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Granted Patent B2
US 11,802,863 · App. 16/966,443 · Granted Oct 31, 2023

Oil condition determination system, oil condition determination method, and oil condition determination program

Inventors: Masatoshi Sasaki (Osaka, JP); Yasuteru Asakawa (Osaka, JP); Tomomi Honda (Fukui, JP); Tatsunari Koyama (Nara, JP); Akira Nakatsu (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
G01N33/28G01K7/22G01N27/06G01N27/22G01N27/60
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Patent No.
US 11,802,863
App. No.
16/966,443
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An oil condition determination system includes a resistance value measurement unit and a determination unit. The resistance value measurement unit applies a measurement voltage between a pair of measurement electrodes in contact with oil to measure a resistance value of the oil. The determination unit determines, when a change tendency of the resistance value of the oil is reversed, that condition of the oil is changed.

Claims (66)

1. An oil condition determination system, comprising:

a resistance value measurement unit configured to apply a measurement voltage between

a pair of measurement electrodes in contact with oil to measure a resistance value of the oil; and

a determination unit configured to, when a change tendency of the resistance value of the oil is reversed, determine that condition of the oil is changed, wherein

a change in the resistance value of the oil has

a first phase in which an additive in the oil is consumed,

a second phase in which an oxidized product in the oil increases, and

a third phase in which sludge in the oil increases,

the determination unit is configured to determine, when the change tendency of the resistance value of the oil between the second phase to the third phase changes from a decreasing tendency to an increasing tendency, that a condition of oxidation of the oil is changed.

2. The oil condition determination system of claim 1 , wherein

the determination unit is configured to determine the change tendency of the resistance value of the oil based on a difference between a resistance value of the oil at a first time point and a resistance value of the oil at a second time point next to the first time point.

3. The oil condition determination system of claim 1 , wherein

the determination unit is configured to, when the resistance value of the oil changes in a same direction a prescribed number of times consecutively, determine the change tendency of the resistance value of the oil.

4. The oil condition determination system of claim 1 , wherein

the determination unit is configured to, when the change tendency of the resistance value of the oil is reversed, determine that the oil is oxidized.

5. The oil condition determination system of claim 1 , wherein

the measurement voltage is an alternating-current voltage.

6. The oil condition determination system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an electrostatic capacitance measurement unit configured to apply an alternating-current voltage at a prescribed frequency between a pair of facing electrodes to measure electrostatic capacitance between the pair of facing electrodes, the pair of facing electrodes facing each other with a space provided therebetween, the oil being provided in the space, wherein

the determination unit is configured to, when the electrostatic capacitance is greater than or equal to a threshold, determine that the condition of the oil is changed.

7. The oil condition determination system of claim 6 , wherein

the determination unit is configured to, when the electrostatic capacitance is greater than or equal to the threshold, determine that the oil is contaminated.

8. The oil condition determination system of claim 6 , wherein

the determination unit is configured to, when a change in the electrostatic capacitance is greater than or equal to a determination value, determine that an amount of the oil is changed.

9. The oil condition determination system of claim 8 , wherein

the determination unit is configured such that when the determination unit determines that the amount of the oil is changed, the determination unit refrains from using, for determination of whether or not the condition of the oil is changed, a resistance value of the oil before determining that the amount of the oil is changed.

10. The oil condition determination system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a temperature measurement device configured to measure temperature of the oil, wherein

the determination unit is configured to perform temperature compensation of the resistance value of the oil based on the temperature of the oil measured by the temperature measurement device.

11. The oil condition determination system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a temperature measurement device configured to measure temperature of the oil, wherein

the determination unit is configured to, when the temperature of the oil measured by the temperature measurement device is higher than or equal to a prescribed start temperature, determine a change in the condition of the oil.

12. The oil condition determination system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an output configured to output a determination result by the determination unit.

13. An oil condition determination system, comprising

a resistance value measurement unit configured to apply a measurement voltage between a pair of measurement electrodes in contact with oil to measure a resistance value of the oil;

a determination unit configured to, when a change tendency of the resistance value of the oil is reversed, determine that condition of the oil is changed; and

an electrostatic capacitance measurement unit configured to apply an alternating-current voltage at a prescribed frequency between a pair of facing electrodes to measure electrostatic capacitance between the pair of facing electrodes, the pair of facing electrodes facing each other with a space provided therebetween, the oil being to be provided in the space, wherein

the electrostatic capacitance measurement unit is configured to switch the prescribed frequency between a first frequency and a second frequency higher than the first frequency,

the determination unit is configured to, when the electrostatic capacitance corresponding to the first frequency is greater than or equal to a threshold, determine that the condition of the oil is changed, and

the determination unit is configured to, when a change in the electrostatic capacitance corresponding to the second frequency is greater than or equal to a determination value, determine that an amount of the oil is changed.

14. An oil condition determination method, comprising:

determining, when a change tendency of a resistance value of oil is reversed, that condition of the oil is changed, wherein

a change of the resistance value of the oil has

a first phase in which an addictive in the oil is consumed,

a second phase in which an oxidized product in the oil increases, and

a third phase in which sludge in the oil increases,

in the step for determining that the condition of the oil changes, determining, when the change tendency of the resistance value of the oil between the second phase to the third phase changes from a decreasing tendency to an increasing tendency, that a condition of oxidation of the oil is changed.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an oil condition determination program configured to cause one or more processor to execute the oil condition determination method of claim 14 .

16. An oil condition determination system of claim 1 , comprising:

a resistance value measurement unit configured to apply a measurement voltage between

a pair of measurement electrodes in contact with oil to measure a resistance value of the oil; and

a determination unit configured to, when a change tendency of the resistance value of the oil is reversed, determine that condition of the oil is changed, wherein

the determination unit is configured to determine, when the change tendency of the resistance value of the oil changes from a decreasing tendency to an increasing tendency, that oxidation of the oil occurs.

17. An oil condition determination system, comprising:

a resistance value measurement unit configured to apply a measurement voltage between

a pair of measurement electrodes in contact with oil to measure a resistance value of the oil; and

a determination unit configured to, when a change tendency of the resistance value of the oil is reversed, determine that condition of the oil is changed, wherein

a change of the resistance value of the oil has

a first phase in which an addictive in the oil is consumed,

a second phase in which an oxidized product in the oil increases, and

a third phase in which sludge in the oil increases,

the change tendency of the resistance value of the oil changes between the first phase and the second phase and between the second phase and the third phase,

the determination unit is configured to determine,

when the change tendency of the resistance value of the oil between the first phase and the second phase changes from an increasing tendency to a decreasing tendency, that an addictive in the oil is consumed, and

when a change tendency between the second phase and the third phase changes from a decreasing tendency to an increasing tendency, that oxidation of the oil occurs.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2023
From: SENSE-PRO CORPORATION
To: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063138/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2020
From: SASAKI, MASATOSHI; ASAKAWA, YASUTERU; HONDA, TOMOMI; KOYAMA, TATSUNARI; NAKATSU, AKIRA
To: SENSE-PRO CORPORATION; NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053361/0470 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-015699 · Jan 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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