Portable Fuel Adulteration Detection System

Abstract

In this paper a portable solution to the problem of adulteration in diesel is proposed.
Techniques for checking adulteration in fuel are common. But, the biggest disadvantage of
these is that these are lab based and hence require sophisticated testing and analysis in
laboratories. The method that is proposed in this paper a portable apparatus that can be
directly fitted in vehicles and adulteration can be checked on the go. The method employed
uses polarimetry as the basis for sensing adulteration. The apparatus was designed after
careful deliberation on various techniques that could be used for checking adulteration in
diesel by kerosene. The proposed apparatus uses optical properties of the fuel samples to
give the results.