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Your intelligence = brief on infrared=20 thermography =

Volume 8, Issue = 5

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Welcome

Thermography Tracks Bad Boiler Tube = Location

We're Looking for your Best Images

IR News you can Use

ITC Message Board Posts

Brainteaser of the Month

Last Month's Brainteaser

Past Issues

Course Calendars

About the ITC

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This month we are offering an image = submission contest=20 where you could win a Garmin GPS Navigation system, see We're Looking for your Best Images.

Our tech app this issue illustrates how = you can use=20 thermography to track or trace a pipe through a piece of = equipment, check=20 it out at Thermography Tracks Bad Boiler Tube = Location

As usual we have our Message board posts, = News items, and our = monthly Brainteaser for you to=20 solve.

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Have a good month,

Gary Orlove,
Editor and=20 Publisher

Thermography=20 Tracks Bad Boiler Tube = Location

by John = Bruszenski

Here = is an idea that=20 we came up with when we had a unit burst a boiler tube. To = minimize down=20 time of the unit, we were going to install plugs in both headers. = Inside a=20 boiler, tubes are sometimes routed in different directions in = order to=20 maintain flow and conserve space. This tube was one of them, it = started=20 out in a particular row and when it reached the top of the boiler, = it was=20 in a different position. Even though the boiler was off-line, we = were able=20 to create enough of a temperature differential with station air to = identify the bad tube.

A = Steam=20 Generator was shutdown for a tube leak. The tube rupture was found = above=20 the economizer. I was asked to identify the bad tube as it passed = into the=20 penthouse section of the boiler due to the tube changing = directions and=20 paths. This tube is in the 37th row in from man way, 2nd tube in. = It is=20 now identified with an =93X=94 made with white Mean-Streak pen. A = large air=20 hose was sealed into the tube at the rupture, the drum vents = opened, and=20 station air flowed through it. This created the temperature = differential=20 needed for identification.

Image zoomed 2X=20 to show difference in tube temperature of 3=BAF. Station air = continued to=20 flow through the damaged tube. Boiler tube is covered with a light = coating=20 of fly ash in this section.

Distance view of=20 tube from man way access of the 6=BD floor, south west corner of=20 boiler.

John earns=20 8 recertification points for this=20 article.

We're Looking=20 for your Best Images

FLIR Systems is looking for your = best, most=20 awesome images. Our crazy marketing people want to create a new ad = campaign that stops people dead in their tracks; that shows off = the=20 quality of FLIR cameras. They want to show something different = than a=20 motor, pump or electrical switchgear, for instance cityscapes = (headline:=20 start seeing the world in IR", bridges, NASA liftoff / airplane = "take your=20 career to new heights"; you get the idea. Click the image to the = right for=20 an example.

We will be = awarding=20 a Gar= min=20 Nuvi 350 Pocket Vehicle GPS Navigator and Personal Travel = Assistant (a=20 $642 value) to the person submitting the best image. We will judge = the=20 image on how instantly recognizable the image is (no brainteasers = please),=20 quality of the image, and wow appeal. All images submitted become = the=20 property of FLIR Systems and can be used for any promotional or = training=20 purpose.

Email your = images to mailto:Liam.McKenzie@flir.com?subject=3DAwesome=20 IR Image , don't hit reply and email to me (Gary).

We will be = awarding the GPS=20 within two weeks, so send in your entries=20 now!

IR News you can=20 Use

Straight from the = World Wide Web,=20 here is what's going on in the world of infrared = thermography.

IR Equipment

2007=20 =93red dot design award=94 goes to FLIR Systems = InfraCAM=99
Process & Control=20 Today, UK - May 2, 2007
This compact = portable=20 infrared camera developed and produced by FLIR Systems = has been=20 awarded the =93red dot design award=94 in the=20 ...
ThermoVision SC8000 MWIR Camera
Photonics.com, MA -=20 Apr 10, 2007
BOSTON, April 10, 2007 -- = Infrared=20 camera maker Flir Systems has released its latest product in = infrared technology for the scientific community,=20 ...
Updated SPIE Book on IR Thermal Imaging=20 Apps
tempsensor.net, PA -=20 Apr 20, 2007
He's been involved in IR = temperature=20 measurement and thermal Imaging for a lot more than 30 = years.=20 Herb has been an independent consultant at Honeyhill=20 ...

Condition Monitoring /=20 Maintenance

Infrared thermography hits the = (hot) spot;=20 New implementations ...
Advanced Imaging Pro (press=20 release), MD - Apr 24, = 2007
"Because=20 the potential savings are so great, more and more companies are=20 realizing the benefits of thermal imaging when used = either as a=20 troubleshooting ...
Benzene Clean-up Expensive for Texas = Oil=20 Company
Lawyers and=20 Settlements, Canada - 51 minutes = ago
A=20 related EPA project also requires the company to test new = infrared=20 camera technology to detect equipment leaks. These equipment = leaks=20 may contain ...

