[3D2] A review of online oil quality sensors and the comparative merits of sensors and offline laboratory oil analysis

S Greenfield
Anokhi Consulting Engineers, UK 

Remote laboratory oil analysis remains a trusted and highly reliable tool with which to assess the health of machines and fluids. In recent years, the demand for instant results has spawned the development of many online oil quality sensors, some with a single measure and others with multiple. What type of online sensors would fulfil your needs and how well can they compare with offline laboratory analysis? In this paper, a review of available and research-level sensors is considered to address this question.