发明名称 Apparatus and method for lubricant condition control and monitoring
摘要 An air or oil dryer module is provided to remove or reduce moisture from a lubricant using a pressurized air supply to inject dry air into a lubricant sump. As the "dry air" or air with a minimized moisture content, gathers moisture from the lubricant a relative humidity sensor detects an increase in air moisture. At a pre-determined relative humidity level, a fresh supply of air is added into the lubricant sump, purging the higher relative humidity level air from the sump. A method of reducing moisture content of a lubricant contained in an enclosed space is also disclosed and is performed by agitating the lubricant, providing a humidity sensor in fluid communication with the enclosed space, measuring the humidity of the enclosed space and comparing the humidity measurement with a pre-selected humidity level, introducing dry air into the enclosed space if the humidity level equals or exceeds the pre-selected humidity level, until the saturated humidity level is less than the pre-selected humidity level.
申请公布号 US6447573(B1) 申请公布日期 2002.09.10
申请号 US20000670852 申请日期 2000.09.27
申请人 TRICO MANUFACTURING COMPANY 发明人 RAKE BRAD
分类号 F16N27/00;F16N29/02;F16N39/00;(IPC1-7):B01D53/02 主分类号 F16N27/00
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