Tim Kneafsey, Scientist
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LBNL Portable CT Scanner

Freifeld, B.M., T.J. Kneafsey, J. Pruess, L. Tomutsa, P.A. Reiter, and T.M. deCastroCT Scan People
Portable imaging system method and apparatus
United States Patent 7,082,185, July 25, 2006

  • Field deployable
  • Rapidly characterize cores
  • Performance exceeds medical CT systems

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Deployed on:

  • ODP Leg 204, Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Continental Margin, August–September, 2002
  • Hot Ice #1: Anadarko Petroleum/Maurer Technology/DOE Hydrate Research Well, March-April 2003, January 2004
  • Gulf of Mexico Joint Industry Partnership: April, 2005-X-ray CT Imaging of Preserved Pressure Cores
  • Gulf of Mexico JIP

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Publications/Presentations

Freifeld, B.M., and T.J. Kneafsey, 2004. “Investigating methane hydrate in sediments using x-ray computed tomography”, in Advances in the Study of Gas Hydrates. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, New York, NY, LBNL-55030.

Freifeld, B.M.; T.J. Kneafsey, and F. Rack, 2004. “On-site geologic core analysis using a portable x-ray computed tomographic system,” Journal of the Geological Society, 2006, LBNL-55698.

Freifeld, B.M., T. J. Kneafsey, L. Tomutsa, and J. Pruess, 2003, “Development of a portable x-ray computed tomographic imaging system for drill-site investigation of recovered core”, Proceedings of the 2003 International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts, Pau, France, September 21–24, 2003.