Muon: Tomography for large industrial equipment.
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Muon Systems creates hardware and software tools for muography applications such as border security, mining, and civil engineering. Their project aims to validate the use of muography by simulating the complex inner structure of large industrial equipment, similarly to X-ray radiography.
Duration in months: 12
Problem Description
The project aims to validate the use of muography to reconstruct the complex inner structure of large industrial equipment using muons, a radiation generated at the atmosphere and reaching Earth surface. By studying the interaction of muons with matter, it is possible to reconstruct an image.
Goals
New services
Challenges
Extensive use of computational resources to run simulations needed to develop more sophisticated muography reconstruction algorithms.
Innovation results
We managed to produce a full set of simulations with geometry variations that are being used to design our muography algorithms to measure the thickness of the refractory in blast furnaces. These simulations are the first step of the expansion of the company to this kind of problem.
Business impact
The company aims to extend muography to blast furnaces for preventive maintenance, with the development of dedicated algorithms for refractory thickness reconstruction, thereby opening a large market for the company.