Turbomachine lubricating oil analyzer system, computer program product and related methods
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- at least one computing device configured to monitor a lubrication oil by performing actions including;
determining, by a processor, an initial ideal remaining life for the lubrication oil;
determining a temperature-based remaining life for the lubrication oil based upon a temperature measurement of the lubrication oil;
calculating a contamination factor of the lubrication oil based upon a contamination sample of the lubrication oil,wherein the contamination factor is calculated based upon either;
a measurement of at least one of the following properties of the lubrication oil;
a ferrous particle count, a water content, a dielectric constant or an international organization for standardization (ISO) level particle count;
or an averaged international organization for standardization (ISO) level particle count calculated from averaging a plurality of ISO level particle counts for the lubrication oil;
determining an updated ideal life remaining for the lubrication oil based upon the contamination factor, the initial ideal remaining life, and the temperature-based remaining life; and
determining an actual life remaining for the lubrication oil based upon the updated ideal life remaining and a life loss factor.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the invention include a system having: at least one computing device at least one computing device configured to monitor a lubrication oil by performing actions including: determining an initial ideal remaining life for the lubrication oil; determining a temperature-based remaining life for the lubrication oil based upon a temperature measurement of the lubrication oil; calculating a contamination factor of the lubrication oil based upon a contamination sample of the lubrication oil; determining an updated ideal life remaining for the lubrication oil based upon the contamination factor, the initial ideal remaining life, and the temperature-based remaining life; and determining an actual life remaining for the lubrication oil based upon the updated ideal life remaining and a life loss factor.
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16 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
at least one computing device configured to monitor a lubrication oil by performing actions including; determining, by a processor, an initial ideal remaining life for the lubrication oil; determining a temperature-based remaining life for the lubrication oil based upon a temperature measurement of the lubrication oil; calculating a contamination factor of the lubrication oil based upon a contamination sample of the lubrication oil, wherein the contamination factor is calculated based upon either;
a measurement of at least one of the following properties of the lubrication oil;
a ferrous particle count, a water content, a dielectric constant or an international organization for standardization (ISO) level particle count;
or an averaged international organization for standardization (ISO) level particle count calculated from averaging a plurality of ISO level particle counts for the lubrication oil;determining an updated ideal life remaining for the lubrication oil based upon the contamination factor, the initial ideal remaining life, and the temperature-based remaining life; and determining an actual life remaining for the lubrication oil based upon the updated ideal life remaining and a life loss factor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product comprising program code, which when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to monitor a lubrication oil by performing actions including:
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determining, by a processor, an initial ideal remaining life for the lubrication oil; determining a temperature-based remaining life for the lubrication oil based upon a temperature measurement of the lubrication oil; calculating a contamination factor of the lubrication oil based upon a contamination sample of the lubrication oil, wherein the contamination factor is calculated based upon either;
a measurement of at least one of the following properties of the lubrication oil;
a ferrous particle count, a water content, a dielectric constant or an international organization for standardization (ISO) level particle count;
or an averaged international organization for standardization (ISO) level particle count calculated from averaging a plurality of ISO level particle counts for the lubrication oil;determining an updated ideal life remaining for the lubrication oil based upon the contamination factor, the initial ideal remaining life, and the temperature-based remaining life; and determining an actual life remaining for the lubrication oil based upon the updated ideal life remaining and a life loss factor. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
at least one computing device configured to analyze a lubrication oil from a turbomachine by performing actions including; predicting, by a processor, an initial ideal remaining life for the lubrication oil; determining a temperature-based remaining life of the lubrication oil based upon a measured temperature of the lubrication oil; determining a contamination factor of the lubrication oil based upon a measured contaminant level of the lubrication oil, wherein the contamination factor is determined based upon either;
a measurement of at least one of the following properties of the lubrication oil;
a ferrous particle count, a water content, a dielectric constant or an international organization for standardization (ISO) level particle count;
or an averaged international organization for standardization (ISO) level particle count calculated from averaging a plurality of ISO level particle counts for the lubrication oil;determining a life loss factor of the lubrication oil based upon the initial ideal remaining life, the temperature-based remaining life, and the contamination factor; determining an amount of life lost from the lubrication oil based upon the life loss factor and a sampled frequency of the lubrication oil; calculating a refined ideal remaining life for the lubrication oil based upon the amount of life lost and the initial ideal remaining life; and predicting an actual remaining life of the lubrication oil based upon the refined ideal remaining life and the life loss factor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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