Oil separator

摘要

An oil separator introduces purge air from an air dryer into a housing, separates oil from the purge air, and recovers collected liquid containing the oil. The oil separator is equipped with a detecting member. The detecting member detects the amount of the collected liquid in the housing and outputs the result of the detection to a reporting member.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
an air dryer comprising a supply line configured and arranged to supply compressed air and an exhaust line configured and arranged to discharge purge air; and an oil separator connected to the exhaust line of the air dryer, wherein the oil separator comprises a housing and an impingement member located in the housing, wherein the oil separator is configured to introduce purge air into the housing from the air dryer, cause the purge air to strike the impingement member to separate oil from the introduced purge air, thereby recovering collected liquid containing the oil, and discharge cleaned air, wherein the oil separator further comprises a detector provided in the housing, and wherein the detector is configured to
detect an amount of the collected liquid in the housing, andoutput a result of the detection to a notifying member, which notifies a user of the amount of the collected liquid based on the result of the detection.