EESi-News May 2006

Some Applications
Hydraulic Fluids
Lubricating Fluids
Jet Fuel
Fuel Oil
Diesel

Moisture in oil sensor for paper mills, steel mills, marine applications, pulp and paper mills, diesel engines, fuel oil and hydraulic systems. The EASZ-1 is a multipurpose highly accurate online water sensor.

Measuring water.
The industry standard practice has been to report water content as a percentage of the total volume or in parts per million (ppm) The EASZ-1 can directly measure the ppm or percentage water in oil in a process.

This has enormous advantages for clients wishing to correlate actual moisture readings with laboratory results. The fact is, the EASZ-1 is more reliable than spot sampling or laboratory results , simply because it is monitoring the total volume of oil 24 hours a day.

The EASZ-1 can be calibrated to any type of oil. The electronics do not drift and the sensing elements are not destroyed by water.

 
Water can occur in three different forms in oil : dissolved in the fuel, as a separate liquid phase (free water), and as a fuel-water emulsion. Some tiny amount of dissolved water is present in all oils. Free water or a water emulsion are potentially hazardous and must be avoided. The EASZ-1 is an instrument that will measure water contamination in a dissolved, emulsion or free water state below 100ppm with a resolution of +/- 35ppm and up to 250,000 ppm. The advantage of the EASZ-1 is it’s ability to measure below and above saturation levels with a remarkable response time of 1 second.

No matter how accurate an instrument claims to be, the problem is real time immediate response measurements that can be considered representative of the liquid in the flowing stream. Whatever the situation, it is important to conduct independent laboratory tests which will prove the viability of a moisture in oil measurement device through representative and reliable composite samples.

Since laboratory analysis will report values in ppm, it is necessary to correlate ppm lab reports with ppm reports from the EASZ-1 sensor. The standard OEM sensor can be manufactured out of stainless steel but is not limited to this material. Special applications which require exotic materials such as Duplex, Monel, Hastelloy, Titanium or gold plating can be accommodated. Please contact our corporate headquarters for special requirements