Niowave Design and Analysis of a 200 kW Converter

Technical Report · Wed Aug 03 04:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1880450· OSTI ID:1880450

Woloshun, Keith Albert ^[1]; Olivas, Eric Richard ^[1]; Miera, Carlos Gilberto ^[1]; Roybal, Taylor Renae Veronica ^[1]; Singh, Bhavini ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

LANL is providing support to Niowave Inc. on the design and analysis of a 200 kW converter. The current design of the 200 kW (40 MeV, 5 mA electron beam) converter consists of LBE flowing from the top to the bottom. When compared to the Mk.5 20 kW converter, which flowed LBE from the bottom, flowing over a divider plate to create a waterfall, the 200 kW converter eliminates the divider plate, which would otherwise have melted with the higher beam power. Because the LBE flows from the top to the bottom, alternate methods to the divider plate need to be utilized to ensure a stable flow that minimizes splashing at the bottom of the LBE waterfall, while maintaining a uniform LBE thickness at the beam, and steady LBE flow at the desired flow rate.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
• DOE Contract Number: 89233218CNA000001
• OSTI ID: 1880450
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-22-28049
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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