Thermal Analysis of the Detector in the Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI)
dc.contributor.author | Pfab, Jonathan Francis | en |
dc.contributor.committeechair | Vick, Brian L. | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Nguyen, Vinh | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Mahan, James R. | en |
dc.contributor.department | Mechanical Engineering | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-07T09:00:23Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-07T09:00:23Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2018-02-06 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Earth radiation budget instruments are devices designed to study global climate change. These instruments use telescopes embarked on low-earth-orbit satellites to measure Earth emitted and reflected solar radiation. Radiation is sensed as temperature changes caused by radiation absorbed during scans of the earth on a delicate gold-black coated detector. This work is part of a larger effort to develop an end-to-end dynamic electro-thermal model, based on first-principles, for the next generation of earth radiation budget instruments, the Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI). A primary objective of this effort is to develop a numerical model of the detector to be used on RBI. Specifically, the sensor model converts radiation arriving at the detector, collimated and focused through telescopes, into sensible heat; thereby producing a voltage. A mathematical model characterizing this sensor is developed. Using a MATLAB algorithm, an implicit finite-volume scheme is implemented to determine the model solution. Model parameters are tuned to replicate experimental data using a robust parameter estimation scheme. With these model parameters defined, the electro-thermal sensor model can be used, in conjunction with the remaining components of the end-to-end model, to provide insight for future interpretation of data produced by the RBI. | en |
dc.description.degree | Master of Science | en |
dc.format.medium | ETD | en |
dc.identifier.other | vt_gsexam:13907 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/82035 | en |
dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Radiometry | en |
dc.subject | Parameter Estimation | en |
dc.subject | Thermal Analysis | en |
dc.subject | Radiation Budget Instrument | en |
dc.subject | Gold-black Detector | en |
dc.subject | Remote Sensing | en |
dc.title | Thermal Analysis of the Detector in the Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI) | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Mechanical Engineering | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en |
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