Real-time Detection of Oil Viscosity Using Coplanar Capacitive Sensors

Mahdi Saleh; Imad H. Elhajj; Daniel Asmar; Sally Antoun

doi:10.1109/sensors47125.2020.9278814

Real-time Detection of Oil Viscosity Using Coplanar Capacitive Sensors

Mahdi Saleh, Imad H. Elhajj, Daniel Asmar, Sally Antoun

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Abstract

Measurement of oil's internal flow resistance, usually known as viscosity, is essential in several domains such as automotive and oil production. Although different types of viscometers are available in the market, several limitations affect their usability in real-time applications; mainly the requirement for calibration. In this paper, we introduce a new method for detecting the oil viscosity based on coplanar capacitive sensors. This method relies on analyzing the changes in the measured capacitance while the sensor is installed in a dynamic scheme; moving vertically in and out of an oil sample. Due to this new working principle, the proposed sensing system has several advantages over the commercially-available sensors in terms of low manufacturing cost, simplicity of operation, and online calibration capability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE Sensors
Place of Publication	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728168012
ISBN (Print)	9781728168029
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/sensors47125.2020.9278814
Publication status	Published - Oct 2020

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Name	Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Volume	2020
ISSN (Print)	1930-0395
ISSN (Electronic)	2168-9229

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