Design of High Power Electron Linac at PNC

Abstract

A high power CW (Continuous Wave) test electron linac was designed to develop a higher power linac to transmute radioactive wastes. The test linac is energized by two 1.2 MW CW L-band klystrons to produce an electron beam with the energy of 10 MeV and current of 100 mA. The average beam power is 200kW–1MW for the duty factor 20–100.%.

In designing such a high power linac, authors selected a traveling-wave accelerator with TWRR (Traveling Wave Resonant Ring). This is to enhance the threshold current of BBU (Beam Break-Up) and to get high accelerator efficiency that results from the low value of attenuation constant τ and high field multiplication factor M which are permitted only with TWRR.

A kind of efficient cooling structure is adopted to an accelerator structure in order to disperse the generated heat by RF (Radio Frequency). The variational method is used to calculate the sizes and parameters of the disk-loaded accelerator structure employed. There is a discrepancy of the order of a few hundredth of one percent between the calculated sizes and the experimental ones. The M determined in the design agreed well with those measured in low and high power tests.     

Experimental verification of an APF linac for a proton therapy facility

Alternating phase focusing (APF) is known as a beam focusing method; it was applied to an interdigital H-mode structure and successfully accelerated high current proton beams up to the desired energy for a medical synchrotron injector. A high-current APF linac was achieved by the optimal design of the cavity and the drift tubes themselves, as well as drift tube arrangement based on the co-iteration of a precise electromagnetic field and space charge beam dynamics.A proton injector for a medical accelerator complex was fabricated with the newly developed APF linac. The injector consists of an electron cyclotron resonance ion source, a radio-frequency quadrupole linac and the APF linac. The experimental results showed that over 10 mA proton beams were accelerated up to 7.4 MeV.     

高平均束流功率辐照加速器加速结构的研究

本文介绍了10 MeV/100 kW的高平均束流功率工业辐照加速器束流动力学模拟结果及其加速结构的优化设计结果。加速器采用驻波双周期轴耦合结构,1个加速腔和1个耦合腔构成1个加速单元,其工作频率为325 MHz,工作模式为π/2,加速腔和耦合腔之间通过耦合狭缝在轴向以磁耦合的方式耦合在一起。使用SUPERFISH优化加速腔的有效分路阻抗、Kilp系数等关键参数。束流动力学方面,使用PARMELA模拟论证在粒子源提供2.5 keV、500 mA的电子束后,通过6个加速腔可得到10 MeV/100 kW的平均束流功率。加速腔优化完成后使用CST对耦合腔进行了设计,此时由6个加速单元组成的加速结构有效分路阻抗为23.9 MΩ/m、无载品质因数为29 347,各加速腔与相邻的耦合腔耦合系数为4.7%,工作模式与其相邻模式的最小频率间隔为2 MHz,每个加速单元功耗为290 kW。     

14MeV医用同源双模中能电子直线加速管的研制

医用同源双模中能电子直线加速管是影像引导放射治疗技术(Image Guide Radiation Therapy,IGRT)中的核心部件,为确保放射治疗直线加速器能够提供稳定和高品质的成像射束、双光子模式治疗射束以及多档电子射束,上海联影医疗科技有限公司研制了基于一种新型的能量开关技术的14 Me V医用双模驻波加速管。采用束流动力学程序Parmela对加速管整管的横向聚焦和纵向聚束进行了动力学设计分析,为优化加速管腔体几何结构提供了指标要求,最终利用电磁场仿真软件Superfish及CST(Computer Simulation Technology)优化腔体结构设计并得到了最优的微波参数。模拟计算结果表明,该加速管总长1.3 m,采用边耦合双周期?/2驻波结构,工作频率2.998 GHz,其输出束流能量可以实现多档可调,成像模式可输出低于3 MV的光子,治疗束可输出具有6 MV和10 MV两档的光子及4档能量电子束(最高能量可达14 Me V)。完成加工后,冷测结果与设计值符合得比较好,下一步将进行高功率微波老练。     

基于电子直线加速器的空间电子环境地面模拟用电子源设计与实现

空间电子环境地面模拟装置由1台电子直线加速器提供能量1~5 MeV范围内的电子,后续束流传输系统将电子束进行扩束处理。较大的能量范围对加速器的设计与运行条件提出了较高要求。本文主要阐述了该加速器的设计与实现过程,综合考虑了能量开关技术和束流负载效应,通过研究不同条件下的耦合度参数特性确定了加速管耦合度,分析提出了磁控管输出参数并进行了实验研究。加速器实验测试结果表明,电子束能量参数达到指标要求,为模拟装置提供了有效可靠的电子源。     

Design study on an accelerator-based facility for BNCT and low energy neutron source

We have challenged to reduce an accelerator beam power for an accelerator-based BNCT facility. The required neutron source strength at the target has been estimated so as to make the epithermal neutron flux in the patient irradiation field exceed 1.7 × 10⁹ n/cm²s. The energy of the incident proton and the arrangement of the moderator assemblies are optimized. The beam current and the accelerating voltage are determined so that the accelerator power becomes minimum. The beam power required for the treatment in one hour is 62.5 kW. The proposed facility is equipped with a 2.5 MeV proton accelerator of 25 mA. a lithium target, and a heavy water moderator contained in an aluminum tank.     

