A digital imaging based multifunctional flame monitoring system

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1152-1158

  Lu, Gang ^a   Yan, Yong ^a   Colechin, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Powergen UK plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLAME RESEARCH; FOSSIL FUELS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROCOMPUTERS; MONITORING; PROBES; PYROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CHARGED COUPLED DEVICE CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL IMAGING; FLAME; FLAME MONITORING; FOSSIL FUEL FIRED FLAMES; MONOCHROMATIC CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 4043111221     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2004.830571     Document Type: Article

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