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Title: System and method for glass processing and temperature sensing

Abstract

Techniques for measuring the temperature at various locations through the thickness of glass products and to control the glass processing operation with the sensed temperature information are disclosed. Fluorescence emission of iron or cerium in glass is excited and imaged onto segmented detectors. Spatially resolved temperature data are obtained through correlation of the detected photoluminescence signal with location within the glass. In one form the detected photoluminescence is compared to detected scattered excitation light to determine temperature. Stress information is obtained from the time history of the temperature profile data and used to evaluate the quality of processed glass. A heating or cooling rate of the glass is also controlled to maintain a predetermined desired temperature profile in the glass.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1175051
Patent Number(s):
6796144
Application Number:
09/870,332
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03B - MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01K - MEASURING TEMPERATURE
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Shepard, Chester L., Cannon, Bret D., and Khaleel, Mohammad A. System and method for glass processing and temperature sensing. United States: N. p., 2004. Web.
Shepard, Chester L., Cannon, Bret D., & Khaleel, Mohammad A. System and method for glass processing and temperature sensing. United States.
Shepard, Chester L., Cannon, Bret D., and Khaleel, Mohammad A. Tue . "System and method for glass processing and temperature sensing". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175051.
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