Course Overview

The Level I Infrared Thermography Training Course is geared to the new infrared camera user and focuses on its use for a variety of condition monitoring/predictive maintenance applications. Attendees completing all training course requirements and an thermography field assignment will receive a Level I Infrared Thermography Certification.

Course Syllabus

IR Camera introduction

• • Measurement functions
  • Capturing an image

Basic Thermal Science

• • Heat
  • Temperature

Basic heat transfer

• • Conductive heat transfer rate
  • Conductivity
  • Steady state and transient heat transfer
  • Thermal capacity
  • Convection
  • Evaporation and condensation
  • Radiation heat transfer

The electromagnetic spectrum

• • The electromagnetic spectrum
  • Atmospheric transmission

Radiation Energy Exchange

• • Radiation properties – incident
  • Radiation properties – exitant
  • Blackbodies

Thermal image interpretation

• • Visual versus infrared
  • The thermal image
  • Apparent temperature
  • Apparent temperature and emissivity
  • Emissivity effects

Thermal image analysis techniques

• • Thermal gradient
  • Camera tools for pattern enhancement
  • Reflection from a spot source

Qualitative and Quantitative

• • Comparing qualitative and quantitative
  • Example of classification criteria
  • Baseline data

Infrared Measurement Techniques

• • Radiated energy and temperature
  • Calibration
  • Calibration check
  • Influence of the atmosphere
  • Atmosphere
  • Reflected radiation
  • Reflected apparent temperature
  • Compensation for emissivity, and temperature calculation
  • Lesson objectives
  • Stefan-Boltzmann’s Law for Real Bodies
  • Temperature calculation
  • Camera measurement tools
  • Emissivity
  • Emissivity and reflected apparent temperature
  • Detectors and pixels
  • Target size for measurement
  • Solution for small targets

ITC Level I Lab session

Formula number 1: Fourier’s Law of Heat Transfer
Formula number 2: Incident Radiation
Formula number 3: Kirchhoff’s Law of Radiation
Formula number 4: Exitant Radiation
Formula number 5: Radiation of an Opaque Object
Formula number 6: Stefan-Boltzmann’s Law
Formula number 7: Stefan-Boltzmann’s Law (modified version)
Formula number 8: Emissivity
Formula number 9: Emissivity (modified version)

Course Duration (Days)

5

Certification

Certificates of Attendance awarded by Institute of Infrared Thermography