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Understanding Infrared Thermography Reading 3

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Sensor Environment<br />

Sensor environment includes the ambient extremes under which the<br />

instrument will perform within specifications and the extremes under which it<br />

can be stored without damage when not in operation. For a portable radiation<br />

thermometer. a typical specifi cation for sensor environment would be as<br />

followas.<br />

1. Operating temperature is 0 to 37°C (32 to 100 °F)<br />

2. Humidity is at 20 to 80 percent relative (not condensing).<br />

3. Atmospheric pressure is at -610 m to +2440 m (-2000 to +8000 ft) above<br />

sea level.<br />

4. Storage temperature (nonoperating) ranges from -15 to +60 °C (5 to 140<br />

°F).<br />

Frequently in process control applications, the sensor must be permanently<br />

installed in a somewhat more extreme environment involving smoke, soot.<br />

high temperature and even radioactivity. For these applications,<br />

manufacturers provide a wide range of enclosures that offer special protective<br />

featu res such as air cooling, water cooling, pressurization, purge gases and<br />

shielding.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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