Cyclotron autoresonant accelerator for electron beam dry scrubbing of flue gases

Journal Article · Thu Jun 10 04:00:00 EDT 1999 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.59076· OSTI ID:21208089

LaPointe, M A; Hirshfield, J L ^[1]; Changbiao, Wang ^[2]

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1. Omega-P, Inc., 202008 Yale Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-2008 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208124, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8124 (United States)

Design and construction is underway for a novel rf electron accelerator for electron beam dry scrubbing (EBDS) of flue gases emanating from fossil-fuel burners. This machine, a cyclotron autoresonance accelerator (CARA), has already shown itself capable of converting rf power to electron beam power with efficiency values as high as 96%. This proof-of-principle experiment will utilize a 300 kV, 33 A Pierce type electron gun and up to 24 MW of available rf power at 2.856 GHz to produce 1.0 MeV, 33 MW electron beam pulses. The self-scanning conical beam from the high power CARA will be evaluated for EBDS and other possible environmental applications.

• OSTI ID: 21208089
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 475; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
BEAM PRODUCTION
CYCLOTRONS
DESIGN
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRON GUNS
ENERGY BEAM DEPOSITION
GASES
GHZ RANGE
MEV RANGE
RF SYSTEMS
SCRUBBING
SURFACE TREATMENTS