TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the potential of muon radiography for blast furnace assessments
T2 - advancements in non-invasive imaging and structural analysis
AU - Frosin, C.
AU - Ambrosino, F.
AU - Andreetto, P.
AU - Bonechi, L.
AU - Bonomi, G.
AU - Borselli, D.
AU - Bottai, S.
AU - Buhles, T.
AU - Calliari, I.
AU - Checchia, P.
AU - Chiarotti, U.
AU - Cialdai, C.
AU - Ciaranfi, R.
AU - Cimmino, L.
AU - Ciulli, V.
AU - De Seta Cosentino, P. G.
AU - D'Alessandro, R.
AU - Santos Ferreira, R. P.
AU - Finke, F.
AU - Franzen, A.
AU - Glaser, B.
AU - Gonzi, S.
AU - Lorenzon, A.
AU - Masone, V.
AU - Moroli, V.
AU - Nechyporuk, O.
AU - Paccagnella, A.
AU - Petrini, R.
AU - Pezzato, L.
AU - Rangavittal, B. V.
AU - Ressegotti, D.
AU - Saracino, G.
AU - Sauerwald, J.
AU - Starodubtsev, O.
AU - Viliani, L.
AU - Volzone, F.
AU - Vynnycky, M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s)
PY - 2024/2/1
Y1 - 2024/2/1
N2 - The BLEMAB European project (BLast furnace stack density Estimation through online Muon ABsorption measurements), the evolution of the previous Mu-Blast European project, is designed to investigate in detail the capability of muon radiography techniques applied to the imaging of the inner zone of a blast furnace. In particular, the goal of this collaboration is to characterize the internal region (so-called cohesive zone) where the slowly downward-moving material begins to soften and melt, which plays an important role in the performance of the blast furnace itself. In this contribution, we describe the state-of-the-art of the muon tracking system which is currently being developed and installed at a blast furnace on the ArcelorMittal site in Bremen (Germany). Moreover, we will present the GEANT4 simulation framework devised for this application together with the simulation results. Finally, we will show the possible contribution of multiple scattering effects to such peculiar applications.
AB - The BLEMAB European project (BLast furnace stack density Estimation through online Muon ABsorption measurements), the evolution of the previous Mu-Blast European project, is designed to investigate in detail the capability of muon radiography techniques applied to the imaging of the inner zone of a blast furnace. In particular, the goal of this collaboration is to characterize the internal region (so-called cohesive zone) where the slowly downward-moving material begins to soften and melt, which plays an important role in the performance of the blast furnace itself. In this contribution, we describe the state-of-the-art of the muon tracking system which is currently being developed and installed at a blast furnace on the ArcelorMittal site in Bremen (Germany). Moreover, we will present the GEANT4 simulation framework devised for this application together with the simulation results. Finally, we will show the possible contribution of multiple scattering effects to such peculiar applications.
KW - Detector design and construction technologies and materials
KW - Particle tracking detectors (Solid-state detectors)
KW - Scintillators and scintillating fibres and light guides
KW - Simulation methods and programs
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U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/19/02/C02041
DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/19/02/C02041
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85186143709
SN - 1748-0221
VL - 19
JO - Journal of Instrumentation
JF - Journal of Instrumentation
IS - 2
M1 - C02041
ER -