Research on H500-Type High-Precision Vacuum Blackbody as a Calibration Standard for Infrared Remote Sensing

• Published in: International journal of thermophysics Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Hao, X. P., Sun, J. P., Gong, L. Y., Song, J., Gu, J. M., Ding, L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Blackbody; Calibration; Classical Mechanics; Condensed Matter Physics; Emissivity; Geophysics; Heating rate; Humidity; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Infrared radiation; Moisture and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science; Physical Chemistry; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Radiance; Remote sensing; Temperature control; Tempmeko 2016; TEMPMEKO 2016: Selected Papers of the 13th International Symposium on Temperature; Thermodynamics; Emissivity; Uncertainty; Stability; Metrology; Vacuum blackbody source; Infrared remote sensing; Uniformity
• ISSN: 0195-928X; 1572-9567
• DOI: 10.1007/s10765-018-2371-6

Based on the calibration requirements of vacuum low background aerospace infrared remote sensing radiance temperature, a high-precision vacuum blackbody (H500 type) is developed for the temperature range from − 93 °C to + 220 °C at the National Institute of Metrology, China. In this paper, the structure and the temperature control system of H500 are introduced, and its performance, such as heating rate and stabilization of temperature control, is tested under the vacuum and low-background condition (liquid-nitrogen-cooled shroud). At room temperature and atmospheric environment, the major technical parameters of this blackbody, such as emissivity and uniformity, are measured. The measurement principle of blackbody emissivity is based on the control of surrounding radiation. Temperature uniformity at the cavity bottom is measured using a standard infrared radiation thermometer. When the heating rate is 1 °C min −1 , the time required for the temperature to stabilize is less than 50 min, and within 10 min, the variation in temperature is less than 0.01 °C. The emissivity value of the blackbody is higher than 0.996. Temperature uniformity at the bottom of the blackbody cavity is less than 0.03 °C. The uncertainty is less than 0.1 °C ( k  = 2) over the temperature range from − 93 °C to + 67 °C.