	US 11,982,402 B2
	Integrated system for online detection and automatic removal of water and particulate contaminants from turbine oil
Hasanur Jamal Molla, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/011,507.
Prior Publication US 2022/0065397 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F16N 39/00 (2006.01); B01D 17/02 (2006.01); B01D 17/12 (2006.01); B01D 21/00 (2006.01); B01D 45/06 (2006.01); B01D 45/08 (2006.01); F16N 39/04 (2006.01)

CPC F16N 39/005 (2013.01) [B01D 17/0205 (2013.01); B01D 17/12 (2013.01); B01D 21/0027 (2013.01); B01D 45/06 (2013.01); B01D 45/08 (2013.01); F16N 39/04 (2013.01); F16N 2200/20 (2013.01); F16N 2270/50 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A vacuum dehydrator for removing water from lube oil, the vacuum dehydrator comprising:

a vacuum chamber comprising a contaminated lube oil contact zone intermediate a decontaminated oil collection zone and a disengagement zone;

a lube oil inlet for introducing a water contaminated lube oil into the contact zone of the vacuum chamber;

a hot air inlet for introducing a heated air stream into the contact zone of the vacuum chamber;

a decontaminated oil outlet fluidly connected to the decontaminated oil collection zone; and

a wet air outlet fluidly connected to the disengagement zone;

wherein 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;

wherein the lube oil inlet comprises one or more spiral nozzles configured to disperse a plurality of contaminated lube oil droplets into a contaminated oil contact zone;

wherein the disengagement zone comprises a tortuous divergent flow path traversing from a disengagement zone inlet to the wet air outlet.