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Title: Development of three-wavelength CCD image pyrometer used for the temperature field measurements of continuous casting billets

Abstract

This paper develops an imaging based three-color pyrometer for the monitoring of temperature distribution in a continuous casting billet. A novel optical device, together with an embedded electronic system, is designed to sequentially collect a dark image and three thermal images with specified wavelengths on a same monochromatic charge-coupled-device (CCD). The three thermal images provide the basis for the determination of target temperature, while the dark image is used to online eliminate the dark noise of CCD with a differential method. This image pyrometer is not only independent of target emissivity but also overcomes the dissimilarity of measuring accuracy between the micro-sensors of CCD resulted from the non-uniformity of pixels’ intensity response and the vignetting of optical system. Furthermore, a precise two-color temperature field measuring model on the CCD pyrometer is established, based on which a self-adaptive light-integration mechanism is presented. Compared with the traditional fixed light-integration method, the measuring range of the pyrometer is greatly extended and its sensitivity in low temperature segment is improved. The test results in a steel factory demonstrate that the pyrometer is capable of meeting the requirement of surface temperature measurements about casting billets. Reliability and accuracy of measurement results are also discussed herein.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries, School of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22253499
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 85; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; ACCURACY; CASTING; CASTINGS; CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES; COLOR MODEL; EMISSIVITY; IMAGES; MONOCHROMATIC RADIATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PYROMETERS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY; STEELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WAVELENGTHS

Citation Formats

Xie, Zhi, and Bai, Haicheng. Development of three-wavelength CCD image pyrometer used for the temperature field measurements of continuous casting billets. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4866679.
Xie, Zhi, & Bai, Haicheng. Development of three-wavelength CCD image pyrometer used for the temperature field measurements of continuous casting billets. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4866679
Xie, Zhi, and Bai, Haicheng. 2014. "Development of three-wavelength CCD image pyrometer used for the temperature field measurements of continuous casting billets". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4866679.
@article{osti_22253499,
title = {Development of three-wavelength CCD image pyrometer used for the temperature field measurements of continuous casting billets},
author = {Xie, Zhi and Bai, Haicheng},
abstractNote = {This paper develops an imaging based three-color pyrometer for the monitoring of temperature distribution in a continuous casting billet. A novel optical device, together with an embedded electronic system, is designed to sequentially collect a dark image and three thermal images with specified wavelengths on a same monochromatic charge-coupled-device (CCD). The three thermal images provide the basis for the determination of target temperature, while the dark image is used to online eliminate the dark noise of CCD with a differential method. This image pyrometer is not only independent of target emissivity but also overcomes the dissimilarity of measuring accuracy between the micro-sensors of CCD resulted from the non-uniformity of pixels’ intensity response and the vignetting of optical system. Furthermore, a precise two-color temperature field measuring model on the CCD pyrometer is established, based on which a self-adaptive light-integration mechanism is presented. Compared with the traditional fixed light-integration method, the measuring range of the pyrometer is greatly extended and its sensitivity in low temperature segment is improved. The test results in a steel factory demonstrate that the pyrometer is capable of meeting the requirement of surface temperature measurements about casting billets. Reliability and accuracy of measurement results are also discussed herein.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4866679},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22253499}, journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
issn = {0034-6748},
number = 2,
volume = 85,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Sat Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}