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  • 3D reconstruction and visualization from 2D X-ray CT images in the study of ceramic membrane microstructure

  • Thomasová Barboraa,b, Thomas Janb, Souček Kamilb,c, Michálek Ondřejb and Gembalová Lucieb *

  • aNanotechnology Centre, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, Ostrava – Poruba, 708 00, Czech Republic
    bInstitute of Clean Technologies of Extraction and Utilization of Energy Resources, Faculty of Mining and Geology VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17.listopadu 2172/15, Ostrava – Poruba, 708 00 Czech Republic
    cInstitute of Geonics of the CAS, Studentská 1768, Ostrava – Poruba, 708 00 Czech Republic

Abstract

In the presented study, X-ray computed tomography (CT) technique was used to visualize the three-dimensional (3D) microstructure of ceramic membrane support made of alternative material - fly ash, kaolin and shale. Standard computed tomography output formats provide usually two-dimensional (2D) information about the object being studied in the form of image data set. However, to understand the material internal structure and its mechanical, physicochemical and hydraulic properties 3D visualization is needed. Our work shows that 3D image data reconstruction can be done with freely available DREAM.3D and ParaView software instead of costly commercial ones allowing wider community data sharing and greater freedom in processing. The resulting 3D model was suitable for quantitative pore space analysis and fluid dynamics modelling and provided important morphological information such as pore and mass shape, cracks, spatial distribution and the connectivity of the solid matrix.


Keywords: X-ray CT, 3D model, ceramic, DREAM.3D, ParaView

This Article

  • 2020; 21(6): 712-724

    Published on Dec 31, 2020

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2020.21.6.712
  • Received on Apr 20, 2020
  • Revised on Jul 25, 2020
  • Accepted on Aug 14, 2020

Correspondence to

  • Gembalová Lucie

  • nstitute of Clean Technologies of Extraction and Utilization of Energy Resources, Faculty of Mining and Geology VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17.listopadu 2172/15, Ostrava – Poruba, 708 00 Czech Republic
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  • E-mail: lucie.gembalova@vsb.cz