The best way to choose an infrared thermometer
Infrared temperature measurement technology is playing an important role in product quality control and monitoring, equipment online fault diagnosis, safety protection and energy saving. In the past two decades, non-contact infrared thermometers have developed rapidly in technology, their performance has been continuously improved, their scope of application has also been continuously expanded, and their market share has increased year by year. Compared with the contact temperature measurement method, infrared temperature measurement has the advantages of fast response time, non-contact, safe use and long service life.
Working principle of external thermometer:
Understanding the working principle, technical indicators, environmental working conditions, operation and maintenance of the infrared thermometer outside the group is to help users choose and use the infrared thermometer correctly.
All objects with a temperature higher than the absolute zero are constantly emitting infrared radiation energy to the surrounding space. The infrared radiation characteristics of an object—the size of the radiation energy and its distribution by wavelength—has a very close relationship with its surface temperature. Therefore, by measuring the infrared energy radiated by the object itself, its surface temperature can be accurately determined, which is the objective basis for infrared radiation temperature measurement.
Black body radiation law:
A blackbody is an idealized radiator that absorbs all wavelengths of radiant energy, has no reflection or transmission of energy, and has an emissivity of 1 on its surface. It should be pointed out that there is no real black body in nature, but in order to clarify and obtain the distribution law of infrared radiation, an appropriate model must be selected in theoretical research, which is the quantized oscillator model of body cavity radiation proposed by Planck, so that Planck's law of black body radiation, that is, the black body spectral irradiance represented by wavelength, is the starting point of all infrared radiation theories, so it is called the law of black body radiation.
Effect of object emissivity on radiation temperature measurement:
The actual objects that exist in nature are almost not black bodies. The radiation amount of all actual objects depends not only on the radiation wavelength and the temperature of the object, but also on the type of material constituting the object, the preparation method, the thermal process, the surface state and the environmental conditions. Therefore, in order to make the law of black body radiation applicable to all practical objects, a proportional coefficient related to material properties and surface states must be introduced, that is, emissivity. This coefficient indicates how close the thermal radiation of the actual object is to the black body radiation, and its value is between zero and a value less than 1. According to the law of radiation, as long as the emissivity of the material is known, the infrared radiation characteristics of any object can be known.
The main factors affecting emissivity are:
Material type, surface roughness, physical and chemical structure and material thickness, etc.
When using an infrared radiation thermometer to measure the temperature of a target, it is first necessary to measure the infrared radiation of the target within its band range, and then the temperature of the measured target is calculated by the thermometer. Monochromatic pyrometers are proportional to the amount of radiation in a band: dual-color pyrometers are proportional to the ratio of the amount of radiation in the two bands.
Infrared system:
The infrared thermometer is composed of optical system, photoelectric detector, signal amplifier, signal processing, display output and other parts. The optical system gathers the infrared radiation energy of the target in its field of view, and the size of the field of view is determined by the optical parts of the thermometer and its position. Infrared energy is focused on a photodetector and converted into a corresponding electrical signal. The signal passes through the amplifier and the signal processing circuit, and is converted into the temperature value of the measured target after being corrected according to the algorithm of the internal treatment of the instrument and the emissivity of the target.
The selection of infrared thermometer can be divided into three aspects:
Performance indicators, such as temperature range, spot size, working wavelength, measurement accuracy, response time, etc.; environmental and working conditions, such as ambient temperature, window, display and output, protection accessories, etc.; other options, such as ease of use, maintenance And calibration performance and price, etc., also have a certain impact on the choice of thermometer. With the continuous development of technology and technology, the best design and new progress of infrared thermometers provide users with various functions and multi-purpose instruments, expanding the choice.
Determine the temperature range:
The temperature measurement range is the most important performance index of the thermometer. For example, RaytTSGE products cover the range of -50°C-+3000°C, but this cannot be done by one type of infrared thermometer. Each type of thermometer has its own specific temperature range. Therefore, the user's measured temperature range must be considered accurately and comprehensively, neither too narrow nor too wide. According to the law of blackbody radiation, the change of radiation energy caused by temperature in the short-wave band of the spectrum will exceed the change of radiation energy caused by emissivity error. Therefore, it is better to use short-wave as much as possible when measuring temperature.
