Thin-filament pyrometry with a digital still camera
Abstract
A novel thin-filament pyrometer is presented. It involves a consumer-grade color digital still camera with 6 megapixels and 12 bits per color plane. SiC fibers were used and scanning-electron microscopy found them to be uniform with diameters of 13.9 μm. Measurements were performed in a methane-air coflowing laminar jet diffusion flame with a luminosity length of 72 mm. Calibration of the pyrometer was accomplished with B-type thermocouples. The pyrometry measurements yielded gas temperatures in the range of 1400-2200 K with an estimated uncertainty of ±60 K, a relative temperature resolution of ±0.215 K, a spatial resolution of 42 μm, and a temporal resolution of 0.66 ms. Fiber aging for 10 min had no effect on the results. Soot deposition was less problematic for the pyrometer than for the thermocouple.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- February 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1364/AO.46.000483
- Bibcode:
- 2007ApOpt..46..483M
- Keywords:
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- Thermal imaging;
- Combustion diagnostics;
- Radiometry;
- Temperature