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Oil deaeration options

Air in oil is not good, if there’s a lot of air in the oil, the hydraulics don’t behave the way you expect them to:

– efficiency losses
– cavitation
– loud noise
– faster oil ageing
– higher temperatures
– changes in oil properties
– control problems

Air in oil impacts the life of the oil and the life of the components in the system. The components can be damaged because of the air in the system. The cavitation effects cause damage to components and create loud noise, micro-diesel effects and increases in temperature make oil age more quickly. This causes deposits to alter the oil viscosity and reduces the fluid thermal conductivity. Free air in the oil also increases the compressibility of oil and makes control unresponsive and imprecise leading to certain safety problems.

How does the air get into the oil?

There are a lot of ways, but the major ones are:
– by liquid sloshing in the tank
– by the pump suction the air
– through damaged seals in cylinders
– as a result of flawed filter tank design
– during maintenance works
– when equipment is connected

So what are the ways to decrease air bubbles in the hyd tank?

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Hydraulic tank volume

The main rule for hydraulic tank sizing is: “bigger is better”, but because there is not always exist a possibility to find a lot of space for the tank (mostly in mobile applications) we need to know and follow min requirements for system calculation.

Just wanted to summarize all info I have for estimation of hydraulic tank volume:

Min. value Recommendation
Industrial application – Mineral Oil
2.5 times of all pumps flow + 10% for air cushion 3..5 times of all pumps flow + 10% for air cushion
Industrial application – HFC/HFD
5 times of all pumps flow + 10% for air cushion 8 times of all pumps flow + 10% for air cushion
Mobile application – Open loop pumps
1.5..2 times of all pumps flow + 10% for air cushion 2.5 times of all pumps flow + 10% for air cushion
Mobile application – Close loop pumps
1..2 times of all CHARGE pumps flow + 10% for air cushion 1.5..2 times of all pumps flow + 10% for air cushion

Please correct me if I’m wrong.