Preliminary evaluation of beam dump for high current electron beam at JNC

A high current electron beam is required for transmuting fission products using gamma rays. Elemental technology for a linac that generates a high current beam in an efficient and stable manner is being developed at Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC). A beam dump for the high current, low energy electron beam (20 mA, 10 MeV) from this accelerator has been constructed and tested at JNC. A Ring and Disk (RD) structure was adopted to absorb the beam safely and to analyze the beam condition in real time. The thermal and stress analysis showed that a 200 kW electron beam could be securely stopped. The performance of the beam dump was evaluated using a beam of 7.0 MeV and an average current of 0.84 mA. The measured results showed that the electrons transported from the accelerator were completely absorbed. The temperature rise of the plates and the 1 cm dose equivalent rate of bremsstrahlung photons were consistent with the simulation data. In addition, the beam dump was found to be capable of monitoring the beam condition directly from the temperature distributions and peak current.     

加速器驱动次临界核能系统高功率质子直线加速器概念研究(英文)

加速器驱动次临界核能系统(ADS)是下一代能源的首选方向。它能有效地利用铀和钍资源,嬗变长寿命高放射性废物和提高核安全水平。ADS加速器应能提供几十兆瓦质子束。超导直线加速器(SCL)效率高,束流损失少,是ADS加速器的最佳选择。作者介绍的ADD加速器由5 MV射频四极加速器,100 MV独立调相超导腔加速器和1 GV椭圆超导腔加速器组成。确定了加速结构和主要参数,考虑了研究和发展计划。     

9MeV行波电子直线加速器加速管的物理设计

海关大型货物在线检测用加速器采用４ＭＷ速调管作为微波功率源，保证加速管入口功率可达３．５ＭＷ、工作频率为２８５６ＭＨｚ；以行波方式加速电子，聚束器俘获效率大于８０％；加速管全长约２２０ｃｍ；电子能量设置９、６ＭｅＶ两档，对应的额定脉冲束流强度理论设计值分别为１７０和３００ｍＡ。本文给出了纵向粒子动力学、盘荷波导的尺寸及加速管的工作特性等方面的计算结果。     

与ADS相关的高功率质子加速器技术在我国的进展(英文)

叙述了一个由中国原子能科学研究院、中科院高能物理所和北京大学重离子物理所共同承担,于2000年9月启动的,以丁大钊院士为首席科学家的国家重点基础研究发展规划项目(973项目)-“加速器驱动洁净核能系统(ADS)的物理及技术基础研究”研究项目中与HPPA相关的主要研究内容,包括:强流离子源研制、低能束传输段研究、中能强流RFQ加速器研究及强流加速器总体设计等部分进展情况。     

Heavy-current accelerator based on a transformer

The operating principles of a direct-action accelerator designed to acceIerate electrons to an energy of 1.5 MeV with a mean beam power of tens of kilowatts and an efficiency of around 90% are described. The electron-current pulse length can be varied from 0 to g msec, and the repetition frequency up to 50 times per sec. The mean current im may reach 1/6 of the maximum current in the pulse. Magnetic lenses are installed in order to focus electron currents of up to 100 mA into a beam a few mm in diameter in the accelerating tube. Heavy-metal screens are placed close to the axis of the tube in order to protect the gas gaps and other electrically-stressed parts of the accelerator from radiation arising inside the tube.The construction of a system for producing an electron beam with an energy of 1.5 MeV and a mean power of 25 kW (i_m = 17 mA) is described.Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 385–392, May, 1966.     

X波段2MeV行波电子直线加速管的物理设计

在模拟计算程序LINE-ACC/PC基础上，结合单一搜索方法和非线性最小二乘算法编程，实现一个X波段2MeV行波加速管的物理设计。应用此方法可以有效缩短加速管的优化设计时间。文章给出的优化计算可应用于一类常相速周期结构的加速管设计。文章同时给出了纵向粒子动力学、盘荷波导的几何尺寸及加速管的工作特性等方面的计算结果。     

Experience in Recirculating Electrons through a Superconducting Linac

An electron beam of several microamperes has been accelerated by a 6 foot 1.3 GHz superconducting niobium linac to 3.5 MeV on its first pass. It has been returned to the linac for two additional passes with energy gains around 3 MeV per pass to a final energy of 9.5 MeV. The recirculation is accomplished by means of two uniform field magnets placed at each end of the accelerating section in a racetrack microtron geometry which will accommodate the return beams for six passes through the linac.     

