Micro-CT inaugurated at IPPE

Visakhapatnam: Micro-Computed Tomography (Micro-CT), a research facility has been inaugurated at Indian Institute of Petroleum Energy (IIPE)-Visakhapatnam by Prof Arvind Kumar Mishra, Director, CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad during his maiden visit to the city. Earlier, Prof Deepak Amban Mishra, Faculty-in-Charge, Micro-CT briefed Prof Mishra about the research facility. The research equipment is based on X-ray microscopes architecture capable of phase contrast tomography, capable of performing high-speed computed tomography and real time X-ray visualisation.

It has high contrast for porosity/ fracture analysis, to be able to separate oil phase from water and air or mineral phases. Applications include automated quantitative multiphase characterisation and other property estimation. The equipment is used for 3D characterisation in geological science, petroleum engineering, material science, biological science, energy science, chemical engineering and related disciplines.