S and water, under typical pressures and temperatures, and using OEM provided steel and bearing materials. Results were significantly superior in fighting corrosion and providing cleaner operation than competitive products. The technology has been extended to for use to include PAG, PAO, Mineral Oils. Additional tests were scheduled to evaluate the new additives for applications with pipeline brines.
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