Enhancing process efficiency through improved temperature measurement 2

Short Name: EMPRESS 2, Project Number: 17IND04
Image showing red-hot metal bars being made at an industrial plant
Metal bars being produced in an industrial plant

Enhancing process efficiency through improved temperature measurement


For many manufacturers, product quality and uniformity are critically dependent upon temperature.

Accurate temperature measurement in industry, however, is still a challenge: errors from tens to hundreds of degrees Celsius are possible for processes such as welding, whilst thermometer accuracy can drift over time.

For some existing thermometer types and newer optical fibre-based designs, there are few or no current methods to trace their calibration back to primary standards held by National Measurement Institutes (NMIs).

 

This project has improved the accuracy of a range of thermometer types used in manufacturing, as well as undertaking validation of in-situ references standards for combustion flame temperature measurement.

For industrial processes where surface temperatures can reach the 1300 ºC region, methods were developed with target levels of uncertainty less than 3 ºC, the measurements traceable to standards held by NMI laboratories.

With better product uniformity resulting from improved temperature control, European manufacturers will be able to achieve greater efficiency through reduced wastage costs.

 

This project builds on from EMPIR project 14IND04 EMPRESS.

 

Project website
Publications
Mass Loss of Platinum-Rhodium Thermocouple Wires at 1324°C
2021

Johnson Matthey Technology Review

Mapping of temperature and CO2 column density in a standard flame by multispectral imaging
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Proceedings Volume 11743, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLIII

Other Participants
Acerinox Europa S.A. (Spain)
Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S (Denmark)
BAE Systems Marine Ltd (United Kingdom)
CCPI Europe Ltd (United Kingdom)
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
Elkem AS (Norway)
Institut fuer Photonische Technologien e.V. (Germany)
ITT Italia S.R.L (Italy)
Johnson Matthey Plc (United Kingdom)
MUT Advanced Heating GmbH (Germany)
Sensia Solutions S.L. (Spain)
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Universidad Carlos III De Madrid (Spain)
University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom)