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EPSRC Reference: GR/M43715/01
Title: DEVELOPMENT OF FIBRE OPTIC LUMINESCENT THEROMOMETRY FOR PROCESS APPLIACTIONS (LUMITHERM)
Principal Investigator: Grattan, Professor KT
Other Investigators:
Sun, Professor T
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
BNFL EM Group Kidde PLC
National Physical Laboratory Pre Nexus Migration Tata Steel
Department: Sch of Engineering and Mathematical Sci
Organisation: City, University of London
Scheme: Faraday (PreFEC)
Starts: 01 March 1999 Ends: 30 November 2002 Value (£): 278,487
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev.
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Aerospace, Defence and Marine Manufacturing
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This flagship project is aimed at research into the feasibility of using fluorescence thermometry to address the underpinning temperature measurement needs of the Partners. These are British Steel and a refractory manufacturer for the industry (e.g. Vesuvius), Kidde International, and BNFL, in close association with NPL, involving two SMEs, Queensgate Instruments & EM Technology and carried out through City University, London. The research has the prime objectives of developing sensor concepts for high temperatures measurement (200-700C), for example for non-destructive monitoring of refractories, alarm system applications and measuring high temperatures in hostile environments, such as in commercial combustion monitoring and the nuclear industry. In addition, a further aim is to develop and evaluate these sensor concepts for very high temperatures (>1000C), for use in kilns and in chemically hazardous environments and in high radiation fields. Close liaison between the Partners will ensure a careful analysis of the risks involved, and has informed recognition of the gaps in present systems and an understanding which has prompted this application and the means to fill them. The project has been carefully structured in a series of workpackages to explore these present gaps in knowledge.
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