Energy = Conservation /=20 Building Science

Green construction saves money and = energy
MSNBC - 19 = hours=20 ago
Comparing two homes in St. Louis =97 one built = using green=20 construction =97 thermal imaging shows in vivid color the = difference in the insulating properties of ...
Thermal imaging plan to slash draughty = schools' heating=20 bills
Scotsman, UK -=20 Apr 6, 2007
THERMAL imaging surveys are = to be=20 carried out on the city's draughty schools as part of a =A32.8 = million=20 project to improve energy efficiency. ...
Spy in the sky snaps every = house
Tottenham, Wood Green and = Edmonton=20 Journal, UK - 7 hours ago
The = colour=20 coded map was created from footage taken by a plane fitted with = a=20 military thermal imaging camera. The mapping took place = at night=20 in winter when ...

science and=20 technology

Martian water: New mapping tool heats up quest for icy=20 gold
PhysOrg.com, VA - May 2, = 2007
Detailed=20 thermal imaging of Mars has shown that ice on the Red = Planet is=20 patchy and lurks at varied depths in its soil, a finding that = will help=20 finetune ...
Exploring Caves From 30 Feet in the=20 Air
Astrobiology=20 Magazine - Apr 30, 2007
Thermal=20 imaging cameras like this one have many common uses - = fighting=20 forest fires, checking the thermal efficiency of homes, finding=20 weaknesses in power=20 ...

ITC Message Board = Posts=20

Here = is a selection=20 of recent new threads by IR Community members. Feel free to click = the=20 links, see the responses, and post your own response if you=20 like.

New ThermaCAM=AE GasfindIR-LW Infrared Camera Can Sense = Sulfur=20 Hexafluoride (SF6)
Based on a unique, = patent-pending=20 technology, FLIR=92s GasFindIR-LW is a one-of-a-kind infrared = camera=20 designed to help the U.S. Environmental Agency and utility = companies to=20 better control Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) emissions in order to = preserve=20 the environment now and for future generations. In addition to = the=20 =93greenhouse gas=94 SF6, the versatile GasFindIR-LW can also = detect more=20 than 20 other gases floating in the=20 atmosphere.
flies due to moisture
Im currently = experiencing a=20 problem with moth flies in a ground floor apartment on slab=20 construction. The flies are due to a moisture problem under = concrete or=20 in a wall. I set up tents as shown in the image to determine = where the=20 flies are coming from through out the unit.

I did ir but = saw=20 nothing of interest. The out side air temp was 3.8C or 38.84F = and the=20 indoor temp was 22.2C or 71.96F with RH of 46.4%.

The = area in=20 question where I was catching flies was on an interior cinder = block fire=20 wall separating 2 units. Because its an interior wall it shows = no temp=20 differentiation. How might I change the wall or floor temp to = note any=20 differentiation.
Ne= w=20 - Rtools - SC6000/SC4000 Training Course
3 day RTools = Radiometric Software=20 & SC6000/SC4000 Systems Training

The RTools=20 Radiometric Software and SC6000/SC4000 Systems Training course = is a new=20 offering from FLIR's world class Infrared Training Center. This = course=20 will cover an introduction to infrared theory with an emphasis = on the=20 operation of the ThermoVision=AE SC6000/SC4000 camera systems = and a=20 detailed explanation of the functionality of the RTools = Radiometric=20 Software Suite.

Course participants will discover how to = properly set up the camera system for optimal image presentation = and=20 data collection, calibrate the camera data for radiometric and=20 temperature measurement, compensate for varying atmospheric = conditions,=20 and more...

See http://www.infraredtraining.com/courses/rtools_sc.asp= =20 for more information

And of course if YOU have a question or want = to start=20 a discussion on a topic, we would love to hear from you. Just post = a new=20 thread on a mes= sage=20 board.

= Brainteaser of the = Month =20

Here is = this month's=20 brainteaser. What is this? Readers who email us the correct = identification=20 are entered into a drawing to win a prize.

Please put "Brainteaser" as the = subject=20 of the message.

Click=20 here to email your guess

Do you have an interesting image = that you think=20 would challenge other thermographers? If so please email me your image = (preferably=20 in native .img, .jpg, .tif, .tgw, or .tmw format) with an = accompanying=20 visible photo and explanation. If your image is used, you receive = a gift=20 as = well.

=20 Last Month's Brainteaser

Can anyone say = "Taco Bell"? There=20 must be a lot of Mexican food junkies out there because 94 out of = the 120=20 responses were correct! Yes, its a taco production line featuring = hot taco=20 shells coming out of the oven.

Congratulations = to our=20 winner, long time thermographer and finite element analyst, Jack = Kleinfeld=20 of Kleinfeld Technical Services, Inc. in Bronx, NY. Thanks go to = Roberto=20 Cruz from Thermoimagen in Mexicali, State of Baja California, = Mexico for=20 his thermogram.

They both get the = esteemed=20 and revered ITC low emissivity coffee=20 mug.

Past = Issues =20

Click the links=20 below to view past issues of this newsletter:

All past issues from February 2000 = through April=20 2006, click here.

April=20 2007

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February=20 2007

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Click the links=20 below to see our latest course schedules (in local = language).

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About = the=20 Infrared Training Center =20

The Infrared Training Center offers training and = certification in=20 all aspects of infrared thermography use. Our world-class training = headquarters are located near Boston, Massachusetts, USA and = Stockholm,=20 Sweden and have the world's most extensive hands on laboratories = for=20 infrared applications. In addition, we have training centers = around the=20 world. Please join us in exploring the fascinating world of the = infrared!=20

Your comments and suggestions about this newsletter are = welcomed=20 and encouraged. If you have an interesting application or case = study to=20 share, we encourage you to submit it for publication. Published = articles earn credit towards IR = recertification.

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