Research Article

Partial Least Squares (PLS) Integrated Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Approach for Prediction of Moisture in Transformer Oil and Lubricating Oil

Table 1

Summary of literature studies of moisture in oil using FTIR.

Types of oil (moisture range)Spectral region used (matrix of moisture)Reference

Motor oil (200–1568 ppm)
Hydraulic oil (200–800 ppm)
3400 cm−1 (water in oil)Henning [15]
Transformer oil (2–43 ppm)3616 cm−1 (water in acetonitrile)Hadjadj et al. [8]
Edible oil (0–2000 ppm)3629 cm−1 (water in dioxane)Van de Voort et al. [16]
Crude Palm oil (0–13%)3700 cm−1 (water in oil)Che Man and Mirghani [17]
Edible oil (0–1000 ppm)1631 cm−1 (water in acetonitrile)Meng et al. [14]
Biodiesel (0–10%)3750–3700 and 1700–1500 cm−1 (water in oil)Mirghani et al. [12]
Turbine oil (30–1460 ppm)3410 and 3454 cm−1 (water in oil)Higgins and Sleenbinder [11]
Lubricating oil (0.1–3.7%)3600–3100 cm−1 (water in oil)Blanco et al. [18]
Lubricating oil (100–4000 ppm)5400–4900, 3750–3200, 1800–1500 cm−1 (water in DMSO)Ng and Mintova [4]
Lubricating oil (0–2100 ppm)3676 cm−1 (water in acetonitrile)Van de Voort et al. [5]