Mineral Insulated Thermocouple Sensors are
- highly resistant to vibrations and shock
- easily bent in any direction with no risk of short-circuiting their electrodes
- suitable for inaccessible sites in small elements
- used for units with small diameters and low thermal inertia
- applied in the chemical, petro chemical, heavy power, civil and industrial sector
- available for corrosive aggressive media, (isolated junction, special sheath)
Specifications
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temperature range up to 1335°C
- sensing element TC J, K, N, (also RTD Pt100 available)
- sheath material: INCONEL 600, OMEGALAND XL, steel 1.4571
- sheath diameter: 1; 1.5; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 8 mm (standard 6 mm)
- sheath length: any
- high resistance to harsh conditions
- various design versions
Operating Principle
A mineral insulated thermocouple sensor is manufactured in the form of thin tube/probe called mantle. Inside this tube, there are two (2) or four (4) thermoelectrodes; all the thermoelectrodes’ ends are tightly welded together, thus, forming a measuring junction; the thermoelectrodes inside the tubes are placed in an insulating envelope made of a highly compressed insulating material, for example, magnesium oxide. The measuring junction may be either isolated/separated from the mineral insulated
(SO type) or connected with it, i.e. earthed (SP type); in the case of double, thermocouples, the measuring junctions of the two thermocouples, which are isolated/separated from the mantle, can be either connected with each other (SOA type) or isolated/separated from each other (SOB type).
Depending of the construction form of a cold junction in a thermocouple, there are various construction types of thermocouples, and they decide on the type of sensors:
- with free ends of a 20 mm length (BT)
- with sleeve at its end, 50 mm long free ends are extended by a thermoelectrode wire (T)
- with plug-in socket at its end (BTW)
- with plug “LEMO” type connection (BTL)
- with compensation wire of any length (TKb)
- as above; the compensation wire has a flat, plug-in socket at its end (TKbW)
- as above; the compensation wire has “LEMO” type connection at its end (TKbL)
- a flat thermocouple, BT type, with a flanged end with a terminal block
- insert as above, placed in a connection head, NA type