Practical Temperature Measurement

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Elsevier, Oct 15, 2001 - Technology & Engineering - 368 pages

Practical Temperature Measurement introduces the concepts of temperature and its measurement to engineers, physicists and chemists of all disciplines. The author describes the wide range of techniques and specific devices available for temperature measurement and provides guidance for the selection of a particular method for a given application. It is of value to engineering and physics postgraduates studying modules on instrumentation and process control and, in addition, for practical project work requiring an understanding of temperature measurement methods.

For postgraduates and industrialists faced with the task of selecting a particular measurement method or sensor for an experiment, product or process, this text provides both thorough descriptions of the various techniques, as well as guidance for their selection.

  • Essential for all those who need to measure temperature in real-life situations
  • Includes worked examples of real situations commonly found in industry
 

Contents

Chapter 1 Temperature
1
Chapter 2 General temperature measurement considerations
16
Chapter 3 Bimetallic thermometers
69
Chapter 4 Liquidinglass thermometers
78
Chapter 5 Thermocouples
98
Chapter 6 Resistance temperature detectors
145
Chapter 7 Manometric thermometry
194
Chapter 8 Semiinvasive temperature measurement
209
Chapter 9 Infrared thermometry
238
Chapter 10 Other noninvasive temperature measurement techniques
289
Chapter 11 Technique selection
305
Chapter 12 Heat flux measurement
324
Index
363
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About the author (2001)

Peter Childs, FREng, is the Professorial Lead in Engineering Design and Innovation Design Engineering. He is Professor at Large, Co-Director of the Energy Futures Lab, and was Founding Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London. His general interests include creativity, innovation, design, fluid flow and heat transfer, energy and robotics. Prior to his current post at Imperial, he was director of the Rolls-Royce supported University Technology Centre for Aero-Thermal Systems, director of InQbate and professor at the University of Sussex. He has contributed to over 200 refereed journal and conference papers, and several books including the Handbook on Mechanical Design Engineering (Elsevier, 2013, 2019) as well as temperature measurements and rotating flow. He has been principal or co-investigator on contracts totaling over £100 million. He is Editor of the Journal of Power and Energy, Professor of Excellence at MD-H, Berlin, and Chairperson at BladeBUG Ltd and Founder Director and Chairperson at QBot Ltd.

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