Remote thermometry with thermographic phosphors: Instrumentation and applications
- Engineering Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-7280 (United States)
- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 (United States)
The temperature-dependent characteristics of fluorescence of several rare-earth-doped ceramic phosphors has made these materials the focus of a major effort in the field of noncontact thermometry over the past few decades. These {open_quotes}thermographic phosphors,{close_quotes} e.g., Y{sub 2}O{sub 3}:Eu, have been used for remote measurements of the temperatures of both static and moving surfaces, and have performed many other tasks that standard sensors (thermocouples, thermistors, etc.) cannot. The range of usefulness of this class of materials extends from cryogenic temperatures to those approaching 2000{degree}C. The instrumentation needed for this type of thermometry has followed many different lines of development, and this evolution has produced a wide variety of both field- and laboratory-grade systems that are now described in the literature. In general, the technique offers high sensitivity ({approx}0.05{degree}C), robustness (e.g., stability of the sensor sample in harsh environments), and NIST traceability. In addition, such systems have been successfully adapted to make remotely sensed measurements of pressure, heat flux, shear stress, and strain. In this review, we summarize the physical mechanisms that form the basis for the technique, and then catalog and discuss the instrumentation-related aspects of several different remote thermometry systems that employ thermographic phosphors as the sensors. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 532007
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 68, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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