An industrial oil degassing system and method to remove gas from an industrial machine oil. Described is an industrial oil degassing system, including a pressure tank under pressure to receive oil charged with gas, a separation tank with an atmospheric pressure to separate gas from the oil, and a seal oil tank with an atmospheric pressure to receive the degassed oil from the separation tank. Further described is a method for industrial degassing of oil with the steps of exerting a pressure to a pressure tank, supplying the oil to the pressure tank, supplying the oil from the pressure tank to a separation tank with atmospheric pressure, separating gas from the oil in the separation tank, and supplying the degassed oil to a seal oil tank with atmospheric pressure.

A fluid system of a machine. The fluid system includes a fluid reservoir, a pump coupled to the fluid reservoir, a filter coupled to the pump and a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a first port, a second port coupled to the first port and to the fluid reservoir, a third port coupled to the first port, and a first check valve positioned between the first port and the second port. The fluid system further includes a second check valve positioned between the filter and the third port.

An oil conditioner is provided for removing impurities from oil, such as water, fuel and glycol, to increase engine life and efficiency. An evaporator assembly includes an upper plate, a lower plate, with a heater unit sandwiched between the two. To increase the efficiency of the evaporator assembly, materials are selected so that the upper plate thermal conductivity property is greater than the lower plate thermal conductivity property; and, optionally, the lower plate includes a reflective surface to direct thermal radiation toward the upper plate. This unique design enables oil conditioning with reduced power consumption and improved heating compared to existing technology.

A magnetic device for capturing metal wear particles in suspension in a lubrication fluid, the magnetic device being for inserting in a straight-line insertion direction of the magnetic device into a wall of a casing via a through orifice serving to put an inside volume of the casing containing the lubrication fluid into communication with an outside volume outside the casing, the magnetic device presenting a longitudinal axis X, the longitudinal axis X being for putting into coincidence with the direction for inserting the magnetic device into the casing, the magnetic device comprising a permanent magnet suitable for attracting the metal particles and a, presence-detector member for detecting the metal particles attracted by the permanent magnet.

A refiner device for refining of a liquid, wherein the refiner device includes a housing provided with a liquid inlet for unrefined oil or fuel, a liquid outlet for refined oil or fuel, an air inlet for supplying a flow of air into the housing, and an air outlet for discharging air and contaminants removed from the liquid. The refiner device further includes a liquid receiving plate arranged inside the housing, the refiner device arranged such that when liquid has passed through the liquid inlet during operation of the device, the liquid is contacted with an upper surface of the liquid receiving plate before it reaches the liquid outlet, and at least one heating element arranged to directly or indirectly heat the liquid while the liquid is in contact with the liquid receiving plate. The refiner device further includes a hollow air-guiding member arranged at the liquid receiving plate.

Various embodiments of valve assemblies are provided for use in connection with the fluid systems of machines such as engine-powered machines. The valve assemblies may be used for performing fluid refill operations, fluid evacuation operations, fluid purge operations, and other types of fluid operations in connection with machine maintenance.

An oil conditioner is provided for removing impurities from oil, such as water, fuel and glycol, to increase engine life and efficiency. An evaporator assembly includes an upper plate, a lower plate, with a heater unit sandwiched between the two. To increase the efficiency of the evaporator assembly, materials are selected so that the upper plate thermal conductivity property is greater than the lower plate thermal conductivity property; and, optionally, the lower plate includes a reflective surface to direct thermal radiation toward the upper plate. This unique design enables oil conditioning with reduced power consumption and improved heating compared to existing technology.

Techniques for managing a lubricant fluid include storing a lubricant fluid that includes liquid water in an interior volume of a reservoir, which includes a vapor space above the lubricant fluid that encloses water vapor; circulating, with a blower, a first airflow from the vapor space to an ambient environment to remove at least a portion of the water vapor to the ambient environment; circulating a second airflow to a heater in fluid communication with the vapor space within the interior volume of the reservoir; heating the second airflow with the heater; circulating the heated airflow into the vapor space to reduce a relative humidity of the vapor space; and releasing at least a portion of the liquid water from the interior volume of the reservoir through a control valve coupled to the reservoir.

Techniques for managing a lubricant fluid include storing a lubricant fluid that includes liquid water in an interior volume of a reservoir, which includes a vapor space above the lubricant fluid that encloses water vapor; circulating, with a blower, a first airflow from the vapor space to an ambient environment to remove at least a portion of the water vapor to the ambient environment; circulating a second airflow to a heater in fluid communication with the vapor space within the interior volume of the reservoir; heating the second airflow with the heater; circulating the heated airflow into the vapor space to reduce a relative humidity of the vapor space; and releasing at least a portion of the liquid water from the interior volume of the reservoir through a control valve coupled to the reservoir.

A vacuum dehydrator for removing water from lube oil including a vacuum chamber having a contaminated lube oil contact zone, a lube oil inlet for introducing a water contaminated lube oil into the contact zone, a hot air inlet for introducing a heated air stream into the contact zone, a decontaminated oil outlet fluidly connected to the decontaminated oil collection zone, and a wet air outlet fluidly connected to the disengagement zone. The lube oil inlet and the hot air inlet are configured to introduce and contact the water contaminated lube oil and the hot air in the contact zone, producing a dehydrated oil received into the decontaminated oil collection zone and a wet air stream containing entrained oil droplets received into the disengagement zone. The disengagement zone includes a tortuous divergent flow path traversing from a disengagement zone inlet to the wet air outlet.