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Methods and Instruments for Condition Monitoring of Lubricants

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On-line Condition Monitoring in Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

Part of the book series: Applied Condition Monitoring ((ACM,volume 8))

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This chapter considers the on-line monitoring in tribology and industrial lubrication. Basic characteristics of oil and laboratory analytical methods are discussed. It is shown that growing requirements to performance of oil promote the development of new methods and instruments for condition monitoring. The devices for on-line monitoring based on the analysis of oil viscosity, dielectric permeability, conductivity, as well as the acid and base numbers are reviewed. Fluorescence emission of oil was used to develop a method and sensor for detecting oil degradation. The concept of this method based on evaluating oil oxidation rate by recording the shift of fluorescence spectrum to the long-wave region is described. Test results for hydraulic oils are compared with the data measured by standard method. The fluorescent method is compared with other techniques, such as the titration method and IR spectroscopy, while measuring the oil oxidation of transformer oil. It is shown that fluorescence emission ratio gives sufficient information for evaluating the oil degradation in real time.

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  2. Belarus National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus

    Liubou V. Markova

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Myshkin, N.K., Markova, L.V. (2018). Methods and Instruments for Condition Monitoring of Lubricants. In: On-line Condition Monitoring in Industrial Lubrication and Tribology. Applied Condition Monitoring, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61134-1_1

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