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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2024
Ssab Enterprises, Llc, Mobile, AL (US);
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Meng Lu, Ames, IA (US);
Jingjing Qian, Ames, IA (US);
Sunday O. Abraham, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Randy Petty, West Liberty, IA (US);
Matthew J. Werner, Muscatine, IA (US);
SSAB Enterprises, LLC, Mobile, AL (US);
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Abstract
A temperature sensor according to the disclosure herein includes an optical fiber structured to produce a thermal emission representative of a molten steel into which the temperature sensor is inserted; a cladding layer covering at least a portion of the optical fiber; and a spectrometer configured to receive the thermal emission from the optical fiber and to generate, in response, a radiation spectrum indicative of a temperature of the molten steel.