OIL RECLAMATION DEVICE

摘要

An oil reclamation device (2) comprises, in a single unit, a full flow filter (10), a bypass filter (12) and a vapourising chamber (6). The full flow filter (10) extracts solid contaminants having a particle size of 15 microns or greater and the bypass filter (12) extracts solid contaminants having a particle size of 1 micron or greater. Liquid contaminants are removed in the vapourising chamber (6). If the full flow filter (10) and bypass filter (12) are fitted directly to the housing (4) of the vapourising chamber (6), the oil reclamation device (2) can be made extremely compact and easy to service. The housing of the vapourisation chamber (6) may be fitted with a heating device (72) for heating the housing (4) and additionally may be provided with means for detecting the temperature of the housing, such as a thermocouple (74). The thermocouple (74) can be used to control the output of the heating device (72) in response to the detected temperature of the housing (4). In this way, the housing (4) is kept within an acceptable temperature range, to ensure vapourisation of liquid contaminants in the vapourising chamber (6).