PROCESSO E DISPOSITIVO DE MEDICAO PARA DETERMINAR ALTERACOES DO ESTADO DE FUNCIONAMENTO EM RECIPIENTES QUE CONDUZEM FUNDIDOS DE VIDRO

摘要

Glass tank refractory construction material monitoring involves computer processing of temperature probe measurements and spatial coordinates to provide time-accelerated optical representations of the measurements. Functional state changes of refractory construction materials at the boundary surfaces of melt passage containers in glass melting installations are determined by local detection of temperature gradients within the material using one or more arrays of temperature measuring probes (T1-Tn) arranged within the material and spaced from the glass-facing surface and/or within the thermal insulation. The individual measurements and the associated probe spatial coordinates are stored in a computer (9), the measurements being periodically repeated and compared with earlier measurements and local changes being determined from time-accelerated optical representations of the measured temperature values. An Independent claim is also included for a measuring system for carrying out the above process.