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Behind the brick thermocouple

US6302578A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 1999
Grant dateOct 16, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01K1/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention is a thermocouple installation wherein the thermocouple measures the temperature in a gasification reactor. The thermocouple is installed through the wall of a gasification reactor such that the measuring element is behind a continuous layer of refractory hot face brick. The thermocouple assembly is mounted in a opening made through the gasifier wall, the insulating brick, and optionally a portion of the way through the hotface brick.

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