Thermography for Preventive Maintenance and Conservation

Abstract

With fuel prices soaring, more and more companies are looking at energy management as a means to curb energy costs. Let's face it, our energy supply picture is improving but new energy will be expensive. Conservation, energy management, fuel efficiency, whatever you choose to call it, will be around for years because it is the one way to reduce energy costs. For several years, now, our country has witnessed the development of new, more efficient equipment and techniques. Better methods for determining energy loss are being introduced every day. A breakthrough in this area has been the development of infrared energy detection equipment, or heat detection equipment as it is commonly known. Less than 200 years ago, the existence of the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum was discovered accidentally by the Royal Astronomer of King George III of England.