Using our new infrared pyrometer, we set a new Thermal Energy Group record this week, measuring temperatures above 2000° C for the first time! The high temperature chamber is used to study hydrogen production by methane pyrolysis and to investigate high-temperature thermal energy storage materials. The record was set by Nate Weger, Lin Yang, and Clement Messeri using a C-type thermocouple, breaking the record of 1700° C set by Nate Weger and Mahmoud Elzouka.
