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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2007
George Kychakoff, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Peter Ariessohn, Summer, WA (US);
Richard E. Hogle, Olympia, WA (US);
George Kychakoff, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Peter Ariessohn, Summer, WA (US);
Richard E. Hogle, Olympia, WA (US);
Enertechnix, Inc., Maple Valley, WA (US);
Abstract
A sensing system simultaneously obtains images and surface temperatures of processing tubes inside process heaters using an imaging sensor operating in the visible or infrared regions of the spectrum and capable of detecting visible or infrared radiation emitted or reflected from surfaces within the process heater, and of providing an image signal to a display or to an image processor. One or more single element infrared detectors viewing specific regions within the aforesaid image accurately measure the intensity of radiation emitted by surfaces within those specific regions so as to allow the temperature of the surfaces within those specific regions to be inferred.