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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Erwan Baleine, Orlando, FL (US);
James F. Landy, Cape Canaveral, FL (US);
Ching-pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephanie Stinelli, Edgewater, FL (US);
Erwan Baleine, Orlando, FL (US);
James F. Landy, Cape Canaveral, FL (US);
Ching-Pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephanie Stinelli, Edgewater, FL (US);
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of nondestructive evaluation and related system. The method includes arranging a test piece () having an internal passage () and an external surface () and a thermal calibrator () within a field of view () of an infrared sensor (); generating a flow () of fluid characterized by a fluid temperature; exposing the test piece internal passage () and the thermal calibrator () to fluid from the flow (); capturing infrared emission information of the test piece external surface () and of the thermal calibrator () simultaneously using the infrared sensor (), wherein the test piece infrared emission information includes emission intensity information, and wherein the thermal calibrator infrared emission information includes a reference emission intensity associated with the fluid temperature; and normalizing the test piece emission intensity information against the reference emission intensity.