Field Evaluation of Built-In Test Equipment (BITE) for Vehicle Oil and Air Contamination.

Abstract

A two-phase, three-year project has been completed to select and evaluate candidate commercially available Built-In Test Equipment (BITE) for monitoring diesel engine crankcase lubricant quality (Oil-BITE) and engine induction system are quality (Air-BITE) for use with Army Tactical and Combat vehicles. The screening criteria employed in the selection phase for both Oil-BITE and Air-BITE were found to be adequate for identifying primary candidate equipment items for field test. Operational evaluation of Oil-BITE and Air-BITE equipment in a small, but representative sampling of tactical and combat vehicles at two major Army installations demonstrated that the specific Oil-BITE equipment evaluated does not have potential for significant vehicle maintenance savings and the Air-BITE equipment shows potential for sensing the presence of potentially harmful concentrations of sand and dust in vehicle engine air induction systems. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA100148

Entities

People

  • Frank M. Newman
  • John A. Russell
  • John D. Tosh
  • Ruben A. Alvarez

Organizations

  • Southwest Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Cleaners
  • Air Filters
  • Air Intakes
  • Analyzers
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Connectors
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engines
  • Field Tests
  • Induction Systems
  • Lubricants
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

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