Fundamentals of radiation thermometry


History of Radiation Thermometry

Planck's Law of Radiation

Blackbody radiation and emissivity

Transmission / Absorption of the atmosphere and media

Components of a radiation thermometer

Influences on measurement with a radition thermometer

Effectof changing ambient temperature l=8…14 mm, e = 0.98 compared to e =1

Sizeof Source Effect
= Sources of equal temperature butdifferent size give rise to different apparent temperatures

Calibration sources

Different calibration schemes

Typical Calibration steps

Calibrationof thermal imagers
Similar to radiation thermometers
Calibration of a specified region of theimage using variable temperature blackbody sources
Evaluation of the size-of-source effect(SSE)
Check effect of alignment/ calibrationdistance
Evaluation of the short term stability byperforming repeat measurements
Evaluation of image non-uniformity (if possible) Consider distance effect if the imager is to be used at different distance compared to calibration Field of view can be larger (large aperture source necessary, e.g. flat plate radiator) Some of the uncertainties (e.g.SSE) can be larger than for radiation thermometers