A virtual laboratory for radiotracer and sealed-source applications in industry

• Autorzy: Mohammed Mohammed Siddig H. , Banoqitah Essam M. , Elmoujarkach Ezzat , Alhawsawi Abdulsalam M. , Djouider Fathi

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/nuka-2021-0003

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Radioactive sealed sources and radiotracer techniques are used to diagnose industrial process units. This work introduces a workspace to simulate four sealed sources and radiotracer applications, namely, gamma scanning of distillation columns, gamma scanning of pipes, gamma transmission tomography, and radiotracer fl ow rate measurements. The workspace was created in Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission (GATE) simulation toolkit and was called Industrial Radioisotope Applications Virtual Laboratory. The fl exibility of GATE and the fact that it is an open-source software render it advantageous to radioisotope technology practitioners, educators, and students. The comparison of the simulation results with experimental results that are available in the literature showed the effectiveness of the virtual laboratory.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

sealed sources; radiotracers; industrial gamma tomography; simulation; GATE

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 66, No. 1
• Strony: 21--27
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 27 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Mohammed Mohammed Siddig H.

• Department of Nuclear Engineering King Abdulaziz University P. O. Box 80204, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4238-9566

autor

Banoqitah Essam M.

• Department of Nuclear Engineering King Abdulaziz University P. O. Box 80204, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9127-6322

autor

Elmoujarkach Ezzat

• Department of Nuclear Engineering King Abdulaziz University P. O. Box 80204, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-5984

autor

Alhawsawi Abdulsalam M.

• Department of Nuclear Engineering King Abdulaziz University P. O. Box 80204, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7992-8850

autor

Djouider Fathi

• Department of Nuclear Engineering King Abdulaziz University P. O. Box 80204, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3445-816X

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).