摘要:
An apparatus and method for measuring material buildup or fouling on a test specimen in which at least a portion of a temperature sensitive voltage output means is located proximate to a test specimen. The extent of fouling is determined by the change in a detected current or voltage signal resulting from the change in the heat transfer coefficient of the test specimen. The temperature sensitive voltage output means is at the same temperature as the temperature of the medium in which the test specimen resides and adjusts either a detected current or voltage signal to negate the effects of varying temperature of the medium on the detected signal.
摘要:
To form a transducer, two uniformly d.c. biased signal detector means are connected in parallel. Each of these signal detector means includes a variable resistor that controls the output frequency of that signal detector means. The variable resistors are located in environments differing only in a parameter for which differential measurement is desired. Such parameters include temperature, thermal absorption, and other variables that affect electrical current flow in the resistors. A non-uniform change in the variable resistors changes the frequency differential existing between the two signal detector means.