Leigh J.R. Temperature Measurement & Control

Peter Peregrinus Ltd, 1988. — 209 p.Definitions of temperature and heat.
Brief review of simple indicating thermometers for low-cost temperature measurement in the -30°C to +400°C range.
Thermocouples.
Resistance thermometers and thermistors.
Radiation thermometry.
New developments in temperature sensors.
Commonly arising industrial temperature-measurement problems.
Heat sources.
Heat sources: Non-combustion aspects.
Temperature control - 1: On-off control.
Temperature control - 2: Criteria and techniques for design of controllers for use with continuously variable actuators.
Temperature control - 3: Control of spatial temperature distribution.
Temperature control - 4: Some illustrative applications.
Commercially available temperature controllers.
Temperature control in buildings.
Energy conservation.
General references.