Systems and Methods for Integrated Emissivity and Temperature Measurement of a Surface (open access)

Systems and Methods for Integrated Emissivity and Temperature Measurement of a Surface

A multi-channel spectrometer and a light source are used to measure both the emitted and the reflected light from a surface which is at an elevated temperature relative to its environment. In a first method, the temperature of the surface and emissivity in each wavelength is calculated from a knowledge of the spectrum and the measurement of the incident and reflected light. In the second method, the reflected light is measured from a reference surface having a known reflectivity and the same geometry as the surface of interest and the emitted and the reflected light are measured for the surface of interest. These measurements permit the computation of the emissivity in each channel of the spectrometer and the temperature of the surface of interest.
Date: November 8, 2005
Creator: Poulsen, Peter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plant Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolases (open access)

Plant Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolases

Patent relating to plant fatty acid amide hydrolases (FAAH) coding sequences.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Chapman, Kent D.; Shrestha, Rhidaya; Blancaflor, Elison B. & Dixon, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library