A lubrication circuit for a gas turbine engine comprises a heat exchanger having an inlet pipe which carries a flow of lubricant to the heat exchanger; a heater configured to heat lubricant to produce a flow of heated lubricant to be provided to the heat exchanger; and a sensor operable to measure a measured parameter from which it can be determined whether the lubricant requires heating.

A computer implemented method system and apparatus for determining remaining life of engine oil in an engine includes generating reference engine profile data by determining reference engine parameters of a reference engine; determining reference engine oil lubrication data based on mechanical testing of an oil sample from the reference engine; generating a reference model by associating the reference engine profile data with the reference engine oil lubrication data; receiving the reference model at an engine apparatus; measuring engine parameters relating to operation conditions of an engine of the engine apparatus; and determining remaining life of engine oil in the engine of the engine apparatus using the reference model and the engine parameters.

The invention relates to the field of aeronautical propulsion, and more particularly an on-board drainage reservoir of an aircraft engine, the on-board reservoir including a first compartment with a first intake passage for receiving fluid drained from the engine, a first closeable emptying passage, and a first quality sensor assembly for detecting at least one quality parameter of the fluid drained from the engine.

The invention relates to the field of aeronautical propulsion, and more specifically to an emptying and monitoring device and method for emptying and monitoring a fluid drained from an aircraft engine. The emptying and monitoring device comprises at least one first intake passage for receiving, directly from the aircraft, fluid drained from the engine, and a first quality sensor assembly for detecting at least one quality parameter of the fluid drained from the engine, having been admitted through the first intake passage.

To monitor oil quality of an automotive vehicle, a sensor generates a signal indicative of a characteristic of the oil. A processor is configured to determine the oil quality from the signal. A communication component transmits an indication of whether the determined oil quality meets an unacceptability criterion to an external device.

A vehicle liquid testing system includes a liquid testing apparatus with a form factor of a dipstick. The system includes a sensor that detects a property of a fluid in a vehicle and emits a signal indicative of the property. A transmitter receives the signal from the sensor and transmits the signal. A controller receives the signal from the transmitter and compares the signal from the sensor to a threshold level to determine a condition of the fluid.

A method for operating an internal combustion engine wherein the internal combustion engine to be operated is supplied with lubricating oil via an oil circuit. A measurement value of a total base number and/or a measurement value of the viscosity of the lubricating oil currently used in the oil circuit for the lubrication is detected. Dependent on the established measurement value of the total base number and/or dependent on the established measurement value of the viscosity an exchange oil quantity for the oil circuit is determined. Currently used lubricating oil to an extent corresponding to the exchange oil quantity is removed from the oil circuit. New lubricating oil to an extent corresponding to the exchange oil quantity is supplied to the oil circuit.

A computer for a manufacturer includes: a storage device storing amount-of-change determination values specified for respective amount-of-change indexes indicative of tendencies of temporal changes in pieces of sensor data A, B, and C, about a plurality of oil properties including a viscosity, a density, and a dielectric constant of oil; an abnormality determining section determining abnormality of the oil on the basis of the pieces of sensor data A, B, and C about the plurality of oil properties and abnormality determination values SAh, SAI, SBh, and SCh prescribed for the respective pieces of sensor data A, B, and C about the plurality of oil properties; a cause identifying section identifying, when the abnormality determining section determines the oil to be abnormal, the cause of the abnormality on the basis of the type of the oil property determined to be abnormal and the amount-of-change determination value of the oil property.

A controller sets a target hydraulic pressure from a required hydraulic pressure of a hydraulically operated device according to an operating condition of an engine. The controller causes an oil control valve to perform feedback control of the discharge amount of an oil pump in such a manner that an actual hydraulic pressure detected by a hydraulic pressure sensor coincides with the target hydraulic pressure. The controller executes feedback control after executing fixed duty control of setting a duty ratio of the oil control valve to a fixed duty ratio for a predetermined period of time from start of the engine.

An oil blending system for a marine diesel two-stroke engine and/or generator comprises a blender having at least one inlet for receiving a lubrication oil and at least one other component and at least one outlet for outputting a mixed lubrication oil composition to the engine or generator. A blender controller is configured to receive parameter data on the current lubrication oil status used in the engine or generator and receive parameter data on the current engine and/or generator status. The blender controller is also configured to automatically determine whether the currently used lubrication oil is within a predetermined parameter range based on the current engine and/or generator status. If the current lubrication oil is outside a predetermined parameter threshold, the blender controller is configured to determine a new lubrication oil composition for the engine or generator.