Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Power Modulator Symposium, 1998. Conference Record of the 1998 Twenty-Third International
Conference_Location :
Rancho Mirage, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4244-5
DOI :
10.1109/MODSYM.1998.741180
