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Temperature measurement

Metrology and Instrumentation Week-15-December 20, 2011

• Dr. Belal Gharaibeh

Introduction to temperature measurement

• We can measure temperature change rather than absolute

(single) temperature at a certain location

• Previously we explained how that a measurand (input) is

measured by comparing to a standard

• Example: unknown mass is compared to a universal kg

prototype

• Temperature change, unlike all other properties, is

measured by observing the changes in another temperature depended physical property

• Temperature is gauged by its affect on quantities like:

volume, pressure, resistance, and radiation energy

• Example: change in volume of liquid in glass thermometer

indicates the temperature change

Temperature sensing techniques

• 1. Change in physical dimensions
• 1. Liquid in glass thermometer
• 2. Change in gas pressure or vapor pressure
• 1. Pressure thermometer
• 3. Change in electrical properties
• 1. Resistance thermometer
• 2. Thermistors
• 3. Thermocouples
• 4. Change in emitted thermal radiation
• 1. Infrared pyrometer
• 5. Change in chemical phase
• 1. Liquid crystals

°Kelvin is the basic temperature unit and is defined as the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water

• For the SI (metric) units:

°Celsius = °Kelvin – 273.15

• For the imperial (English) units:

° Fahrenheit = °Rankin – 459.67

• Conversion from SI to English units

° F= 9/5*(°C) +32

• Conversion from English to SI units

°C = 5/9*[(°F) –32]

temperature units and conversion

Liquid in glass thermometer

• This temperature measuring

devise consists of:

– Large bulb at lower end – A capillary tube with scale – Liquid filling bulb and portion of the tube (before the scale) – Small safety bulb at the end of the tube if temperature range is exceeded

bulb Capillary tube Liquid Safety bulb will be on top

Operation method of liquid in glass thermometer

• If temperature is increased then greater

expansion in liquid will happen

• As the liquid expands it will rise in the

capillary tube

• Height of liquid rise is a measure of

temperature, note here that the rise in liquid is a volume change due to temperature effect

Liquid properties

• Temperature-dimensional relationship should be linear: the change

in volume due to temperature change is linear, this will allow a linear scale on the capillary tube

• Liquid must have a large coefficient of expansion: small change in

temperature results in considerably large change in volume

• Good temperature range without change in phase ( from liquid to

ice or vapor)

• Visible liquid or add dies if not visible
• Liquid should not adhere (stick) to the capillary tube walls
• Example for liquids:

– Alcohol: has large expansion, needs die because it is not visible and has low boiling point so it cannot be used for high temperatures (higher than 60 C) and it adheres to walls – Mercury: lower expansion coefficient but can withstand high temperature and has a natural silver color and does not adhere to walls

Resistance Temperature Detector- RTD

• RTD (Resistance Temperature Detector) is a temperature

sensitive resistor.

• It is a positive temperature coefficient device, which means

that the resistance increases with temperature.

• The resistive property of the metal is called its resistivity.
• Stable linear change in resistance with temperature change

ranging: -260 to 1000 degrees celsius

• The industry standard is the platinum wire RTD (Pt100)

whose base resistance is exactly 100.00 ohms at 0.0 °C. and range of -259.35 to 961.78 C

• platinum has good fabrication which allows various

design sizes as shown in pictures

Resistance Temperature Detector- RTD

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 Thermistor, a word formed by combining thermal with resistor, is a temperature-sensitive resistor fabricated from semiconducting materials.  The resistance of thermistors decreases proportionally with increases in temperature.  The operating range can be -100°C to + 275°C

Thermistors

 The thermistors can be in the shape of a rod, bead or disc.  Manufactured from oxides of nickel, manganese, iron, cobalt, magnesium, titanium and other metals.

Thermistors

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Thermocouples (TC)

When two dissimilar metals are joined together to form a junction, an electromotive force (emf) is produced which is proportional to the temperature being sensed. The magnitude of emf depends on the junction temperature.

