Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
7055387 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2016 10 Pages PDF
Abstract
Accurate measurement of temperature is critical for understanding thermal behavior and monitoring safety and performance of engineering systems involving heating and cooling. While a number of methods are available for measurement of temperature on the outside surface of solid bodies, there is a lack of contactless, non-invasive methods for determining temperature inside solid bodies. Development of such methods is likely to impact a wide range of engineering systems. This paper describes and validates a method for measurement of internal core temperature of a solid body in steady-state based on measurement of the temperature distribution on its outside surface based on a theoretical thermal conduction model. This method is validated by determining the steady-state core temperature of a thermal test cell using infrared temperature measurement on the surface, and comparing with measurements from an embedded thermocouple. The two measurements are found to agree well with each other in a variety of heat generation and cooling conditions. While this validation is presented for a cylindrical body, the method lends itself easily to bodies of other shapes. This work contributes towards fundamental thermal metrology, with possible applications in a wide variety of engineering systems.
Related Topics
Physical Sciences and Engineering Chemical Engineering Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Authors
, , ,