Recent developments in neutron imaging with applications for porous media research
-
Published:2016-09-06
Issue:5
Volume:7
Page:1281-1292
-
ISSN:1869-9529
-
Container-title:Solid Earth
-
language:en
-
Short-container-title:Solid Earth
Author:
Kaestner Anders P.ORCID, Trtik Pavel, Zarebanadkouki Mohsen, Kazantsev Daniil, Snehota MichalORCID, Dobson Katherine J.ORCID, Lehmann Eberhard H.
Abstract
Abstract. Computed tomography has become a routine method for probing processes in porous media, and the use of neutron imaging is especially suited to the study of the dynamics of hydrogenous fluids, and of fluids in a high-density matrix. In this paper we give an overview of recent developments in both instrumentation and methodology at the neutron imaging facilities NEUTRA and ICON at the Paul Scherrer Institut. Increased acquisition rates coupled to new reconstruction techniques improve the information output for fewer projection data, which leads to higher volume acquisition rates. Together, these developments yield significantly higher spatial and temporal resolutions, making it possible to capture finer details in the spatial distribution of the fluid, and to increase the acquisition rate of 3-D CT volumes. The ability to add a second imaging modality, e.g., X-ray tomography, further enhances the feature and process information that can be collected, and these features are ideal for dynamic experiments of fluid distribution in porous media. We demonstrate the performance for a selection of experiments carried out at our neutron imaging instruments.
Funder
Grantová Agentura České Republiky
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
Paleontology,Stratigraphy,Earth-Surface Processes,Geochemistry and Petrology,Geology,Geophysics,Soil Science
Reference46 articles.
1. Anderson, I., McGreavy, R., and Bilheux, H. (Eds.): Neutron Imaging and Applications, Springer Verlag, 2009. 2. Boillat, P., Kramer, D., Seyfang, B., Frei, G., Lehmann, E., Scherer, G., Wokaun, A., Ichikawa, Y., Tasaki, Y., and Shinohara, K.: In situ observation of the water distribution across a PEFC using high resolution neutron radiography, Electrochem. Commun., 10, 546–550, 2008. 3. Buzug, T.: Introduction to Computed Tomography: From photon statistics to modern cone-beam CT, Springer, 2008. 4. Carminati, A., Kaestner, A., Ippisch, O., Koliji, A., Lehmann, P., Hassanein, R., Vontobel, P., Lehmann, E., Laloui, L., Vulliet, L., and Flühler, H.: Water flow between soil aggregates, Transport Porous Med., 68, 219–236, 2007. 5. Cnudde, V. and Boone, M.: High-resolution X-ray computed tomography in geosciences: A review of the current technology and applications, Earth-Sci. Rev., 123, 1–17, 2013.
Cited by
36 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献
|
|