Heat Flux Sensors for Infrared Thermography in Convective Heat Transfer

• Main Authors: Giovanni Maria Carlomagno, Luigi de Luca, Gennaro Cardone, Tommaso Astarita
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2014-11-01
• Series: Sensors
• Subjects: infrared thermography; heat flux sensors; convective heat transfer
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/11/21065

This paper reviews the most dependable heat flux sensors, which can be used with InfraRed (IR) thermography to measure convective heat transfer coefficient distributions, and some of their applications performed by the authors’ research group at the University of Naples Federico II. After recalling the basic principles that make IR thermography work, the various heat flux sensors to be used with it are presented and discussed, describing their capability to investigate complex thermo-fluid-dynamic flows. Several applications to streams, which range from natural convection to hypersonic flows, are also described.