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
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- Measurement functions
- Capturing an image
Basic Thermal Science
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- Heat
- Temperature
Basic heat transfer
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- Conductive heat transfer rate
- Conductivity
- Steady state and transient heat transfer
- Thermal capacity
- Convection
- Evaporation and condensation
- Radiation heat transfer
The electromagnetic spectrum
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- The electromagnetic spectrum
- Atmospheric transmission
Radiation Energy Exchange
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- Radiation properties – incident
- Radiation properties – exitant
- Blackbodies
Thermal image interpretation
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- Visual versus infrared
- The thermal image
- Apparent temperature
- Apparent temperature and emissivity
- Emissivity effects
Thermal image analysis techniques
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- Thermal gradient
- Camera tools for pattern enhancement
- Reflection from a spot source
Qualitative and Quantitative
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- Comparing qualitative and quantitative
- Example of classification criteria
- Baseline data
Infrared Measurement Techniques
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- 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