Advanced Real-Time Optical Imaging: Part I
- National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Albany, OR (United States); AECOM, Albany, OR (United States)
Materials research is significantly assisted by information gathered from imaging. Images may be macroscopic or microscopic; different imaging techniques ranging from conventional microscopes to synchrotron tomography are selected for various research purposes and goals. While most materials imaging is performed in static environments at room temperature because of its appropriateness (or due to device limitations), simple optical imaging may transform into a powerful tool if it is dynamically captured during materials treatments, processing, or physical/chemical exposures. Real-time observations this way provide researchers with vital information on materials behaviors under controlled but various conditions. In the field of energy materials, it is not uncommon to require materials studies under high-temperature, high-pressure, and/or corrosive conditions. In gasifiers, for example, investigations of sensor alloy degradation, slag-refractory reactions, and coal agglomeration require samples to undergo severe environments where direct imaging would be difficult using conventional experimental methods. Finally, while post mortem analysis often provides critical information, interpretation may sometimes be complicated without confirming such occurrences under those conditions.
- Research Organization:
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FE0004000
- OSTI ID:
- 1478366
- Journal Information:
- JOM. Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Vol. 70, Issue 7; ISSN 1047-4838
- Publisher:
- SpringerCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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