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New Oil Detector System Enables Fully Instrumental Operation of Oxygen Reciprocating Compressors

Ernst, P
Manager of project engineering, Sulzer Burckhardt Engineering Works, Ltd., Winterthur,

Pages: 8    Published: Jan 1986

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Abstract

This paper presents a new electronic oil detector system that guarantees a continuous monitoring of the function of the oil retention system of oxygen reciprocating compressors. As a measuring method the system uses the variation in the capacitance of a capacitor, as a result of absorption of oil by an absorbent element serving as a dielectric. Field experience shows that this system is a major step forward in safe, automatic, remote control of oxygen reciprocating compressors.