Pulsed power systems for environmental and industrial applications

Conference · Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10113513

Neau, E L

The development of high peak power simulators, laser drivers, free electron lasers, and Inertial Confinement Fusion drivers is being extended to high average power short-pulse machines with the capabilities of performing new roles in environmental cleanup and industrial manufacturing processes. We discuss a new class of short-pulse, high average power accelerator that achieves megavolt electron and ion beams with 10`s of kiloamperes of current and average power levels in excess of 100 KW. Large treatment areas are possible with these systems because kilojoules of energy are available in each output pulse. These systems can use large area x-ray converters for applications requiring greater depth of penetration such as food pasteurization and waste treatment. The combined development of this class of accelerators and applications, at Sandia National Laboratories, is called Quantum Manufacturing.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 10113513
• Report Number(s): SAND-93-3961C; CONF-931048-1; ON: DE94005101; BR: GB0103012
• Resource Relation: Conference: 11. international workshop on laser interaction and related plasma phenomena,Monterey, CA (United States),25-29 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PULSE TECHNIQUES
ELECTRON BEAMS
ION BEAMS
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