Project: Traceable measurement capabilities for monitoring thermocouple performance
| Acronym | MetForTC (Reference Number: 18RPT03) |
| Duration | 01/06/2019 - 31/05/2022 |
| Project Topic | Thermocouple calibrations currently require investigation of physical and chemical properties of each instrument, as thermocouple accuracy depends on the uniformity of these properties along the length of each thermo-element. Uniformity tends to degrade in use, also affecting thermocouple performance. Insufficient knowledge of these processes has hampered development of a standard method for measuring such ‘inhomogeneity’, and there’s no standard traceable measurement method to verify performance in-situ. The project will develop practical methods and devices traceable to the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (such as dual-type thermometers and heater arrays) to enable thermocouple drift to be checked in-situ. To determine thermocouple inhomogeneity, an easy-to-use thermocouple will be developed integrating miniature fixed-point cells (a technology that realises liquid-solid equilibrium temperatures of high-purity metal elements without reference thermometers). The outcome will be at least a doubling of the certainty of temperature measurement using thermocouples in the range 232 °C to 1100 °C, resulting in increased efficiency of industrial processes that require precise temperature measurement. |
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| Network | EMPIR |
| Call | EMPIR Call 2018 |