Near Infrared Borescope for industrial gas measurement

AMETEK Land has released the new Near Infrared Borescope (NIR-B) 3XR for industrial gas applications.

The NIR-B 3XR delivers continuous reformer tube wall temperature (TWT) measurement and furnace optimisation and monitoring, allowing highly accurate temperature point data to be measured, stored and trended over the lifetime of the furnace.

The high-resolution image, combined with the wide-angle field of view (90°), allows multiple reformer tubes to be imaged and measured simultaneously. This is critical to extending asset life and maximising efficiency, as a -10°C measurement error over time can result in either 1 per cent lost productivity or a +10°C error can result in 25 per cent reduction in tube life.

This latest innovation is ATEX and IECEX approved for use in Zone 2 gas atmospheres and provides a high-resolution thermal image offering real-time high-accuracy temperature measurement of both the tube skin and the refractory surface. NIR-B 3XR uses the shortest wavelength possible to minimise errors associated with varying emissivity.

AMETEK Land partnered with syngas catalyst manufacturers, global operators and reformer designers to develop the NIR-B 3XR to give customers greater visibility and real-time temperature information.

In addition to improving accuracy, NIR-B 3XR reduces risk to personnel by removing the need for an operator or technician to be in a hazardous area on a regular basis by utilising infrared temperature measurement. With advanced digital communications, the image and data can be viewed in real time from the safety of the control room.