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Title: Active radiometer for self-calibrated furnace temperature measurements

Abstract

Radiometer with a probe beam superimposed on its field-of-view for furnace temperature measurements. The radiometer includes a heterodyne millimeter/submillimeter-wave receiver including a millimeter/submillimeter-wave source for probing. The receiver is adapted to receive radiation from a surface whose temperature is to be measured. The radiation includes a surface emission portion and a surface reflection portion which includes the probe beam energy reflected from the surface. The surface emission portion is related to the surface temperature and the surface reflection portion is related to the emissivity of the surface. The simultaneous measurement of surface emissivity serves as a real time calibration of the temperature measurement.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. Bedford, MA
  2. Chestnut Hill, MA
  3. Newtown Square, PA
  4. Chester Springs, PA
  5. Kennewick, WA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
870681
Patent Number(s):
5573339
Assignee:
Electro-Pyrolysis, Inc. (Wayne, PA); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA); Battelle Memorial Institute (Richmond, WA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01K - MEASURING TEMPERATURE
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
active; radiometer; self-calibrated; furnace; temperature; measurements; probe; beam; superimposed; field-of-view; heterodyne; millimeter; submillimeter-wave; receiver; including; source; probing; adapted; receive; radiation; surface; measured; emission; portion; reflection; energy; reflected; related; emissivity; simultaneous; measurement; serves; time; calibration; simultaneous measurement; furnace temperature; receive radiation; surface emissivity; probe beam; temperature measurements; beam energy; energy reflected; surface temperature; temperature measurement; heterodyne millimeter; temperature measure; beam superimposed; /374/

Citation Formats

Woskov, Paul P, Cohn, Daniel R, Titus, Charles H, Wittle, J Kenneth, and Surma, Jeffrey E. Active radiometer for self-calibrated furnace temperature measurements. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Woskov, Paul P, Cohn, Daniel R, Titus, Charles H, Wittle, J Kenneth, & Surma, Jeffrey E. Active radiometer for self-calibrated furnace temperature measurements. United States.
Woskov, Paul P, Cohn, Daniel R, Titus, Charles H, Wittle, J Kenneth, and Surma, Jeffrey E. Mon . "Active radiometer for self-calibrated furnace temperature measurements". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/870681.
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abstractNote = {Radiometer with a probe beam superimposed on its field-of-view for furnace temperature measurements. The radiometer includes a heterodyne millimeter/submillimeter-wave receiver including a millimeter/submillimeter-wave source for probing. The receiver is adapted to receive radiation from a surface whose temperature is to be measured. The radiation includes a surface emission portion and a surface reflection portion which includes the probe beam energy reflected from the surface. The surface emission portion is related to the surface temperature and the surface reflection portion is related to the emissivity of the surface. The simultaneous measurement of surface emissivity serves as a real time calibration of the temperature measurement.},
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year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
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Night Moth Eye Window for the Millimetre and Sub-millimetre Wave Region
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Computer-aided analysis and design of corrugated TE11 to HE11 mode converters in highly overmoded waveguides
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