Land measures waste heat
15 Jan 2000
A thermometer specifically designed for measuring combustion temperature in waste incinerators has been developed by Land Infrared.
The CD1 thermometer sights through a flanged tube penetrating the wall above the incinerator bed and detects the temperature of the hot CO2 gas to a depth of several metres inside the incinerator.
Unlike some instruments it operates at a wavelength where it is insensitive to the presence of gases other than CO2. The CD1 can also be used for gas or flame temperature measurement in other combustion plants such as co-generation power plants and large coal-fired boilers with a high CO2 content.
Also from Land is an emissivity enhancer that improves the accuracy of System 4 and UNO short wavelength thermometers in the temperature measurement of bright hot metal strips. It uses a non-spherical reflector that gives enhanced emissivity values at a distance of 30mm from the target surface by maximising the number of reflections between the surface and the reflector.
