Measurements on flame temperature and its 3D distribution in a 660 MWe arch-fired coal combustion furnace by visible image processing and verification by using an infrared pyrometer

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Huajian, Wang ^a   Zhifeng, Huang ^a   Dundun, Wang ^a   Zixue, Luo ^a   Yipeng, Sun ^a   Qingyan, Fang ^a   Chun, Lou ^a   Huaichun, Zhou ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

3D temperature distribution; Arch fired furnace; Coal combustion measurement; Radiation image processing

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; BOILERS; COAL; COAL FIRED BOILERS; COAL FUELED FURNACES; COMBUSTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; FURNACES; IGNITION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PYROMETERS; PYROMETRY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

3D TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS; BLACKBODY TEMPERATURES; COAL COMBUSTION FURNACES; COAL-FIRED FURNACE; COMBUSTION MEASUREMENT; FLAME TEMPERATURES; INFRARED PYROMETERS; RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 72149108433     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/11/114006     Document Type: Article

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