Thermocouples

The electric potential is coming from two sources

• 1. The Peltier effect: electric potential from the contact of the two dissimilar metals
• 2. The Thomson effect: Temperature gradient (variation ) along the length of the

Conducting wire in the circuit

• Thomson effect is much less than Peltier effect and can be neglected
• Net emf results from the difference between the two Peltier emf’s at the p, and q junctions
• If T1=T2 the net emf is zero
• It is common to have a (hot) junction for which we want to measure T and a (cold) junction

Which is usually a known reference temperature

Laws of thermocouples

• Law of intermediate material
• Insertion of intermediate metal into a TC circuit will not affect the net emf

provided that the new junctions are at identical temperatures

• This is useful for two applications:

1. To connect the TC to a circuit and measure the emf output-figure 1 2. To weld the junctions together with a third welding metal –figure 2 A B C T1 A B C Figure 2: metal (C) is a welding metal Figure 1: metal (C) is a connecting metal

Law of intermediate temperature

• If a single TC circuit develops and emf of e1 at

T1 and T2, and same circuit but with emf2 between T2 and T3, then it will develop an emf of (e1+e2) when its junctions are at T1 and T3.

A B T2 T1 Emf=e1 A B T3 Emf=e2 A B T3 T1 Emf=e1+e2

TC Type Colours Range C Positive Lead (Coloured) Negative Lead (all Red) J White/Red

• 210 to 1200 Iron

Constantan E Purple/Red

• 270 to1000

Chromel Constantan T Blue/Red 0 to 400 Copper Constantan K Yellow/Red

• 270 to1372

Chromel Alumel R Black/Red

• 50 to 1768

Platinum-13% rhodium Platinum S Black/Red

• 50 to 1768

Platinum-10% rhodium Platinum B Grey/Red 0 to 1700 Platinum-30% rhodium Platinum-6% rhodium C White- Red/Red 0 to 2320 Tungsten/5% rhenium Tungsten 26% rhenium Chromel = Nickel-chromium Alumel = Nickel-aluminum Constantan = Copper-nickel

Thermocouple Metal Combinations

Note that each TC type has a positive and negative lead

Type T Thermocouple (Blue & Red) Reference Junction 0 °C C 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.000 0.039 0.078 0.117 0.156 0.195 0.234 0.273 0.312 0.352 10 0.391 0.431 0.470 0.510 0.549 0.589 0.629 0.669 0.709 0.749 20 0.790 0.830 0.870 0.911 0.951 0.992 1.033 1.074 1.114 1.155 30 1.196 1.238 1.279 1.320 1.362 1.403 1.445 1.486 1.528 1.570 40 1.612 1.654 1.696 1.738 1.780 1.823 1.865 1.908 1.950 1.993

Thermocouple Tables

Voltage to Temperature Conversion

1.445 mV equal to temperature ………36 C……………………………..

A B T2=24 T1 Emf=e1 A B T3=0 Emf=e2 A B T3=0 T1 Emf=e1+e2 Example: if a thermocouple circuit at T1 and reference temperature of T2=24 C is designed to measure T1. the output emf from the circuit was E =0.756 mV, what is T1. Solution: E3=E1+E2, E1 = 0.756 is between T1 and T2=24 C E2 is between temperature 204 and reference 0, from table in previous slide the emf value for T2=24 is equal to 0.951 mV, E3= 0.951+0.756 = 1.707 mV, From the table the emf value of 1.707 corresponds to Temperature of T1= 42.26 by interpolation

 thermistors are the most sensitive but for narrow temperature range  Thermocouples has the widest range of detection  RTD are the most linear with temperature changes

TC connected in series (thermopiles) and TC connected in parallel

• When (n) number of TCs are connected in

series it is called a thermopile connection and gives better sensitivity to the total emf reading

• The total emf for thermopiles are the sum of

all individual TC in the circuit

• If the emfs are equal for each TC then the

measured temperature is:

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Thermopiles

T1 T2