Abstract
A novel optical fibre sensor has been developed for on-line monitoring of oil quality within industrial equipment. The monitoring is based on chromatic modulation because of the inherent self-referencing demonstrated by this technique. The sensor is shown to exhibit long-term stability and is capable of operating up to a temperature of 120 degrees C. Several industrial oils have been examined using the sensor, and typical modulation depths of 20% were obtained with resolution in the range of 0.1%. This is sufficient to record some interesting physical and chemical changes related to the reaction kinetics of oil degradation. The sensor is also capable of detecting oil leaks within a system since it can distinguish between the chromaticities of oil and air.
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