Title :
A conceptual design for an actively cooled high-average-power electron-beam absorber [for space power applications]
Author :
Sant, J. Van ; Stone, R.R. ; Hedtke, R. ; Kang, S.-W. ; Ng, D.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., California Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
A conceptual design of an electron-beam absorber system that uses water as both an energy absorber and a cooling medium is presented. This configuration uses an aluminum window to separate the water absorber from a vacuum beamline. Such an arrangement has several desirable features. First, any necessary reconfiguration for an increase or decrease in run time and/or beam power is minimal. Also, the subsystems use current technology. A point design for the window, the absorber tank, and its subsystems is described
Keywords :
beam handling equipment; electron absorption; electron accelerators; space vehicle power plants; Al; beam power; cooling medium; design; electron beam accelerators; electron-beam absorber; space power; vacuum beamline; water; Electron beams; Laboratories; Laser beams; Laser transitions; Linear accelerators; Optical design; Particle beams; Power generation; Space cooling; Undulators;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74513
