Thin-Filament Pyrometry with a Digital Still Camera

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dc.contributor.advisorSunderland, Peter Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorMaun, Jignesh Den_US
dc.contributor.departmentFire Protection Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-06-14T06:07:37Z
dc.date.available2006-06-14T06:07:37Z
dc.date.issued2006-05-08en_US
dc.description.abstractA novel thin-filament pyrometer is presented here. It involves a consumer-grade color digital still camera with a charged-couple device sensor with 3008 X 2000 pixels and 12 bits per color plane. A blue Schott filter and custom white balance were used to yield similar red, green and blue intensities along the fibers. SiCO fibers with diameters of 13.9 microns were used and scanning-electron microscopy revealed the fibers to be uniform. 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 thermocouple measurements. The camera was found to be well suited to thin-filament pyrometry. The pyrometry measurements yielded gas temperatures in the range of 1350 - 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 had no effect on the results. Soot deposition was less problematic for the pyrometer than for the thermocouple.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/3602
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Mechanicalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledthin-filament pyrometryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcombustion diagnosticsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddiffusion flameen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledthermocoupleen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsooten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsilicon carbide fibers;en_US
dc.titleThin-Filament Pyrometry with a Digital Still Cameraen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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