Evaluation of Portable Near Infrared Fuel Analysis Spectrometer

摘要

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.