Evaluation of Portable Near Infrared Fuel Analysis Spectrometer

Abstract

The objective of this effort was to evaluate the FuelEx portable Near Infrared (NIR) Spectrometer fuel analyzer, by Bruker Optics Inc., developed under guidance from TARDEC under Small Busines Innovative Research contract DAAE07-01-C-L008. The portable spectrometer was evaluted to determine the chemometic effectiveness of the spectrometer's models, providing for an analysis of chemometric model's ability to accurately correspond to known fuel property values as determined by standard ASTM test procedures, evaluate the repeatability of an instrument when measuring the same fuel multiple times and calculate the reproducibility to evaluate the variation of the four instruments being tested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA535021

Entities

People

  • Joel Schmitigal

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Analyzers
  • Biodiesels
  • Contracts
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Engineering
  • Flash Point
  • Fuels
  • Jet Engine Fuels
  • Measurement
  • Petroleum
  • Reproducibility
  • Spectrometers
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Petroleum Engineering