Temperature measurements with two different IR sensors in a continuous-flow microwave heated system.

ABSTRACT: In a continuous-flow system equipped with a nonresonant microwave applicator we have investigated how to best assess the actual temperature of microwave heated organic solvents with different characteristics. This is non-trivial as the electromagnetic field will influence most traditional methods of temperature measurement. Thus, we used a microwave transparent fiber optic probe, capable of measuring the temperature inside the reactor, and investigated two different IR sensors as non-contact alternatives to the internal probe. IR sensor 1 measures the temperature on the outside of the reactor whilst IR sensor 2 is designed to measure the temperature of the fluid through the borosilicate glass that constitutes the reactor wall. We have also, in addition to the characterization of the before

SUBMITTER: Rydfjord J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3817514 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature