Abstract:
The tip of an alloy rod (5) in a vacuum chamber (1) is remelted by radiation with an electron beam (6) from an electron gun (2) and the remelted droplets (7) fall into a mold (3) where they solidify. The droplets (7) are scanned a plurality of times through a window (10) provided on the vacuum chamber (1) by an image pickup device (11) as they pass its field of view. From the signal of the maximum level obtained during these scans, temperature data of the droplet (7) is obtained by a temperature measurement control device (12).
Abstract:
Disclosed are apparatus and a method for remotely measuring the temperature of a hot gas, for example, in fired furnaces. This is achieved by adjusting the physical temperature of a black body (4) until it equals the radiation temperature of the black body (4) as determined by a pyrometer (5) viewing the black body through the hot gases (3). The radiation temperature is the equal to the line averaged temperature of the gas.
Abstract:
Production-worthy method and system comprising two computer-based subsystems for determining temperature of an irradiant mass movable through process means in a hostile environment exemplified as a coke guide and coke oven in a battery of ovens. First subsystem which is carried by a movable coke guide/door machine, includes one or more cote guide pyrometers arranged vertically. The second subsystem stationed in a central office having a base computer package, a line printer and a printer/plotter. Two-way data communication between the two subsystems Is exemplified by a two-way radio link. Each subsystem logs both coke level data and coke vertical and horizontal temperature profile data and alarm messages. Tabular printouts of temperature and diagnostic data are provided. Graphical displays are also provided by the base computer system of coke level, temperature and summary data, oven push schedules and/or self-diagnostic messages of various process and measurement operations.
Abstract:
A camera 20 contains a row of diodes 22 sensitive to infrared radiation and mounted on a turntable 24 for rotation about the optical axis of the camera. The signals from the diodes provide a temperature profile of a band across the width of a strip 10 of hot rolled steel moving in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis 30 and to the lenght of the row of diodes 22. Since the diodes are low accurancy devices, their measurements are compensated by normalizing co-efficients derived by comparison with the signal provided by an optical pyrometer 28 viewing the central part of the steel strip in the region of the optical axis 30. To enable all diodes to be calibrated, calibration is effected with the turntable 24 rotated 90° to align all the diodes with the central part of the strip as viewed by the pyrometer 28. The camera may be mounted on one arm of a C-frame 12 having X-ray tubes in an arm 14 and X-ray detectors in the other arm 16 forthe purpose of measuring the thickness profile of the strip 10 in known way. The compensated temperature measurements can then be used to correct the corresponding thickness measurements to take account of the variation in apparent thickness with density, and hence temperature.
Abstract:
Amethod is disclosed for measuring the temperature of remote hot samples (4) in the presence of ambient radiation (7). A portion of the surface of the sample (4) is for example treated (6), to obtain a spectral emissivity different from the untreated surface (5). The spectral radiances of the treated (6) and untreated (5) surface portions are measured and the temperature calculated from these values and the known emissivities.
Abstract:
An improved ratio type infrared thermometer utilizes integrating amplifiers (20) for each waveband having the integration time automatically set so that the output voltage utilizes the full range of an analog to digital convertor (26). The gain and offset of the amplifiers (20) is not ambient temperature dependent so accurate digital representations of the signal for each waveband are provided. The linearized output of each detector is optionally provided so that special or proprietary algorithms for computing the temperature of colored objects can be utilized. A special feature for downloading of updated new programs utilizes a "programming jumper" (54) and an attenuation warning signal is provided for selected levels of attenuation.
Abstract:
The method for measuring the surface temperature of an object comprises: taking ellipsometry measurements on the object in order to determine at least a first energy (E1) and a second energy (E2) of photons of an electromagnetic beam, energies for which the measurements are respectively substantially independent and dependent of the temperature; creating and directing towards the object an incident electromagnetic beam comprising at least the first (E1) and the second (E2) energies of photons; measuring the polarization change for the first photon energy (E1) and determining, from said measurement, the thickness of the material layer; determining the temperature of the object surface from the measurement of the polarization change for the second photon energy (E2) of the beam while taking into account the thickness of the material layer.
Abstract:
A radiation detector (2) for detecting infrared radiation, which radiation detector (2) comprises: (i) an enclosure (4) having means (6) through which a radiation beam can enter the enclosure (4); (ii) at least two radiation-sensitive devices (10, 12) which produce electrical signals responsive to impinging radiation, and which are positioned inside the enclosure (4) such that (a) the radiation beam can impinge upon a first one of the radiation-sensitive devices (10, 12) and be partially absorbed by that radiation sensitive device, (b) any non-absorbed radiation is reflected from the first radiation-sensitive device to the next radiation sensitive device, and (c) the non-absorbed radiation from the last radiation-sensitive device is reflected back over the same path towards the first one of the radiation-sensitive devices; and (iii) an output means (22) for providing external access to an electrical signal produced by the radiation-sensitive devices (10, 12); and the radiation detector (2) being such that the radiation-sensitive devices (10, 12) are indium/gallium/arsenide radiation-sensitive devices which enable the radiation detector (2) to detect infrared radiation in the wavelength region of 980-1640 nm.