Temperature measurement resistance

Table 6.20 Limiting temperatures for insulated windings (for stalled motors) (referring to an ambient temperature of +40°C, and to the end of time fE). Method of temperature measurement resistance...

Knoop developed an accepted method of measuring abrasive hardness using a diamond indenter of pyramidal shape and forcing it into the material to be evaluated with a fixed, often 100-g, load. The depth of penetration is then determined from the length and width of the indentation produced. Unlike WoodeU s method, Knoop values are static and primarily measure resistance to plastic flow and surface deformation. Variables such as load, temperature, and environment, which affect determination of hardness by the Knoop procedure, have been examined in detail (9). 

Measurement of the hotness or coldness of a body or fluid is commonplace in the process industries. Temperature-measuring devices utilize systems with properties that vaiy with temperature in a simple, reproducible manner and thus can be cahbrated against known references (sometimes called secondaiy thermometers). The three dominant measurement devices used in automatic control are thermocouples, resistance thermometers, and pyrometers and are applicable over different temperature regimes. 

As normally used in the process industries, the sensitivity and percentage of span accuracy of these thermometers are generally the equal of those of other temperature-measuring instruments. Sensitivity and absolute accuracy are not the equal of those of short-span electrical instruments used in connection with resistance-thermometer bulbs. Also, the maximum temperature is somewhat limited. 

Temperature The level of the temperature measurement (4 K, 20 K, 77 K, or higher) is the first issue to be considered. The second issue is the range needed (e.g., a few degrees around 90 K or 1 to 400 K). If the temperature level is that of air separation or liquefact-ing of natural gas (LNG), then the favorite choice is the platinum resistance thermometer (PRT). Platinum, as with all pure metals, has an electrical resistance that goes to zero as the absolute temperature decreases to zero. Accordingly, the lower useful limit of platinum is about 20 K, or liquid hydrogen temperatures. Below 20 K, semiconductor thermometers (germanium-, carbon-, or silicon-based) are preferred. Semiconductors have just the opposite resistance-temperature dependence of metals—their resistance increases as the temperature is lowered, as fewer valence electrons can be promoted into the conduction band at lower temperatures. Thus, semiconductors are usually chosen for temperatures from about 1 to 20 K. 

The resistance method gives an average temperature of the whole winding. Some parts will be hotter than others usually the end turns will be somewhat cooler than parts of the winding in the middle of the iron core. NEMA committee members have been collecting test data on many machines to determine the correlation between temperature measurements by detector and by resistance, and the standards are periodically updated to reflect any of the technology improvements. 

Data-based (DDC) or programmable (PLC) controllers with universal inputs and outputs can be used. It is essential that they are configured before use. In some cases the input may be used only for temperature measurement from special types of thermistors. (Thermistors are constructed from semiconductor materials where the resistance changes reversibly proportional to the temperature, i.e., a negative temperature coefficient.)... 

Thermistors are temperature-dependent resistances, normally constructed from metal oxides. The resistance change with temperature is high compared with the metallic resistances, and is usually negative the resistance decreases with temperature increase. The temperature characteristics are highly nonlinear. Such thermistors, having a negative temperature coefficient, are called NTC thermistors. Some thermistors have a positive temperature coefficient (PTC), but they are not in common use for temperature measurement. 

For local deviations from random atomic distribution electrical resistivity is affected just by the diffuse scattering of conduction electrons LRO in addition will contribute to resistivity by superlattice Bragg scattering, thus changing the effective number of conduction electrons. When measuring resistivity at a low and constant temperature no phonon scattering need be considered ar a rather simple formula results ... 

Electrical resistance monitors use the fact that the resistance of a conductor varies inversely as its cross-sectional area. In principle, then, a wire or strip of the metal of interest is exposed to the corrodent and its resistance is measured at regular intervals. In practice, since the resistance also varies with temperature, the resistance of the exposed element is compared in a Wheatstone bridge circuit to that of a similar element which is protected from the corrodent but which experiences the same temperature. 

Check whether the instrument supplied is equipped for automatic temperature compensation, and, if so, that the temperature probe (resistance thermometer) is available. If it is not so equipped, then the temperature of the solutions to be used must be measured, and the appropriate setting made on the manual temperature control of the instrument. 

For isothermal measurements, it is advisable to use a furnace of low thermal capacity unless suitable arrangements can be made to transport the sample into a preheated zone. The Curie point method [132] of temperature calibration is ideally suited for microbalance studies with a small furnace. A unijunction transistor relaxation oscillator, with a thermistor as the resistive part with completion of the circuit through the balance suspension, has been suggested for temperature measurements within the limited range 298—433 K [133]. 

The contact resistance may change when the thermometer is moved from a position to another. Hence the accuracy of resistance temperature measurements below about 25 mK... 

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