Claims
- 1. A method for the modification of a system's base lubricant's flow rate and/or properties during engine operation comprising:
a) Regularly monitoring, directly or indirectly, one or more engine condition parameters in an engine with one or more instruments selected from the group comprising XRF or BN measurement with IR spectra b) Calculating from said engine condition parameters an amount to vary the feed rate or modify the properties of the base lubricant to the engine c) Varying the feed rate or modifying the properties of the lubricant.
- 2. A process as in claim 1 wherein said engine condition parameters is one or more parameters selected from the group comprising lubricant iron content, fuel sulfur content and lubricant Total Base number.
- 3. A process as in claim 1 where said engine is an all-loss lubricating system.
- 4. A process as in claim 1 where said engine is a recirculating lubrication engine.
- 5. A process as in claim 3 where said engine is a two-stroke diesel engine.
- 6. A method as in claim 5 wherein said two-stroke diesel engine is a crosshead said two-stroke diesel engine.
- 7. A process as in claim 3 wherein the method is applied to a marine or industrial diesel engine.
- 8. A process as in claim 3 where said engine is a two-stroke or four-stroke internal combustion engine.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application claims priority to Provisional Application No. 60/391,319 filed Jun. 25, 2002 and Provisional Application No. 60/374,904 filed Apr. 23, 2002.
Provisional Applications (2)
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Number |
Date |
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60391319 |
Jun 2002 |
US |
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60374904 |
Apr 2002 |
US |