Accelerated screening methods for predicting lubricant performance in refrigerant compressors. Progress report, May 1, 1993--December 31, 1993.

摘要

As part of an overall testing program to identify more effective bench testers for screening oils for compressors, a comparison is made in this report between data obtained from a Falex specimen tester and those obtained from a high pressure tribometer (HPT). The Falex data were supplied by three compressor manufacturers. These data were mainly obtained by bubbling refrigerants through the oil, whereas, the data from the HPT are based on environmental (temperature and pressure) found in specific contacts in compressors. The same contact geometries and materials are used for both the Falex and the HPT tests. The main purpose of this comparison is to see if the controlled environment and the lower loads used with the HPT produces different rankings than that obtained from the Falex tests. In general, the results obtained from the HPT did not always correlate with each other and those obtained from the Falex tester. These findings are discussed in detail in this report.