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In situ X-Ray Computed Tomography for study of glass melter operation


EMSL Project ID
51662

Abstract

X-ray computed tomography (CT) analysis will support waste-glass research and Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant start-up by analyzing high-temperature glass melts using a furnace specially adapted for use in the CT instrument. Developing a glass-melting furnace in the CT instrument has allowed unprecedented study of melting reactions. Information on foaming behavior, melt morphology, and melt rate will allow more accurate modeling of melter operation. Observations by X-ray CT will allow better understanding of the conditions inside nuclear waste glass melters.
Scans taken at high temperature of these dynamic reactions will be processed using cutting-edge iterative reconstruction algorithms. These are available from open-source toolkits and their use is possible via the high power of the Cascade GPU nodes. Making use of these iterative algorithms will allow the highest quality images to be generated from the scans.
The DOE mission on the Hanford site, as well as EMSL’s mission to promote solutions to energy and environmental challenges, will both benefit from this advancement. In conjuncture with the CT instrument, Cascade GPU nodes are requested to process scans.

Project Details

Start Date
2020-10-01
End Date
2021-09-30
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

Steven Luksic
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Team Members

Jose Marcial
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory