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The permittivity of lubricant oil can be changed when the wear debris enters the oil. Capacitive sensing methods showed potential in monitoring debris in lubricant due to the simple structure and good response. In order to improve the detection sensitivity and reliability, this study proposes a new coaxial capacitive sensor network featured with parallel curved electrodes and non-parallel plane electrodes. As a kind of through-flow sensor, the proposed capacitive sensor network can be in situ integrated into the oil pipeline. The theoretical models of sensing mechanisms were established to figure out the relationship between the two types of capacitive sensors in the sensor network. The intensity distributions of the electric field in the coaxial capacitive sensor network are simulated to verify the theoretical analysis, and the effects of different debris sizes and debris numbers on the capacitance values were also simulated. 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