Oil state monitoring method and oil state monitoring device
AssigneeNational University Corporation University of Fukui
InventorsTomomi Honda, Yoshiro Iwai, Akira Sasaki
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Abstract
Disclosed are an oil state monitoring method and an oil state monitoring device which monitor the state of degradation of oil used in machinery or equipment. In monitoring the oil state by the oil state monitoring method and by the oil state monitoring device, oil used in machinery or equipment is filtered when the degradation state of the aforementioned oil is to be monitored. By means of filtration, the oil content is removed from the filter which captured contaminants that were present in oil prior to filtration. Light is projected onto the filter from which oil was removed. The projected light detects the color components of the transmitted light which penetrated the aforementioned filter.
Claims5
An oil state monitoring method for monitoring degradation states of oil used in machinery or equipment, the oil state monitoring method comprising:
- a filtering step that filters the oil with a filter;
- a filter treatment step that removes the oil content from the filter which filtered the oil in the filtering step and which captured contaminants which are present in the oil prior to an oil filtration;
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- a transmitted light-detection step that detects color components of transmitted light being light which is emitted onto the filter treated in the filter treatment step and which is penetrated through the filter.
An oil state monitoring device for monitoring oil degradation states with a filter, which filters oil used in machinery or equipment, which captures contaminants which are present in the oil prior to an oil filtration, and which oil content were removed from, the oil state monitoring device comprising:
- a first light source that is installed at least on a side of a first face, which is either side of the filter which is set in the oil state monitoring device, and which is a side where the oil is present prior to the oil filtration at the filtering and that emits first light onto the filter to monitor the oil degradation states;
- a second light source that is installed on the side of a second face which is a reverse side of the first face and that emits second light onto the filter to monitor the oil degradation states;
- a first color sensor that is installed at least on a side of the second face and that detects color components of first transmitted light which is the first light penetrated through the filter and color components of second reflected light which is the second light reflected from the second face;
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- a second color sensor that is installed on the side of the first face and that detects color components of first reflected light which is the first light reflected from the filter and color components of second transmitted light which is the second light penetrated through the filter.
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