• DocumentCode
    165497
  • Title

    Lubricant oil condition monitoring by means of a scattering-free LED-based system

  • Author

    Mignani, A.G. ; Ciaccheri, L. ; Mencaglia, A.A. ; Adriani, G. ; Paccagnini, A. ; Campatelli, M. ; Ottevaere, Heidi ; Thienpont, Hugo

  • Author_Institution
    Ist. di Fis. Appl. "Nello Carrara", Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    12-14 May 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    An original optical setup is proposed for monitoring TAN online. An integrating sphere is used for scattering-free absorption measurements. A single-wavelength interrogation scheme is proposed, which is precursor of using LED illumination. The experiment demonstrates that, depending on the lubricant oil being used, TAN can be predicted by simple optical measurements with good accuracy.
  • Keywords
    absorption coefficients; condition monitoring; light emitting diodes; lubricating oils; LED illumination; TAN; lubricant oil condition monitoring; scattering-free LED-based system; scattering-free absorption measurement; single-wavelength interrogation scheme; total acid number; Biomedical monitoring; Fluorescence; Monitoring; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Shape; TV; LED; TAN; absorption spectroscopy; integrating sphere; lubricant oil;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Technologies, 2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Naples
  • Print_ISBN
    978-8-8872-3718-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/Fotonica.2014.6843906
  • Filename
    6843906