Development of a process control sensor for the glass industry

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:7029153

Kramlich, J C; Gardner, M; Koppang, R R ^[1]

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1. Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Irvine, CA (USA)

An overview is presented of a program leading to the development of a thermal sensor for the glass industry. The approach makes use of fiber optics for remote sensing and an optical multiplexer to allow economical multipoint, multiple wavelength measurements. A series of three optical approaches are under consideration for various parts of the glass forming process. These generally attempt to make use of the remote, multipoint characteristics of the prototype detector to (1) minimize the interference of reflected background radiation on optical pyrometry measurements, and (2) to use the variations of glass transmission with wavelength to develop a temperature vs. depth characteristic within the melt. 2 refs., 6 figs.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/CE
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570; FC07-89ID12781
• OSTI ID: 7029153
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-90092; CONF-9003138-1; ON: DE90009769
• Resource Relation: Conference: Sensors Expo west conference, Long Beach, CA (USA), 14 Mar 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
GLASS
MANUFACTURING
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
DESIGN
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
MULTIPLEXERS
OPERATION
OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
PYROMETERS
REFRACTION
REMOTE SENSING
SURFACE PROPERTIES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
THERMOCOUPLES
VARIATIONS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
440600* - Optical Instrumentation- (1990-)