Imaging of the Inner Zone of Blast Furnaces Using Muon Radiography: The BLEMAB Project

• DOI: 10.31526/jais.2022.272
• Publication Date: 2022-06-27T11:19:35Z
• Authors: S. Gonzi; F. Ambrosino; P. Andreetto; L. Bonechi; G. Bonomi; Diletta Borselli; S. Bottai; T. Buhles; Irene Calliari; P. Checchia; U. Chiarotti; Carlo Cialdai; R. Ciaranfi; Luigi Cimmino; V. Ciulli; R. D’Alessandro; M. D’Errico; F. Finke; A. Franzen; B. Glaser; Alessandra Lorenzon; V. Masone; V. Moroli; O. Nechyporuk; L. Pezzato; Bharath Vasudev R...; D. Ressegotti; G. Saracino; J. Sauerwald; O. Starodubtsev; L. Viliani; F. Volzone
• Keywords: Tracking (education)

The aim of the BLEMAB project (BLast furnace stack density Estimation through online Muons ABsorption measurements) is application muon radiography techniques, to image a blast furnace's inner zone.In particular, goal study characterize geometry and size so-called "cohesive zone", i.e., spatial region where slowly downward-moving material begins soften melt, which plays such an important role in performance itself.Thanks high penetration power natural cosmic-ray radiation, transmission could be appropriate non invasive methodology for imaging large high-density structures as furnace, whose linear dimensions can up few tens meters.A state-of-the-art tracking system currently development will installed at on ArcelorMittal site Bremen (Germany), it collect data period various months.In this paper, status expectations based preliminary simulations are presented briefly discussed.