EMPRESS : A European project to enhance process control through improved temperature measurement

Pearce, J. V. and Edler, F. and Elliott, C. J. and Rosso, L. and Sutton, G. and Andreu, A. and Machin, G. (2017) EMPRESS : A European project to enhance process control through improved temperature measurement. International Journal of Thermophysics, 38 (8). 118. ISSN 0195-928X

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    Abstract

    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.

    ORCID iDs

    Pearce, J. V., Edler, F., Elliott, C. J., Rosso, L., Sutton, G., Andreu, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6103-9908 and Machin, G.;
    • Item type:Article
      ID code:61530
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      31 August 2017
      Published
      3 June 2017
      Published Online
      23 May 2017
      Accepted
      Notes:Selected Papers of the 13th International Symposium on Temperature, Humidity, Moisture and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science.
      Keywords:blackbody, combustion thermometry , flame thermometry, fluorescence thermometry , high-value manufacturing, phosphor thermometry, surface temperature, thermocouples , Engineering design, Condensed Matter Physics
      Subjects:Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Engineering design
      Department:Faculty of Engineering > Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management
      Depositing user: Pure Administrator
      Date deposited:09 Aug 2017 11:23
      Last modified:23 Sep 2021 06:18
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      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/61530
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