Name of the Laboratory

Radioactive Tracers and Applications

Type

Thematic

Industrial Collaboration Opportunities

[1] In the chemical and petrochemical industry, monitoring fluid dynamics, identifying blockages in pipelines, and measuring corrosion rates.

[2] Evaluate mixing and homogenization processes in the food and beverage industry.

[3] Detecting leaks in pipelines, storage tanks or equipment.

[4] Monitoring the spread of pollutants in waterways and environmental processes.

[5] Providing consultancy on radioactive tracer technologies to provide radiation safety training for industrial companies.

Past/Ongoing Industrial Collaborations

Patent:

  • Polymer solution synthesis development for petroleum exploration purposes (University of PETRONAS, Malaysia.
  • SITEX 45 (Bucharest, Romania).

Past/Ongoing Academic Collaborations

Academic collaborations with various universities and companies in Albania, Malaysia, Romania, Japan, France and England

Services Provided to Outside ITU

Providing laboratory infrastructure to universities and research centers outside of ITU and contributing to academic research.

Services Provided to ITU Researchers

Providing support for Education and Research projects

Equipments and Purposes of Use

 

Experiments and Tests

Sample preparation processes like

weighing,
drying,
grinding,
sifting,
separating by density,
processing at high temperature of materials

2. Adsorption studies

3. Flow analysis with tracers in solutions

4. Determination of flow properties in open channels and pipes

5. Biomedical studies with anatomical phantoms

Finished/Ongoing Projects

Academic Projects

National Projects

  • Given in Annex-2.

International Projects

  • Development of radiometric methods to measure and study hydrodynamics of constructed wetlands, Ayşe Nur ESEN (Project Manager), IAEA CRP Project, 2023.

Laboratory Supervisors

Prof.Dr. Nesrin Altınsoy

Prof.Dr. Prof.Dr. Sevilay Hacıyakupoğlu