Patent ID: 8958058
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: F27D,G01B,G01N,G01S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus configured to monitor the integrity of a container protected by a refractory material, the apparatus comprising: A thermographic system having a first radiation detector, said thermographic system being configured to make spatially resolved temperature measurements of an external surface of the container; a scanning system having a first radiation source, a scanner, optics, a photodetector, and receiver electronics, said scanning system being configured to make spatially resolved thickness measurements of the refractory material; and a central controller configured to display to a user the spatially resolved temperature measurements of the external surface of the container and the spatially resolved thickness measurements of the refractory material, wherein a defect on the refractory material is identified by a combination of the spatially resolved temperature measurements of the external surface of the container and the spatially resolved thickness measurements of the refractory material.