Remote IR Temperature Measurement For Microgravity Experiment

Ricardo Peralta-Fabi; Javier Mendieta-Jimenez

doi:10.1117/12.941823

10 November 1987 Remote IR Temperature Measurement For Microgravity Experiment

Ricardo Peralta-Fabi, Javier Mendieta-Jimenez

Proceedings Volume 0819, Infrared Technology XIII; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941823
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A remote temperature sensor has been developed to measure the temperature of a metal alloy in microgravity conditions, on board an automatic and sealed experimental station in the Space Shuttle. The device is composed of an optical system, that allows thermal radiation from the hot body to pass through an orifice in the oven, and focus onto an infrared detector whose output photocurrent is a function of temperature. The experiment is fully microcomputer controlled, and temperature data is both, utilized to control the heating path, and stored in the memory for postflight analysis. In this paper, design, construction, calibration, testing and performance of the system are described.

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Ricardo Peralta-Fabi and Javier Mendieta-Jimenez "Remote IR Temperature Measurement For Microgravity Experiment", Proc. SPIE 0819, Infrared Technology XIII, (10 November 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941823

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