ED-cPSD: Fast Phase-Size Distribution via Sequential Erosion-Dilation

Adam, Andre; Fang, Huazhen; Yang, Guang; Li, Xianglin

doi:10.1016/j.softx.2025.102211

ED-cPSD: Fast Phase-Size Distribution via Sequential Erosion-Dilation

Journal Article · Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 2025 · SoftwareX

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2025.102211· OSTI ID:3002393

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Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States); Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)

The Erosion-Dilation continuous Phase-Size Distribution, ED-cPSD, is an application for calculating continuous pore and particle-size distribution from digital reconstructions and/or image-based structural data. It is based on the erosion-dilation continuous phase-size distribution method. A continuous size distribution is a measure of the probability density of finding a particle or pore of a certain size. These distributions are of interest in any field of study involving porous media, including but not limited to electrochemistry, petroleum engineering, geology, and food science. The algorithm behind the software provides a computationally efficient way to calculate phase-size distributions for large domains. For a 3D battery electrode reconstruction with 1.3 x 10⁸ voxels, the particle size distribution is derived in under 2 min on a desktop, while also retaining flexibility and computational efficiency for HPC-scale multi-threading. The software can handle structures with over 10⁹ voxels. The algorithm is roughly 280 times faster than a previous version on the same task.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 3002393

Journal Information:: SoftwareX, Journal Name: SoftwareX Vol. 31; ISSN 2352-7110

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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