SURFACE-TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT OF SEMITRANSPARENT MATERIAL BY THERMOCOUPLE IN REAL SITE EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH AND SIMULATION

This study's aim is to appreciate real site surface temperature error values obtained using a thermocouple on semi-transparent materials and to determine a method of correction. Using an efficient measurement s ystem, an experimental study was carried out under a number of climati c conditions. The results show that high values for solar radiation an d wind speed have a significant influence on thermocouple measurement. The authors, therefore, decided to validate and develop a corrective model for the measurement errors of these two parameters. The conclusi on also provides data on the model's relative drawbacks and current li mitations.