Portable lubricant filtration tool and methods of use

A portable lubricant filtration tool, comprising:

• an integrated filtration system mounted upon a skid, the integrated filtration system comprising:
• an inlet port;
• an outlet port;
• a pump configured to circulate a flow of lubricant into the inlet port, through an oil heater, through a series of filters, in view of a digital particle counter, and out of the outlet port, wherein the oil heater accumulates stored heat during the circulation;
• a filtration system terminal comprising a user interface and a programmable logic controller (PLC) configured to track a plurality of outputs from the pump, the oil heater, and the digital particle counter;
• a data logging and record keeping system, comprising:
• a filtration operations server operating one or more operations processors in communication with the PLC;
• a filtration database and a lubricant cleanliness database;
• and
• a management engine running on the filtration operations server, the management engine implementing a filtration data tracking and monitoring application for controlling the integrated filtration system;
• a delayed shutdown mechanism for protecting the lubricant residing in the oil heater from heat damage and comprising a cooling sensor and a cooling threshold both associated with the lubricant residing in the oil heater, the cooling sensor for determining when the flow of lubricant has substantially removed the stored heat from the oil heater after initiating the delayed shutdown mechanism;
• and
• wherein initiating a delayed shutdown of the flow comprises first turning off the oil heater and then slowing or halting the circulation of the flow of lubricant based on a determination by the cooling sensor that the cooling threshold has been crossed for the lubricant residing in the oil heater.