The present work develops a construction technology for determining the temperature field in a combustion furnace. The construction of the thermal imaging technology provides important information about temperature field in a combustion furnace leading to controlling and optimizing the combustion process. The theory of the thermal imaging including the basic principles of radiation, single-color thermometry, shutter method and some important considerations is firstly summarized.. The experiments are divided into two parts, The results of first part, by spectrometer, verify the feasibility and accuracy of the theory of the thermal imaging and find out the soft-hardware configuration parameters of image acquisition system in practice. The second one, by visible camera, tests the blackbody, and achieves a proper ratio of R/G by a single image, with the aid of a filter, together with an appropriate shutter method in order to construct the thermal imaging. The temperature predication agress very well with themeasured temperature. In order to develop a simple simulation and prediction tool, a two-dimensional finite element model is employed to simulate the temperature field in a furnace. These results agree with those obtained in experiments.