Experimental Study of a Low-Cost Radiometer for Hostile Scenarios

Abstract

Abstract-Noncontact temperature measurements in industrial scenarios present great variety of difficulties (dust, vapor. . . ). In this work, the authors study the use of a low-cost microwave power radiometer to measure the temperature of hot metal plate during its cooling with water. Two different radiometers, centred at different frequency bands, have been experimentally considered. The radiometers have been surrounded with a metal box to reduce undesirable radiation. Several experiments have been carried out, showing the ability of these radiometers to detect the cooling of the plates. A recalibration of the radiometer gain can be done to compensate the gain variation of the circuitry of the radiometers.