Hand-held refractometer-based measurement and excess permittivity analysis method for detection of diesel oils adulterated by kerosene in field conditions

B Kanyathare, KE Peiponen - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Adulteration of fuels is a major problem, especially in developing and third world countries.
One such case is the adulteration of diesel oil by kerosene. This problem contributes to air …

Wavelength-dependent excess permittivity as indicator of kerosene in diesel oil

B Kanyathare, KE Peiponen - Applied Optics, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Adulteration of diesel oil by kerosene is a serious problem because of air pollution resulting
from car exhaust gases. The objective of this study was to develop a relatively simple optical …

A prototype of an optical sensor for the identification of diesel oil adulterated by kerosene

B Kanyathare, K Kuivalainen, J Räty… - Journal of the …, 2018 - jeos.edpsciences.org
Background: Liquid fuel adulteration has several far-reaching impacts such as
environmental pollution. A widespread practice is typically the adulteration of diesel oil by …

Imaginary optical constants in near-infrared (NIR) spectral range for the separation and discrimination of adulterated diesel oil binary mixtures

B Kanyathare, B Asamoah, KE Peiponen - Optical Review, 2019 - Springer
Fuel adulteration is a major factor contributing to environmental pollution. The tendency to
adulterate diesel oil with kerosene is becoming prevalent in many countries, which is …

Bilinear calibration of coaxial transmission/reflection cells for permittivity measurement of low-loss liquids

K Folgerø - Measurement Science and Technology, 1996 - iopscience.iop.org
Several parameters describing the quality of petrochemical products can be revealed from
the permittivity spectrum of the product. This requires that the permittivity be measured with …

Permittivity of diesel fossil fuel and blends with biodiesel in the full range from 0% to 100%: Application to biodiesel content estimation

J Corach, PA Sorichetti, SD Romano - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
The relative permittivity of diesel fossil fuel and blends with biodiesel from soybean, in the
full range from pure diesel to 100% biodiesel, was determined at temperatures between …

Permittivity of biodiesel-rich blends with fossil diesel fuel: Application to biodiesel content estimation

J Corach, PA Sorichetti, SD Romano - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
The relative permittivity of biodiesel-rich blends, from pure biodiesel to 50% blends with
diesel fossil fuel, were determined at temperatures between 303.0 K and 343.0 K (controlled …

Analytical method to estimate the complex permittivity of oil samples

L Su, J Mata-Contreras, P Vélez, A Fernández-Prieto… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this paper, an analytical method to estimate the complex dielectric constant of liquids is
presented. The method is based on the measurement of the transmission coefficient in an …

Fiber optic method to determine adulteration in petrol

A Sadat - 2013 Annual International Conference on Emerging …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper deals with an electronic technique to determine adulteration of petrol by
kerosene. In this method the light is guided inside an optical fiber in which optical fiber …

[HTML][HTML] Adulteration detection in olive oil using dielectric technique and data mining

M Rashvand, M Omid, H Mobli, MS Firouz - Sensing and Bio-Sensing …, 2016 - Elsevier
Olive oil is one of the most important agricultural crops due to its digestive properties and
economic status. However, olive oil production is a costly process which causes an …