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Title: Cooling for a rotating anode X-ray tube

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OSTI ID:871464
 [1]
  1. Hinsdale, IL
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A method and apparatus for cooling a rotating anode X-ray tube. An electromagnetic motor is provided to rotate an X-ray anode with cooling passages in the anode. These cooling passages are coupled to a cooling structure located adjacent the electromagnetic motor. A liquid metal fills the passages of the cooling structure and electrical power is provided to the motor to rotate the anode and generate a rotating magnetic field which moves the liquid metal through the cooling passages and cooling structure.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Assignee:
ARCH Development Corporation (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
US 5737387
OSTI ID:
871464
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Liquid gallium cooling of silicon crystals in high intensity photon beams (invited) journal July 1989
High-performance heat sinking for VLSI journal May 1981
Liquid gallium metal cooling for optical elements with high heat loads
  • Smither, Robert K.; Forster, George A.; Kot, Christian A.
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 266, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(88)90440-8
journal April 1988

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