TY - JOUR
T1 - EMPRESS
T2 - A European project to enhance process control through improved temperature measurement
AU - Pearce, J. V.
AU - Edler, F.
AU - Elliott, C. J.
AU - Rosso, L.
AU - Sutton, G.
AU - Andreu, A.
AU - Machin, G.
N1 - Selected Papers of the 13th International Symposium on Temperature, Humidity, Moisture and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science.
PY - 2017/8/31
Y1 - 2017/8/31
N2 - A new European project called EMPRESS, funded by the EURAMET program ‘European Metrology Program for Innovation and Research,’ is described. The 3 year project, which started in the summer of 2015, is intended to substantially augment the efficiency of high-value manufacturing processes by improving temperature measurement techniques at the point of use. The project consortium has 18 partners and 5 external collaborators, from the metrology sector, high-value manufacturing, sensor manufacturing, and academia. Accurate control of temperature is key to ensuring process efficiency and product consistency and is often not achieved to the level required for modern processes. Enhanced efficiency of processes may take several forms including reduced product rejection/waste; improved energy efficiency; increased intervals between sensor recalibration/maintenance; and increased sensor reliability, i.e., reduced amount of operator intervention. Traceability of temperature measurements to the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) is a critical factor in establishing low measurement uncertainty and reproducible, consistent process control. Introducing such traceability in situ (i.e., within the industrial process) is a theme running through this project.
AB - A new European project called EMPRESS, funded by the EURAMET program ‘European Metrology Program for Innovation and Research,’ is described. The 3 year project, which started in the summer of 2015, is intended to substantially augment the efficiency of high-value manufacturing processes by improving temperature measurement techniques at the point of use. The project consortium has 18 partners and 5 external collaborators, from the metrology sector, high-value manufacturing, sensor manufacturing, and academia. Accurate control of temperature is key to ensuring process efficiency and product consistency and is often not achieved to the level required for modern processes. Enhanced efficiency of processes may take several forms including reduced product rejection/waste; improved energy efficiency; increased intervals between sensor recalibration/maintenance; and increased sensor reliability, i.e., reduced amount of operator intervention. Traceability of temperature measurements to the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) is a critical factor in establishing low measurement uncertainty and reproducible, consistent process control. Introducing such traceability in situ (i.e., within the industrial process) is a theme running through this project.
KW - blackbody
KW - combustion thermometry
KW - flame thermometry
KW - fluorescence thermometry
KW - high-value manufacturing
KW - phosphor thermometry
KW - surface temperature
KW - thermocouples
UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10765-017-2253-3
U2 - 10.1007/s10765-017-2253-3
DO - 10.1007/s10765-017-2253-3
M3 - Article
SN - 0195-928X
VL - 38
JO - International Journal of Thermophysics
JF - International Journal of Thermophysics
IS - 8
M1 - 118
ER -