Lubrication device for gas engine
Providing a gas engine in which the drain oil in the blow-by gas as a lubricant is mixed into the air fuel-gas mixture, the lubricant actively lubricating the bearing surfaces of the wear parts such as the valve seats and valve guides as to the intake-air valve and the exhaust gas valve, so that the lubricating device improves the engine lubricating conditions. A lubrication device for a gas engine thereby a valve gear room 6 is formed on a cylinder head, including: a blow-by gas discharge pipe 3 through which the blow-by gas flowing into the valve gear room 6 is discharged; whereby, an oil mist separator 4 is arranged at the downstream side of the blow-by gas discharge pipe, the oil mist separator separating the drain oil and the air in the blow-by gas; the outlet regarding the drain oil from the oil mist separator communicates with an oil discharge device 1 through an oil pipe 3 s , the an oil discharge device being arranged at an upstream side of a gas mixer 110 mixing the fuel gas with the intake air for the engine, the upstream being in relation to the intake air; the outlet regarding the air from the oil mist separator communicates with an air inlet of the air cleaner 25 for the engine intake air, through a breathing pipe 5.
1. A lubrication device for a gas engine provided with a valve gear room formed on a cylinder head of the engine comprising:
a blow-by gas entrance pipe through which the blow-by gas generated in the gas engine flows into the valve gear room, and
a blow-by gas discharge pipe through which the blow-by gas led into the valve gear room is discharged;
wherein an oil mist separator for separating the blow-by gas into drain oil and air is arranged at the downstream side of the blow-by gas discharge pipe;
the outlet for the drain oil from the oil mist separator communicates with an oil discharge device via an oil pipe, the oil discharge device being arranged at an upstream side in relation to the intake air of an air fuel-gas mixer for mixing the fuel gas with the intake air for the engine; and
the outlet for the air from the oil mist separator communicates with an air inlet of the air cleaner for the engine intake air via an air pipe.
2. The lubrication device for a gas engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the oil discharge device comprises a flow speed accelerating means that is arranged inside the oil discharge device for increasing the speed of the intake airflow toward the air fuel-gas mixer;
the pressure inside the blow-by gas discharge pipe is reduced to a negative pressure by use of the flow speed accelerating means so that the discharge of the blow-by gas through the blow-by gas discharge pipe is easily performed.
3. The lubrication device for a gas engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the blow-by gas entrance pipe is arranged in a lower open hole provided at a lower part of the valve gear room so that the blow-by gas flows into the valve gear room through the blow-by entrance pipe in the open hole, and the oil mist separator is connected to an upper open hole via the blow-by gas discharge pipe, the upper open hole formed at a location higher than where the blow-by gas entrance pipe is arranged in the valve gear room so that the blow-by gas is led to flow into the blow-by discharge pipe.