Combined neutron and X-ray imagingof capillaries/pores, hydrogen andcarbon in pyrolyzing/combusting biomass/flour sticks
This project is aimed at using combined neutron and X-ray tomography (NCT and XCT) to study dynamics of hydrogen (H) and carbon (C) in thermochemical conversion (pyrolysis/carbonization) of wood and flour sticks (spaghetti). Cold neutrons show great sensitivity to H non-intrusively and have low sensitivity to carbon and heavier elements and thus complements very well X-rays, which show opposite sensitivity. Thus from combined NCT and XCT one can map out the abundance of H and C in 3D over the entire material during carbonization. In addition, the XCT and NCT at ILL, beamline D50 can be operated with high resolution, 10 micrometer or better. We study samples pyrolysis of wood samples that are of interest for production of biofuel, gas and chars and combustion/carbonization of solid flour sticks that are of interest for production of nanotubular structures for different technical applications related to energy and environment. They show quite different complex transformation schemes which include capillary and pore structures. These measurements will give important input to modelers that want to develop predictive models for energy and materials production and synthesis.
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The recommended format for citing this dataset in a research publication is in the following format:
OSSLER Frederik; FINNEY Charles; Stephen A. Hall; Emanuel Larsson and TENGATTINI Alessandro. (2021). Combined neutron and X-ray imagingof capillaries/pores, hydrogen andcarbon in pyrolyzing/combusting biomass/flour sticks. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.1-05-84
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