Application Note: Critical Vessel Monitoring

Many fluid vessels, such as chemical reactors, storage tanks, and piping systems, need to be monitored to spot abnormal temperatures and trends that warn of product loss or unsafe conditions. Traditionally, this has been accomplished with point contact temperature sensors such as thermocouples or RTDs. Since individual sensors only monitor "pin point" areas, there is always a concern about non-uniform temperatures throughout a vessel and across its surface. FLIR's Critical Vessel Monitoring (CVM) Systems offer a better solution. A few IR cameras can observe and measure the temperature of the entire vessel surface, sending real time images and alarms to a control room. This application flyer describes how these systems can be designed and used to prevent huge monetary losses due to spoiled product, or worse yet, explosions, fires, loss of life, and production downtime.

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