摘要
To address the need for the on-site measurement of aging oil, in this paper, we propose an impedance-based microsensor for analyzing the moisture content in engine oil. Using a microfabrication process, we fabricated an interdigitated microelectrode and integrated it with a 3 D-printed microcontainer to produce a microsensor that can detect changes in the permittivity of oil. When the moisture content in oil increases, this sensor can detect the resulting change in the oil impedance, which is related to its permittivity, and then determine the degree to which the oil has aged. The test results show that the proposed microsensor has the advantages of being small and having high sensitivity, good accuracy, and the ability to be combined with hand-held instruments.The proposed method is expected to be used for the rapid, low cost, on-site determination of oil aging.
基金
the financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC No. U1733120, 61601469, 61674114, 61701475, 91743110, 21861132001)
National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFF0204604, 2018YFE0118700)
Tianjin Applied Basic Research and Advanced Technology (17JCJQJC43600)
the 111 Project (B07014)
the Initial Scientific Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University (No. Pilq1902)
the Foundation for Talent Scientists of Nanchang Institute for Micro-technology of Tianjin University
the Open Research Fund of Key Laboratory of MEMS of Ministry of Education, Southeast University。