Patent ID: 11885566
Assignee: QUANTUM IR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for measuring temperatures of a preheater of a rotary kiln, comprising:
at least one infrared imaging sensor for each level of the preheater, wherein the preheater includes at least two preheater levels; and
an imaging analysis computer operably coupled with the at least one infrared imaging sensor of each level of the preheater, wherein the imaging analysis computer is configured to perform the following for each preheater level:
obtain a 3D model of a preheater level of the preheater;
obtain at least one infrared image of a fixed field of view of the preheater level of the preheater;
analyze all pixels in the fixed field of view of the at least one infrared image for each pixel temperature;
generate a 2D temperature model of the preheater level;
overlay the 2D temperature model over the 3D model to generate a virtual 3D preheater level temperature model; and
provide a visual representation of the virtual 3D preheater level temperature model.