Theory

Measurements of Pool-Fire Temperature Using IR Technique. (419 K)

May 12, 2009

By Qian, C.; Saito, K. Ref: Combustion Institute/Central and Western States (USA) and Combustion Institute/Mexican National Section and American Flame Research Committee. Combustion Fundamentals and Applications. Joint Technical Meeting. Proceedings. April 23-26, 1995, San Antonio, TX, Gore, J. P., Editor(s), 81-86 pp, 1995. Sponsor: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD Abstract: We made [...]

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Modeling of the thermal radiative behavior of rough coatings

January 6, 2009

Abstract 675 – Monte Carlo modeling of the thermal radiative behavior of rough coatings Presented in the session Photothermal Techniques. Theory and Modeling at the 18th European Conference on Thermophysical Properties, Pau, France 31 Aug-4 Sep 2008 By: Mr Hector Gomarta*+ Dr Benoit Rousseaua Dr Domingos De Sousa Menesesa Dr Patrick Echeguta a CNRS Orléans [...]

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Handbook of OSML Libraries: Emittance

December 26, 2008

CRMHT – CNRS Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux à Haute Température, Orléans, France Mesure indirecte de l’émittance (Includes sample data for Silicon Dioxide) Mesure de la réflectivité et de la transmissivité normales spectrales (10 à 40 000 cm-1 soit 1 000 à 0,25 µm). L’émissivité normale spectrale se déduit indirectement par calcul de ces [...]

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Emissivity Calculator Online

December 12, 2008

The Pyrometer Instrument Company, manufacturers of the Pyrolaser® and Pyrofiber® products, among others, have a unique, online emissivity calculator that enables one to calculate the temperature measurement effect of: wavelength, emissivity setting and temperature for Infrared measurement wavelength bands ranging from 0.655 micrometer to 10.6 micrometers. You can access the calculator by CLICKING HERE (Pyrometer [...]

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EMISSIVITY EVALUATION OF FIXED POINT BLACKBODIES

December 12, 2008

A paper by Sergey Mekhontsev, Vladimir Khromchenko, Alexander Prokhorov, Leonard Hanssen National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA Presented at the 9th International Symposium on Temperature and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science (TEMPMEKO 2004), June 22-25, 2004, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Proceedings, Vol. 1, ed. by D. Zvizdic (2004), pp. 581-586. ABSTRACT A new [...]

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IR spectral characterization of customer blackbody sources:

December 5, 2008

“First calibration results” A paper by S. Mekhontsev, M. Noorma, A. Prokhorov, and L. Hanssen from NIST in the USA, Presented at Thermosense XXVIII, ed. by Jonathan J. Miles, G. Raymond Peacock, and Kathryn M. Knettel, Proc. of SPIE 6205, 620503 (2006). ABSTRACT: We summarize recent progress in our infrared (IR) spectral radiance metrology effort. [...]

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