Scale composition determination system, scale composition determination method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11474032-B2
Application number	US-201816484615-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2018
Priority date	Apr 25, 2017
Publication date	Oct 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022

Abstract

A scale composition determination device (10) determines that Fe2O3 has been generated in the outermost layer of a scale (SC) in the case where at least one of spectral emissivities at one wavelength and the other wavelength that are measured by radiometers for spectral emissivity measurement (21a, 21b) is not within a predetermined range including spectral emissivities of FeO at one wavelength and the other wavelength, and determines that Fe2O3 has not been generated in the outermost layer of the scale (SC) in the case where all of the spectral emissivities at one wavelength and the other wavelength that are measured by the radiometers for spectral emissivity measurement (21a, 21b) is within the predetermined range including the spectral emissivities of FeO at one wavelength and the other wavelength.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A scale composition determination system that determines a composition of a scale generated on a surface of a steel material, the scale composition determination system comprising:
a computer processor including processing circuitry that:
derives spectral emissivity of the steel material at each of a plurality of wavelengths based on a temperature of the steel material and spectral radiance of the steel material at each of a plurality of the wavelengths; and
determines whether or not hematite (Fe 2 O 3 ) has been generated in an outermost layer of the scale based on the spectral emissivity of the steel material at each of a plurality of the wavelengths, wherein
the computer processor determines that the hematite (Fe 2 O 3 ) has been generated in the outermost layer of the scale in the case where at least one of the spectral emissivities of the steel material at a plurality of the wavelengths is out of a predetermined range set at each of a plurality of the wavelengths, and determines that the hematite (Fe 2 O 3 ) has not been generated in the outermost layer of the scale in the case where all of the spectral emissivities of the steel material at a plurality of the wavelengths is within the predetermined range set at each of a plurality of the wavelengths,
in the predetermined range set at the wavelength, spectral emissivity of wustite (FeO) at the corresponding wavelength is included,
a plurality of the wavelengths are determined by using the relationship between the spectral emissivity of the hematite at each of a plurality of the wavelengths and a thickness of the hematite within a range assumed as the thickness of the hematite, and
a plurality of the wavelengths are determined to make the spectral emissivity of the hematite at at least one wavelength of a plurality of the wavelengths fall outside the predetermined range set at the corresponding wavelength at any thickness of the hematite in the relationship.

2. The scale composition determination system according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of the wavelengths include a wavelength selected from a wavelength band of 3.3 [μm] to 5.0 [μm] and a wavelength selected from a wavelength band of 8.0 [μm] to 14.0 [μm].

3. A scale composition determination method that determines a composition of a scale generated on a surface of a steel material, the scale composition determination method comprising:
a detection step of detecting spectral radiance of the steel material at each of a plurality of wavelengths;
a temperature acquisition step of acquiring a temperature of the steel material;
a spectral emissivity deriving step of deriving spectral emissivity of the steel material at each of a plurality of the wavelengths based on the temperature of the steel material acquired by the temperature acquisition step and the spectral radiance of the steel material at each of a plurality of the wavelengths, the spectral radiance detected by the detection step; and
a determination step of determining whether or not hematite (Fe 2 O 3 ) has been generated in an outermost layer of the scale based on the spectral emissivity of the steel material at each of a plurality of the wavelengths, the spectral emissivity derived by the spectral emissivity deriving step, wherein
the determination step determines that the hematite (Fe 2 O 3 ) has been generated in the outermost layer of the scale in the case where at least one of the spectral emissivities of the steel material at a plurality of the wavelengths is out of a predetermined range set at each of a plurality of the wavelengths, and determines that the hematite (Fe 2 O 3 ) has not been generated in the outermost layer of the scale in the case where all of the spectral emissivities of the steel material at a plurality of the wavelengths is within the predetermined range set at each of a plurality of the wavelengths,
in the predetermined range set at the wavelength, spectral emissivity of wustite (FeO) at the corresponding wavelength is included,
a plurality of the wavelengths are determined by using the relationship between the spectral emissivity of the hematite at each of a plurality of the wavelengths and a thickness of the hematite within a range assumed as the thickness of the hematite, and
a plurality of the wavelengths are determined to make the spectral emissivity of the hematite at at least one wavelength of a plurality of the wavelengths fall outside the predetermined range set at the wavelength at any thickness of the hematite in the relationship.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium recording a program, executable by a computer processor including processing circuitry, for causing a computer to execute determination of a composition of a scale generated on a surface of a steel material, the program causing a computer to execute:
a spectral emissivity deriving step of deriving spectral emissivity of the steel material at each of a plurality of wavelengths based on a temperature of the steel material and spectral radiance of the steel material at each of a plurality of the wavelengths; and
a determination step of determining whether or not hematite (Fe 2 O 3 ) has been generated in an outermost layer of the scale based on the spectral emissivity of the steel material at each of a plurality of the wavelengths, the spectral emissivity derived by the spectral emissivity deriving step, wherein
the determination step determines that the hematite (Fe 2 O 3 ) has been generated in the outermost layer of the scale in the case where at least one of the spectral emissivities of the steel material at a plurality of the wavelengths is out of a predetermined range set at each of a plurality of the wavelengths, and determines that the hematite (Fe 2 O 3 ) has not been generated in the outermost layer of the scale in the case where all of the spectral emissivities of the steel material at a plurality of the wavelengths is within the predetermined range set at each of a plurality of the wavelengths,
in the predetermined range set at the wavelength, spectral emissivity of wustite (FeO) at the corresponding wavelength is included,
a plurality of the wavelengths are determined by using the relationship between the spectral emissivity of the hematite at each of a plurality of the wavelengths and a thickness of the hematite within a range assumed as the thickness of the hematite, and
a plurality of the wavelengths are determined to make the spectral emissivity of the hematite at at least one wavelength of a plurality of the wavelengths fall outside the predetermined range set at the wavelength at any thickness of the hematite in the relationship.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Sugiura Masato
• Tanei Hiroshi
• Yamazaki Shuichi
• Kondo Yasumitsu

Classifications

• G01J2005/0074

  having separate detection of emissivity · CPC title

• G01N21/71 Primary

  thermally excited · CPC title

• G01N21/3563 Primary

  for analysing solids; Preparation of samples therefor · CPC title

• G01N33/20

  Metals · CPC title

• G01N33/2028

  Metallic constituents · CPC title