用于2 GeV固定场交变梯度质子加速器的高品质因数、高分路阻抗波导型高频腔设计

在核工业、民用及基础研究领域，高能强流质子加速器有着十分广泛而重要的应用，中国原子能科学研究院提出了1台2 GeV连续波固定场交变梯度质子加速器的解决方案。在该方案中，工作在44.4 MHz的大功率高品质因数、高分路阻抗波导型高频腔研制极其重要。本文首先对工作在44.4 MHz的矩形、欧米伽形、跑道形及船形等4种形状的波导型高频腔进行了模拟计算研究，经比较发现，船形高频腔具有最高的品质因数和分路阻抗，是2 GeV连续波固定场交变梯度质子加速器的较好选择。在此基础上，为掌握船形高频腔的实际加工工艺，同时利用现有230 MeV超导回旋加速器的功率源设备开展高功率实验研究，设计了71.26 MHz的缩比例船形高频腔样机。     

Linear Accelerator for Multiply-Charged Ions at 8 MeV/nucleon – Injector in the TWA Accelerator Complex

The terawatt accumulator at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics is in the physical startup phase. A new high-current linear accelerator-injector must be developed to achieve design parameters 10¹¹ particles/sec on target; this injector should give at the entrance of the accelerator ring a heavy-ion beam with current 15–20 mA and energy ~7–8 MeV/nucleon with the required charge-to-mass ratio. To this end, a linear accelerator with rf quadrupole focusing at the working frequency 81 MHz was developed; it will accelerate Al¹¹⁺ or Co²⁵⁺ from a laser source before the synchrotron. The accelerator will consist of two sections. The first section with spatially uniform quadrupole focusing will accelerate the beam up to 1.6 MeV/nucleon. A new structure with rf quadrupole focusing and period length 2 is proposed for the second accelerating section. Preliminary numerical simulation of this structure showed that 7 MeV/nucleon with minimum beam losses and accelerating gradients 3.5 MV/m will be achieved on it. Construction of the first section with spatially uniform quadrupole focusing has begun.     

Limitations of Heavy Ion Synchrotron Acceleration for Inertial Fusion

The potential benefits from heavy ion inertial fusion motivate the rapid development of a program to test the principle.1,2,3 To define the program, accelerator parameters which have not hitherto been commonly considered must be studied interactively with basic questions of space charge limitations and charge exchange. Beam lifetime and power output efficiency may ultimately lead to a linear accelerator as the choice for an ignition device. For proof of principle, however, at power levels way beyond present inertial fusion experience, synchrotrons may have applicability at lower cost. The power and energy which can be delivered by the accelerating system to the reaction chamber are limited by space charge defocussing and intra beam charge exchange scattering, both of which are beam density dependent. These put constraints on linac injector energy, synchrotron aperture, synchrotron magnetic rigidity, acceleration time, ion species and charge to mass ratio. The accelerator system considered is classical. A linear accelerator injects into a synchrotron which accelerates the ion beam to the full energy delivered to the target. The maximum energy deliverable by a synchrotron is treated in section I. The targetting parameters and the energy gained through synchrotron acceleration completely determine the synchrotron aperture. These are discussed in sections II and III. The ion range in material is treated in section IV. The problem of intrabeam scattering is considered in section V. Finally, in section VI is a discussion of examples to meet specified goals.     

漯河辐照加速器控制系统研制

漯河辐照加速器是1台用于食品杀菌与保鲜等的8MeV电子直线加速器。文章从硬件组成、软件设计及辐照剂量控制等方面介绍漯河辐照加速器控制系统。近9个月的连续运行表明，该控制系统操作简便、运行稳定可靠。     

在电子驻波直线加速器上获得小束斑电子束

近年来高效率探测器阵列数字辐射照相技术已经用于无损探伤实时在线图象处理检测。厚在则重的关键部位的微小缺陷，需要用加速器产生的高能电子束作为焦点打靶产生Ｘ射线进行无损探伤检测。     

10 MeV/50 kW脊型加速器输入耦合器的研制

10 MeV/50 kW脊型加速器是一种新型大功率电子辐照加速器,其加速腔中所需射频功率高达100 kW,为此专门研制了高功率输入耦合器。该耦合器主要由陶瓷窗、内外导体及耦合环组成,通过等效电路分析以及仿真计算确定了最终结构。设计采用了可独立拆卸的平板型陶瓷窗和可旋转调节的耦合环,以便于进行脊型加速器调试,并在内外导体和耦合环中设计了水冷回路带走功率传输产生的热量。经过测试,该输入耦合器可在0～2.2范围内调节耦合度,并成功向脊型谐振腔中注入了100 kW的脉冲峰值功率。     

多能量档电子直线加速器用栅控电子枪电源研究

本文介绍了一种应用于多能量档电子直线加速器栅控电子枪的专用电源。根据栅控电子枪的工作需求，电子枪的阴极处于-50 kV高压上，电源的3路输出，包括灯丝电源、偏压电源和栅控脉冲电源，均通过高压隔离变压器，将信号输送到高压端的灯丝、阴极和栅极上。利用主控计算机精确调节了电子枪发射束流的大小和脉冲宽度，以满足加速器多能量输出的需求。高压端均为无源器件，以降低故障率。此电源结构简单、调节方便、工作稳定，已在多能量档电子直线加速器上连续工作近4 a，运行状态良好。