Artificial Neural Network and Neutron Aplication in a Volume Fraction Calculation in Annular and Stratified Multiphase System

Multiphase flows, type oil–water-gas are very common among different industrial activities, such as chemical industries and petroleum extraction, and its measurements show some difficulties to be taken. Precisely determining the volume fraction of each one of the elements that composes a multiphase flow is very important in chemical plants and petroleum industries. This work presents a methodology able to determine volume fraction on Annular and Stratified multiphase flow system with the use of neutrons and artificial intelligence, using the principles of transmission/scattering of fast neutrons from a 241Am-Be source and measurements of point flow that are influenced by variations of volume fractions. The proposed geometries used on the mathematical model was used to obtain a data set where the thicknesses referred of each material had been changed in order to obtain volume fraction of each phase providing 119 compositions that were used in the simulation with MCNP-X –computer code based on Monte Carlo Method that simulates the radiation transport. An artificial neural network (ANN) was trained with data obtained using the MCNP-X, and used to correlate such measurements with the respective real fractions. The ANN was able to correlate the data obtained on the simulation with MCNP-X with the volume fractions of the multiphase flows (oil-water-gas), both in the pattern of annular flow as stratified, resulting in a average relative error (%) for each production set of: annular (air= 3.85; water = 4.31; oil=1.08); stratified (air=3.10, water 2.01, oil = 1.45). The method demonstrated good efficiency in the determination of each material that composes the phases, thus demonstrating the feasibility of the technique.

The role of nuclear physics in supernovae and the evolution of neutron stars, Neutrino Opacities, Equation of State, Transport Coefficients, and Dark Matter Production

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-08

Determination of potassium and sodium in an ash sample by gamma-ray spectroscopy

Neutron activation analysis and gamma-ray spectroscopy were used to determine the quantity of potassium and sodium in an ash sample of Tabebuia sp bombarded with thermal neutrons. These techniques, widely applied in nuclear physics, can be used in the context of wood science as an alternative for the usual physical chemistry methods applied in this area. The quantity of K and Na in an 8.60 +/- 0.10 mg of ash was determined as being 1.3 +/- 0.3 mg and 11.0 +/- 1.8 mu g, respectively. The ratio of Tabebuia sp converted into ash was also determined as 0.758 +/- 0.004%.

Projeto e implementação do equipamento para tomografia com nêutrons do IPEN-CNEN/SP

Dissertação (Mestrado em Tecnologia Nuclear)

Aplicação do Método de Monte Carlo no estudo da atividade obtida em sistema de coincidências 4π(β,EC)-γ pelo Método da Discriminação com reposição

Dissertação (Mestrado em Tecnologia Nuclear)

Avaliação da radioatividade natural em mármores e granitos comerciais do estado do Espírito Santo

Tese (Doutorado em Tecnologia Nuclear)

Desenvolvimento da estrutura de Podzolicos e Latossolos derivados de granulitos.

Visando a esclarecer os fatores que influenciam a formacao da estrutura do horizonte B de Podzolicos e Latossolos, foram estudados quatro perfis de solos localizados na zona cacaueira da Bahia, sob clima Af de Koppen. Com base nos dados morfologicos e micromorfologicos dos perfis, foram realizados estudos mineralogicos por difracao de raios X e microscopia eletronica, interpretacao de resultados de ferro livre (Tamm) e ferro total (HCl), e efetuadas analises de curvas obtidas pelo metodo de estracao cinerica, com o objetivo de identificar possiveis amorfos de ferro e alumina. Pelo relacionamento entre a mineralogia e os resultados do ferro livro, constatou-se que este aparece na forma de goetita microcristalizada. Nesta, nao se observou variacao de cristalinidade em funcao do tipo de estrutura dos solos. Nao foi evidenciada a presenca de amorfos. Quanto aos resultados da mineralogia, verificou-se o relacinamento entre o predominio da holoisita e a estrutura moderada em blocos muito pequenos e pequenos, angulares e subangulares, enquanto o predominio de caulinita, com ou sem desordem no eixo b e/ou gibsita, relacionanou-se com estrutura ultrapequena granular, do tipo "po-de-cafe". Verificou-se tambem que nao houve relacao entre grau de floculacao e estrutura. As argilas sao muito bem floculadas em todos horizontes (GF de 90 a 100%).