Route-based substance analysis system and method

A route based analysis method comprising:

• displaying a route including assets with oil to be inspected;
• determining the type of oil used in each asset;
• locating, for each asset on the route, one or more oil property methods specific to the oil used in the asset;
• locating, for each asset along the route, an alarm set specific to the asset;
• loading oil from an asset on the route into a sample cell;
• producing an infrared spectrum for the oil introduced to the oil sample cell;
• analyzing said spectrum of each asset's oil using said one or more specific methods producing oil properties;
• comparing the oil properties with the alarm set specific to the asset;
• and
• displaying said oil properties and any alarm indications for each asset.

An analysis system comprising:

• a sample cell;
• an analysis subsystem configured to analyze a substance introduced to the sample cell;
• and
• a processing subsystem configured to:
• determine the type of substance associated with an asset,
• locate, for each asset, one or more analysis methods specific to the substance used in the asset, and
• analyze the asset's substance using said one or more located analysis methods producing at least one property after introducing said substance to the sample cell.

An analysis method comprising:

• determining the type of substance associated with an asset;
• locating, for each asset, one or more analysis methods specific to the substance associated with the asset;
• and
• analyzing each asset's substance using said one or more analysis methods producing at least one property after introducing said substance into a sample cell.