Industrial application of high power linac by Titan Beta

Author

Whitham, K. ; Gower, F. ; Loda, G. ; Mendonsa, R. ; Miller, R.

Author_Institution

Titan Beta, Dublin, CA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

22-25 Jun 1998

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

18

Abstract

A high average power linac has been developed at Titan Beta for sterilization of disposable medical products in an industrial environment. Present systems operate up to 7000 hours per year. The first unit has been in operation at Denver, Colorado since July 1993. The 2nd unit has been in operation in San Diego, California since January 1996, one in Austria has been in operation since July 1997, and two more units are under construction at the factory. A 12 MW, 100 kW klystron modulator has been developed at Titan Beta for this linac. This line-type, thyratron switched modulator operates at 20 kV PFN charge with average current of more than eight amperes. This paper discusses system and subsystem reliability as well as control system upgrades being implemented

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; klystrons; linear accelerators; pulsed power supplies; pulsed power switches; reliability; thyratrons; waste disposal; 100 kW; 12 MW; 20 kV; Titan Beta; control system upgrades; disposable medical products sterilisation; high power linac; klystron modulator; pulse forming network; subsystem reliability; system reliability; thyratron switched modulator; Control systems; Klystrons; Linear accelerators; Linear particle accelerator; Medical control systems; Production facilities; Pulse modulation; Radio frequency; Thyratrons; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 1998. Conference Record of the 1998 Twenty-Third International

Conference_Location

Rancho Mirage, CA

ISSN

1076-8467

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4244-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.1998.741180

Filename

741180