The oil/water monitor is a highly accurate online analyzer that is installed in a pipe and measures the amount of water in any oil or hydrocarbon under pressure.
Water contamination in oil is often measured for various purposes to prevent loss of revenue, additive depletion, oil oxidation, corrosion, reduced lubricating film thickness, accelerated component wear rates, microbiological growth, increase/ reduction of dielectric constant and loss of power. Many of these problems can be averted in time by careful monitoring.