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The ability of the developed sensor to directly detect furfural in the insulating oil was investigated. The detection limit of the sensor has been found to be 9 ppb, with a linear response up to about 30 ppb. However there is a sensible response up to 0.15 ppm. Because of the small linearity range, the Hill equation is suggested for the quantification. The sensor has been effectively tested in real oil samples collected from aged electrical equipment removed from service. The assessed concentration of furfural is in good agreement with that evaluated by a high pressure liquid chromatography (HLPC) method, confirming the good selectivity of the proposed sensor.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s150408499","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,14]],"date-time":"2015-04-14T03:11:46Z","timestamp":1428981106000},"page":"8499-8511","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":76,"title":["Monitoring of Low Levels of Furfural in Power Transformer Oil with a Sensor System Based on a POF-MIP Platform"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7769-0984","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nunzio","family":"Cennamo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, Second University of Naples, Via Roma 29, Aversa 81031, Italy"}]},{"given":"Letizia","family":"De Maria","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Transmission and Distribution Technologies, RSE Research on Energetic System S.p.A, Via Rubattino 54, Milano 20134, Italy"}]},{"given":"Girolamo","family":"D'Agostino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli, Pavia 12-27100, Italy"}]},{"given":"Luigi","family":"Zeni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, Second University of Naples, Via Roma 29, Aversa 81031, Italy"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Pesavento","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli, Pavia 12-27100, Italy"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"230","DOI":"10.1109\/TPWRD.2003.820175","article-title":"Aging of oil-impregnated paper in power transformers","volume":"19","author":"Lundgaard","year":"2004","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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