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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Guanghua Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Nirm Velumylum Nirmalan, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Ronald Scott Bunker, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Todd Garrett Wetzel, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert Michael Zacharias, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Shawn David Wehe, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert David Briggs, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A temperature measurement system includes a plurality of filaments. The plurality of filaments are configured to emit thermal radiation in a relatively broad and substantially continuous wavelength band at least partially representative of a temperature of the plurality of filaments. A first and second portion of the filaments has a differing first and a second diameter and/or emissivity, respectively. The system also includes a detector array configured to generate electrical signals at least partially representative of the thermal radiation received from the filaments. The system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the detector array configured to transform the first electrical signals to a first temperature indication at least partially as a function of the first diameter and/or first emissivity and transform the second electrical signals to a second temperature indication at least partially as a function of the second diameter and/or emissivity.