Radiation thermometry : fundamentals and applications in the petrochemical industry

• Main Author: Saunders, Peter, 1965-
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE Press, ©2007.
• Series: Tutorial texts in optical engineering ; v. TT 78.
• Subjects: Radiation pyrometers.; Temperature measurements.; Petroleum chemicals industry.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781615837267; 1615837264; 9780819481153; 0819481157; 0819467839; 9780819467836
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 160 pages) : illustrations

This tutorial text provides an introduction to the subject of radiation thermometry, focusing on sources of measurement error and giving advice on methods for minimizing or eliminating these errors. Topics covered include: blackbody radiation, emissivity, reflection errors, and atmospheric absorptio...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• 1.1. The importance of temperature measurement
• 1.2. Why use radiation thermometry?
• Chapter 2. Radiation thermometry principles
• 2.1. Introduction
• 2.2. Heat transfer. 2.2.1. Conduction; 2.2.2. Convection; 2.2.3. Radiation; 2.2.4. Combined effects
• 2.3. Blackbody radiation. 2.3.1. Planck's law; 2.3.2. Wien's displacement law; 2.3.3. Approximations to Planck's law; 2.3.4. Total radiation and the Stefan-Boltzmann law
• 2.4. Emissivity
• 2.5. Reflected radiation. 2.5.1. Bi-directional reflectance
• 2.6. Absorption, emission, and scattering of radiation
• Chapter 3. Radiation thermometers
• 3.1. Introduction
• 3.2. Spectral-band thermometers. 3.2.1. Spectral responsivity; 3.2.2. Output signal; 3.2.3. Monochromatic approximation; 3.2.4. Radiance temperature; 3.2.5. Instrumental emissivity
• 3.3. The gold-cup pyrometer
• 3.4. Thermal imagers
• 3.5. The laser pyrometer
• 3.6. Ratio thermometers
• 3.7. Multi-wavelength thermometers.