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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2008
Alexei V. Saveliev, Chicago, IL (US);
Serguei A. Zelepouga, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
David M. Rue, Chicago, IL (US);
Alexei V. Saveliev, Chicago, IL (US);
Serguei A. Zelepouga, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
David M. Rue, Chicago, IL (US);
Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method for real-time monitoring of the interior of a combustor or gasifier wherein light emitted by the interior surface of a refractory wall of the combustor or gasifier is collected using an imaging fiber optic bundle having a light receiving end and a light output end. Color information in the light is captured with primary color (RGB) filters or complimentary color (GMCY) filters placed over individual pixels of color sensors disposed within a digital color camera in a BAYER mosaic layout, producing RGB signal outputs or GMCY signal outputs. The signal outputs are processed using intensity ratios of the primary color filters or the complimentary color filters, producing video images and/or thermal images of the interior of the combustor or gasifier.