INTEGRATING TEMPERATURE-AVERAGING SENSOR

摘要

A temperature sensor comprising a temperature to electrical quantity transducer or array of interconnected transducers in thermal contact with a defined space such as a tank in which a non-isothermal temperature profile exists. Sensor may be arranged with respect to the shape of the space and its profile enabling single output of sensor to represent integral summation of temperature within the space, linearly interpretable for a given space as representing average temperature or thermal energy content of the space.