EASZ-2 is an online water in oil / fuel analyser that continuously monitors the water content in oil and fuel. The monitoring can help you catch water contamination, which can help prevent equipment malfunction, corrosion, component wear and more. The analyser gives you a visual indication of water content and has backlights for alarm limits / conditions (green, amber and red).
EESIFLO EASZ-2 online water in oil / fuel analyser
Water Detection in Oil and Fuel
What are the sources of Water contamination in an oil?
Too much water in oil can cause a malfunctions so detecting water is important especially if the water content exceeds the design limitations of the equipment particullary when continuous lubrication is needed. This is also true for water in fuel.
Water can enter system in different ways, for example condensation in tanks, leaking heat exchangers, leaking coolers or even the precene of water from a process. It is not possible to ensure that a design always has a “water tight” system and that ingress or contamination never occurs.
What kind of damage can be caused by water in oil?
Water in oil can cause components to function less optimally than what they were designed for. The most obvious evidence is normally the presence of corrosion (rusting) as well as fatigue on rotating parts like bearings. Component wear, jamming and even the formation of ice crystals needs to be avoided in systems where their effects can cause unwanted damage, capital loss and in some cases even the safety of personnel.
Sampling of Water in Oil vs Continuous Measurement?
At any moment of the day, there are people taking samples of oil to test for water content either using a centrifuge method or some laboratory device e.g. Karl Fisher laboratory testing. Sampling frequency needs to be increased if you want water contamination found in a timely manner so that you can take action.
In many cases, this excessive sampling is not only costly but also time consuming and if you need continuous measurements it is not very effective. The EASZ-2 online water in oil / fuel analyser is an instrument that has been designed to give operators a chance to not only immediately detect the presence of water in an oil system but also to accurately measure the amounts present at any time.
Why use the EASZ-2 for water in oil measurements?
The EASZ-2 is a modern day “Easy 2 Use” online instrument that has better accuracy and and repeatability than it’s predecessors. It has been designed to faithfully maintain accuracy / repeatability in industrial environments without compromising precision, especially with lower concentrations of water.
Alarms and output
The EASZ-2 display will not only give a visual indication of the water content but also a backlight status e.g. green for normal condition, yellow / amber for approaching limits and red for alarm conditions. The electronics gives you a choice of a milliamp output, a contact output or Modbus communication as standard. The unit is also CE compliant and has been designed and tested to meet the most recent European EMC requirements.
The EASZ-2 Ex is also available for oil and gas industry applications. The electronics are housed in an Exd enclosure with a choice of intrinsically safe outputs.
