Building Thermography Online Presentation

The purpose of the Building Thermography Online presentation is to introduce students to the basics of thermography, to describe the possibilities of building diagnostic procedures, to draw attention to real limitations and the measurement (environmental) conditions to be observed. The presentation details the physical foundations necessary for the proper preparation and evaluation of thermal images.

Thematic Outline of the Online Presentation

Physical / Measurement Technical Basics - Theoretical Introduction

• thermal radiation - electromagnetic wave
• physical laws: ideal radiator model, PLANCK
• emission, absorption, reflection, and transmission
• effect of the measurement setup on the results
• practical sources of error and other issues

Selection of Task-Specific Thermal Cameras

• structure of matrix thermal cameras
• thermal camera characteristics and their significance
• measurement range (spectral range)
• thermal and geometrical resolution

Building Thermography Measurements

• types of measurements and their requirements
• required measurement conditions
• detectable building defects
• search for hidden elements/wires
• leak detection with a thermal camera

Content of the Video Camera Demonstration

• Model experiments, procedure demonstrations
• Practical Thermal Camera Measurements
  - assessment of building insulation (winter only)
  - inspection of refrigeration equipment insulation (summer)

Thermal image evaluation on a computer
- practical consideration of theory (IRBIS3)
- automatic montage of thermal images (IRBIS3 Mosaic)
- special building diagnostic evaluations (FORNAX)

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