General
Engine oil loss is a severe problem in today’s engine development. Downsizing engines together with turbocharging, reducing piston ring thickness in combination with increased cylinder pressures result in engine oil loss. Minimizing oil loss requires knowledge of the engine states in which it occurs.
Especially for transient engine operation real-time measurement instrumentation is obligatory in order to obtain time resolved oil consumption profiles. The V&F LubeSense has been specifically designed for this task. In combination with the V&F GasOxidizer oil consumption rates can now be determined online by means of the SO2 tracer method.
Functional Diagram
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Measureable Compounds
Lube Oil Consumption
| Substance name | Molecular formula |
| Oxygen | O2 |
| Water | H2O |
| Sulfur dioxide | SO2 |
Specifications
| Technical Data | IMR-MS | Technical Data | IMR-MS |
| Mass range | 7 – 160 amu | Ambient temperature | 20 °C - 35 °C |
| Resolution | ‹ 1 amu | Humidity max. | 80 % (non-condensing) |
| Analysis time | >= 100 msec/amu | Gas consumption | 30 – 150 ml/min |
| Measuring range* | 10^4 | Gas inlet temperature | 50 °C – 190 °C adjustable |
| Response time* | T90 ‹ 20 msec | Gas inlet pressure | 0.75 – 2 bar(a) |
| Lower detection limit* | <= 10 ppb | Power | 230 V/50 Hz or 115 V/60 Hz 800 W |
| Concentration drift | ‹ ± 5 % over 24 h | Dimension (WxHxD) | 534 x 743 x 639 mm |
| Reproducibility | ‹ ± 3 % | Weight | 87 kg |
| Accuracy | ‹ ± 2 % |
* depending on the components measured, system setup and the settings
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