Method and kit for testing polyolester lubricants used in refrigerant compressors
申请人:THERMO KING CORPORATION
公开号:EP0867719A1
公开(公告)日:1998-09-30
Both a method and a kit for testing the fitness of a polyolester lubricant of the type used in a refrigerant compressor are provided. In the method of the invention, a solution for indicating an excess acidity of the polyolester lubricant is obtained by mixing a color acidity indicator, such as alizarin, with a sufficient amount of an alkaline to neutralize the inherent acidity of the lubricant. The resulting solution changes color only upon the presence of an excess acid condition associated with a compressor malfunction, such as burn out. Both the method and the kit are particularly well adapted to determine the fitness of polyolester lubricants of the type prepared by the reaction of trimethylolpropane with a mixture of a branched and a linear acid.
本发明提供了一种方法和一种工具包,用于测试制冷剂压缩机中使用的聚烯烃润滑剂的适用性。在本发明的方法中,通过将颜色酸度指示剂(如茜素)与足量的碱性物质混合以中和润滑剂的固有酸性,可获得用于指示聚烯烃润滑剂酸度过高的溶液。只有在出现与压缩机故障(如烧毁)相关的过量酸性条件时,所得溶液才会变色。该方法和试剂盒尤其适用于测定由三羟甲基丙烷与支链酸和线性酸混合物反应制备的聚胆固醇润滑剂的适用性。