Economic investigation of high quality thermal inspections

Abstract EN

This paper investigates the economics of thermal inspections of electrical equipments using a Matlab Graphic User Interface "GUI" with thermal imaging infrared "IR" camera.

In spite of the benefits of thermal inspections, its actual utilization with traditional procedures necessitates relying on external inspection experts.

This increases the cost of inspection resulting in unbeneficial commercial process.

The proposed technique provides an effective method to predict and solve abnormal conditions in electrica equipments avoiding the need for external inspection experts.

Thus, all electrical equipments can be tested with an economic manner, where the overall cost can be significantly reduced.

The paper highlights also the benefits of the proposed technique in providing a complete thermal profile of the system to define the particular condition or fault corresponding to the thermal signature.

The performed report defines the problems that found in the system, suggests remedy and performs any necessary corrective action in a suitable time and recommends for the priority of correcting these problems.

Accordingly, the economic aspects of thermal imaging IR cameras will take new forms, which will enable their actual utilization in large scales.